THE WINTER TRIPLES LEAGUE HAS NOW CONCLUDED. THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.

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How it works:

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.

League Format:

• There is a £2 per player entry fee into the league.
• Position in the league 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 league 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.

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 exec 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 will be produced - see below. It is expected that there will be some disruption to the schedule due to weather, 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 2 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.
• Teams can register a 4th 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.
• Club members who have not “signed up" for this competition will be considered to be “pool players” who can play for short-handed teams ONCE ONLY, with the agreement of the opposing captain.
• 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.

The League teams:

• Boules En Feu (Alex H, Kaye S, Joe M, Jane M)
• Nittincrediboules (Alan G, Lyn R, Tom R, Wil G)
• G and T (Gary G, Gil G, Tom J)
• Guardyloo (Willie U, Mary T, Irene K, Elaine A)
• Nitten Belles (June R, Liz H, Lynne Q, Maureen M)
• JEMS (Liz G, Janice R, Margaret B)
• The Panthers (Ken P, Neil P, Tony G, Brian H)
• Triple H (Sandy H, Steve H, Ian H)
• Nitten Bees (Jake H, Scott B, Brian McC, Andrew R)

Results:

Winners: Triple H

Runners up: G and T

Third place: Nittincrediboules

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