Category Archives: Events
Jarvis and Jarvis win Club Mixed Doubles
Congratulations to Gareth in winning his second club competition in a row, this time with his sister, Katherine, who took up petanque only a few months ago. They were undefeated in the six games they played in the ‘snake’ format … Continue reading
Jarvis-Knowles Win Melee Doubles
Ten teams turned out today (Saturday 12 May) in the sunshine (sic) for our first half-day competition this year. In a ‘snake’, Gareth Jarvis and Libby Knowles, one of our newest members, were the only team to win all five … Continue reading
Fixture List 2012
We’ve just added this year’s fixture list as a new page in the “About” menu. It’s in two formats, the download version being in technicolour and cinemascope (for all those over 50). We’re looking for a bumper turnout on Sunday … Continue reading
Winter Singles League Results
Out of a record 30 initial entries, 24 club members actually competed. The winner, losing only two games, was Ian Maynard. Congratulations to Ian, and well done to runner-up David Alfred and third-place Gareth Jarvis. Please see the March newsletter for more details.
Official: our Stephan Alfred is fifth best shooter in England
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.
EPA Over-50s Doubles Championship, 2 October
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 … Continue reading
Club Triples, 25 September
Congratulations to Ray, Ian and Anthony Blythe, for winning this competition. Anthony has only recently joined our club and is under 35, indeed under 25. In fact, he’s still only in his early teens and clearly has a great future … Continue reading
Inter-Regional Championships
Good luck to the four teams from our club included in the 8-team Main and 4-team Challenge Trophy squads representing the Sussex Petanque (SXP) region in the IRC this coming weekend.
Charity Doubles: 28 August
Eight teams set out from all points in sunshine but by the time they foregathered at the clubhouse clouds and rain raised their ugly heads (so to speak). However, the weather quickly bucked up, so that play could begin shortly … Continue reading
Pointing and Shooting Competition, August 20
Over 20 club members rose to the testing challenge of the EPA Skills Award. As usual, Ray was MC. After he explained the rules, members paired off to do the various exercises at various distances.

