Our club squad achieved its best ever result in the annual Euro Cup for Clubs when it beat Sandown and Shanklin PC (Isle of Wight) by 3 games to 2 on January 8 to reach the fourth round of the last 16 clubs.
(L to R) Ray Ager, Gareth Jarvis, Stephan Alfred, Tony Mann, David Alfred, Pat Connolly
A full report will be filed soon.
I’m sure everybody is thinking hard about New Year Resolutions… This Post lists the Top 10 faults committed in the club. If you’re guilty, time for some New Year Resolutions 
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BHPC wishes all its members and supporters Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year.
Le noble jeu provençal by Yvan Audouard is a great collection of stories and anecdotes about Le Jeu Provençal from which pétanque is derived. The book is beautifully illustrated and perfectly captures the spirit and essence of how boules is played in Provence. The author dedicates the book to his friend Françis de Vallauris and starts with a story of how one day his friend refused to play with him – why? Continue reading
Congratulations and best wishes to the new slate of officers elected at the recently held AGM: President, Rohan Bedford, Secretary, Steve Elliott and Treasurer, Phil Evans.
Our heartiest congratulations and best wishes go to Tony in his new role as the EPA’s National Secretary which he will surely carry out very effectively and efficiently.
Watch this space for a special feature on Tony’s meteoric rise in the world of English petanque.
Playing away against Crowborough Social Club with occasional drizzle, David A, Ian, Janice, Ray, Stephan and Tony won 3-2 to qualify for Round 2 of this EPA national competition to find the best team in England to go forward to the European finals.
STOP PRESS: We have just been notified that we have a bye in the second round, so we’ll be playing away to an Isle of Wight team in Round 3 sometime in December or January. Continue reading
Hearty congratulations to Stephan for achieving fifth place with a very creditable score of 27 in the EPA Champion of Champions shooting championship held on 16 October.
Following her recent success at the EPA Over 50′s Competition in Brighton, Club Secretary Pat Connolly is our featured player. Continue reading
On that record warm October Sunday, 40 teams – the most we’ve ever seen on our terrain – came from far and wide for this event. A full report will appear later on in the next newsletter. Suffice it to say for now that the competition was a great success for the club, Sussex Petanque and the EPA. Thanks to all our members who worked hard before, during and after the event, with special mention of Janice Doherty who successfully and tastily ran our Cafe Carreau.
The day ended in two intriguing finals, with Jeff Mitchell and Herbie Edwards (Crowborough) winning the Main competition, and our very own Pat Connolly and Ian Maynard winning the Plate competition in a nail-biting finish. Congratulations to both teams.
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