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BHPC wishes all its members and supporters Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year.

Your sex needs you! Do your duty and represent your sex at our friendly, free, annual Battle of the Sexes next Saturday 9 July at 1pm (so register at least 15 minutes beforehand).

  On Saturday 30 April on a beautiful sunny day Brighton and Hove Pétanque Club hosted a succesful Come and Try day.

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L-R Ray Ager, runner-up, Tony Mann, winner, David Randall, third, Mark Cherie, Best New Member. A lovely warm sunny day saw a good turnout for our first club competition, the 2011 Club Singles.

Now that Brighton Summer Time (BST) has arrived, just a reminder that this means: Weekend afternoons now start at 2pm instead of 1pm Wednesday evenings 6pm

P1000189 Originally uploaded by bhpetanque Xmas meal at Alfrescos.

Another interesting discussion from the French forum Pétanque 710. When playing in a ‘friendly’ game, why bother keeping score? Just play for fun!

If you’ve played pétanque in Provence, you’ll know that most terrains have lots of trees, usually Plane trees, to provide shade from the sun. The trees and their roots form natural obstacles on the terrain that local players will often … Continue reading →