2008
Firstly a correction: In the January newsletter I wrote that the End of the Winter league dinner would be on the 6th April. Well, I got it wrong. The Winter league does not finish until the 13th April, so that is the date for the dinner. Please scratch out any reference in your diary to the 6th. The Winter dinner will be at St Ouen’s Parish Hall on 13th April. Fred still has plenty of time to oil his bits in preparation. We hope to eat at 6pm.
Annual General Meeting.
You may already be aware through your club representative or on the grape vine, that I will not be seeking re-election to the position of Chairman of the JPA at the next AGM.
I have enjoyed working with the committee and the club representatives to get the Association up and running and I would like to thank them all for their hard work and support over the past four years. In that time we have established the Island Championships for Singled, Doubles and Triples and have taken on the administration of the Summer and Winter leagues as well as assuming responsibility for the Inter Insular. We have also made a good start at involving young people in the game of Petanque. We have a summer junior championship and Tony is working with the schools to get more participation from local students.
Venue for the AGM. This AGM will be held at St Mary’s Youth & Community Centre at 8pm.
Affiliation.
As you are aware by now, the British Petanque Federation is no more. We are continuing with our efforts to affiliate to the Federation Internationale de Petanque et Jeu Provencal. However this is not proving to be that straightforward. We are now on our second round of letters to the secretary of the Federation Internationale. My thanks to Colin Vibert for providing the French Translation.
Summer leagues.
There is still time to get your forms back to Mick Cotillard if you wish to enter a team in the Summer league. A form was included with the last newsletter.
We would like to get the games started as soon as possible this year, taking advantage of the evening sun and those extra daylight hours of May.
Copies of the rules governing the Summer league are distributed to all the team captains. I would ask all captains to make their team players aware of the rules. This helps to avoid “difficulties“during the season.
Junior Championships 2008
The JPA will again be holding Junior Championships in 2008.
These will be held on the LAST Saturday of each month March to August with a Finale on Saturday 20th September when trophies will be presented to winner and runner up in each age group.
The first competition will be on Saturday 29th March at Clos Nicolle, home of the Carrefour Petanque Club in St Lawrence. Check in at 1.45pm for a 20 minute ‘warm up’ followed by 3 games. Age groups will be 8-11 years and 12-16. Entry fee is £2 and covers all seven events. Players must compete in a minimum of 5 rounds to qualify for the final results.
Schedule:
March 29th at Carrefour Petanque Club, Clos Nicolle, Mont Couchon, St Lawrence.
April 26th at Jersey Petanque Club, Les Quennevais Sports Ground, St Brelade.
May 31st at Carrefour Petanque Club, Clos Nicolle, Mont Couchon, St Lawrence.
June 28th at Jersey Petanque Club, Les Quennevais Sports Ground, St Brelade.
July 26th at St Mary’s Petanque Club, St Mary’s Youth & Community Centre.
August 30th at Jersey Petanque Club, Les Quennevais Sports Ground, St Brelade.
Sept. 20th at Carrefour Petanque Club, Clos Nicolle, Mont Couchon, St Lawrence.
Full details from your Club representative or Elaine Paisnel, 851580 or visit the website www.jpa.org.je.
General
We now have more information, thanks to Frank Morel regarding the International Centre for Teaching Petanque run by the F.I.P.J.P ad the CIEP. The centre is based at 55 Rue des Treilles, 89140 Sergines, France. The person to contact is Claude Ralvy Tel: (33) (0) 6 80 42 52 88.
There is a teaching/training manual on the internet and Tony Allchurch has a copy which will be useful in his dealings with the schools and their involvement with Petanque.
The Carrefour club are holding a Junior Open Competition on Saturday 12th April. The venue will be the Carrefour Club’s terrains at the Nicolle Centre, La Route de St Jean, St Lawrence. Check in 1.15pm for a 1.30pm start. The competition is for two age groups, those 8 to 11 years and the 12 to 16 year olds.
The competition is being sponsored by D H Sutherland Ltd and entry forms can be obtained from the Carrefour club and returned to Robert Birch, Tamariu, Mont de la Rosiere, St Saviour JE2 7WD. Entries need to be in by 6th April.
Thank you for your support over the past four years and don’t forget to attend the AGM so that you can cast your vote for the new Chairman (or woman) and members of the General Committee.
Derek Hart – Chairman of Jersey Petanque Association.