THE CLUB DOUBLES HAS NOW CONCLUDED. THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.

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The following rules and format for play are local rules and should be viewed as additions/allowed amendments to the Scottish Pétanque Association Rules for Play and Competition.

Championship Format:

• There will be 2 conferences of 9 teams, within which each team will play each other once only.
• Position in the conference is based on wins, then points difference, then points for. In the event of a tie, it will be based on the score between the two tied teams.
• The conferences will consist of timed games of 40 minutes, plus one end. Games will not start until the ‘whistle’. After 40 minutes, the whistle will again sound. The end in play will finish and a further end will complete the match. An end will deem to have commenced when the final boule of the previous end has come to rest.
• Match results must be sent to the Club Secretary via the Captain’s Log chat.
• The top 4 teams from each conference will enter into a seeded draw for the knockout phase of the championship (i.e. quarter finals).
• The knockout games will be timed and will follow the local rules as applied to the conference section of the championship.

There is no official umpire for the competition. Opposing team captains should primarily seek to agree between themselves, as a last resort a mutually agreed third party may be invited to adjudicate. Do not approach a third party who is currently engaged in play in any other on-going match.

Local rules and etiquette Newtongrange Pétanque Club:

• Matches must start within 15 minutes of the agreed start time. Tardiness on the part of a team will result in a warning, repeated offences MAY result in forfeit of the match, by a score defined by the championship committee.
• Opposing team captains will toss a coin for the right to choose the piste, and then toss the coin a 2nd time to choose who will throw the cochonnet (coche).
• Please remember to mark circles and coche.
• After the first end, place the circle round the coche.
• All strings are boundaries. Boules or coches fully crossing this line are dead. The normal rules for the coche apply: 6 – 10 metres etc.
• A coche thrown over the lane strings should be lifted and replaced on the correct piste, by the non-throwing team.
• A coche thrown under 6m and over 10m should be placed by the opposition team.
• A schedule of matches has been produced - see below. It is expected that there will be some disruption to the schedule due to holidays and/or illness, however each round should be played within 3 weeks of the ‘week commencing’ date for the round. Team captains are required to give opposing captains a minimum of 3 weeks notice if a match is likely to require postponement due to holidays - the Secretary must be alerted to the agreed postponement in advance of the scheduled date for play. Team members, where possible, should notify their team captain of their unavailability due to illness 48 hours prior to match day. Captains must report postponements due to illness to the Secretary where possible. The Committee will make allowances, within reason, for late postponements due to illness.
• Club members who have not “signed up" for this competition will be considered to be “pool players” who can play for short handed teams, with the agreement of the opposing captain - but will NOT be considered permanent team members.
• Teams can register a 3rd player for their team, this player may substitute for another team member prior to a match. During play a substitution can only be made before an end commences - the opposing captain MUST be made aware of the substitution before play restarts.
• Please observe the no smoking, eating, or drinking on, or around, the piste rule. This includes smoking/vaping at the ends or sides of the terrain.

Club Doubles Championship - Teams entered:

1. Kay G & Jonny B - The Chancers
2. Alan G & Kaye S - The Pit Boules
3. Tony G & Janis MacC - The Hopefuls
4. Gary G & Dot G - Blue Turtles
5. Alex H & Steve H - Nitten Bulls
6. Jake H & Scott B - Killer Bees
7. Sandy H & Ian H - Boules Bag
8. Brian H & Ken P - Boulay Boo
9. Brian McC & Andrew R - Jammy Bees
10. Jane M & Joe M - The Millers
11. Lynne Q & Maureen MacR - Nitten Blue Belles
12. Janice R & Liz G - Boules Volantes
13. June R & Liz H - Nitten Belles
14. Lyn R & Gil G - Boule In Hand
15. Tom R & Tom J - The TomToms
16. Mary T & Wullie U - The Canonboules
17. Tony W & Clare W - Claddagh
18. Rob W & Norrie W - The Beach Buggy Boys

Results:

Winners: Nitten Belles

Runners up: Claddagh

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The Road to the title…

The draw for the group stage took place at the piste on Sunday 25th June at 11am. Resulting groups are;

Group A

1. Blue Turtles
2. The Chancers
3. Jammy Bees
4. Nitten Belles
5. The Beach Buggy Boys
6. Killer Bees
7. The Pit Boules
8. The Canonboules
9. Boule In Hand

Group B

1. Claddagh
2. Boulay Boo
3. Nitten Blue Belles
4. The Millers
5. The Hopefuls
6. Nitten Bulls
7. Boules Bag
8. The TomToms
9. Boules Volantes