As most of you (should) know by now, it has long been a target to obtain Regional Status for our Suffolk Coastal Petanque, and after two years of requesting the required criteria check-list from Petanque England, we have now been given this info and plan to use 2023 as our “year of preparation” for this national recognition to hopefully fall into place by 1st January 2024.
To put everyone’s minds at rest, this step WILL NOT affect anything we currently do as Suffolk Coastal Petanque Alliance, nor any of our leagues, cups or tournaments, so if you never plan to apply for a Petanque England National Licence, then for you, absolutely nothing would change.
This step is only for those who have held a Petanque England licence in the past, are current licence holders, those who are in the process of renewing their licence, or are planning to hold a licence now or in the near future.
It will involve the creation of its own Regional Committee along with its own playing calendar, that is then only eligible to enter if you hold a current licence. It would also allow us to compete on a national standing in sending our own Suffolk Coastal Regional representative team to the annual Inter-Regional Championships.
There is far more to this step than we can mention in just a few paragraphs but we plan to discuss this matter a little further when we host next months Team Representative Meeting on Thursday 16th February. Please ensure ALL your team-mates see this latest update information before then.
Yours in Petanque,
The Suffolk Coastal Petanque Alliance Committee.