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

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:

• The format of the competition will be a league, as only eight teams have entered, with each team playing all others.
• Position in the league table 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.
• Matches will commence at 10am on Saturday and Sunday, with 4 matches on the Saturday and 3 on Sunday.
• Entry fee is £6 per team, payable on the Saturday, during registration, which will be 09:30 - 09:45.
• The matches 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. Draws are permitted. An end will deem to have commenced when the final boule of the previous end has come to rest.

There will be an official umpire for the competition. Opposing team captains should primarily seek to agree between themselves, before calling upon the umpire 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:

• Opposing team captains will toss a coin for the right to 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.
• Teams, where possible, should notify the Match Secretary of their unavailability due to illness, at least 24 hours prior to match day.
• 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 2024 - Teams entered:

1. Wil G & Tom R - The Auld Alliance
2. Brian H & Janette H - Wee Boulay
3. Lyn R & Bob C - No Hit Sherlock
4. Gary G & Steve H - GAS
5. Tom J & Irene K - Cannonboules
6. Margaret B & Ian B - MandI
7. Carol D & Jonathan D - Another Bad Bounce!