Kent Petanque Association

Pétanque in Kent is a much bigger sport than most people would imagine, with several different leagues in operation in the County.

Kent Pétanque League is, by some way, the largest pétanque league in the country.

Pétanque is a game which can be readily played successfully by young and old, men and women. Juniors, under the age of 18, play in many of the teams in the League and in this regard pétanque is a recreation which enjoys an almost unique family element in a competitive environment.

Our league season lasts from April through to September and matches are played on Wednesday nights with most clubs having a practice night, usually Tuesdays. Turning up on a league night will at least allow you to find out about joining the clubs.

In addition many Clubs run open competitions which normally take place on Sundays and details of some of those will be included in this website.

The majority of clubs operate from pubs, though there are several in Sports and Social Clubs also in the league.

The pétanque terrain (piste) is usually open to the public, on non-club nights, free of charge and in many clubs boules can be hired very cheaply for you to try out the sport.

The vast majority of clubs welcome new players and most will take time to teach newcomers the basics of the game.

Up and Coming Events/Competitions

Incentive scheme for the Kent Regional Qualifiers 2019

Attached are the final details of an incentive scheme which will give players of all abilities the opportunity to earn credits at each Kent regional qualifier. As the scheme will include teams who finish in the top 14, teams will be rewarded who do not qualify to represent Kent sustaining interest across all 5 Qualifiers. These teams will receive their financial reward at the Chairman's Cup. The earned enhanced subsidy for accommodation will be reflected in invoices issued to teams after the final Regional Qualifier on August 4 2019. Using the bursary from the KPA Triples to part fund the scheme also means potentially 30+ teams can benefit from this funding rather than just 2 teams.

As this is a new scheme it will be monitored and reviewed by the Management Committee.

With thanks to Mike Cubitt for working to develop and finalise the scheme.

Carolyn Edwins
Chair, Playing Committee

Incentive Scheme Detail

Dear Committee members,

It is with much regret I inform you that Ray Keemer-Richards has stepped down as KPA Membership Secretary and resigned his position on the KPA MC.

Ray has served the Kent region with distinction and I sincerely thank him for all his tireless work on our behalves over the past few years.

Best wishes,
Bob

Chairman
Kent Petanque Association

Summer League

Outline is as follows
10/04/2019 Wed Cup Preliminary Round
17/04/2019 Wed League Round 1
24/04/2019 Wed Cup Round 1
01/05/2019 Wed League Round 2
08/05/2019 Wed League Round 3
15/05/2019 Wed Cup Round 2 & Plate Preliminary
22/05/2019 Wed League Round 4
29/05/2019 Wed League Round 5
05/06/2019 Wed League Round 6
12/06/2019 Wed Cup Round 3 Plate Round 1
19/06/2019 Wed League Round 7
26/06/2019 Wed League Round 8
03/07/2019 Wed Cup Round 4 Plate Round 2
10/07/2019 Wed League Round 9
17/07/2019 Wed Cup and Plate Semi Finals
24/07/2019 Wed League Round 10
31/07/2019 Wed League Round 11
07/08/2019 Wed Cup and Plate Finals
14/08/2019 Wed League Round 12
21/08/2019 Wed Spare
28/08/2019 Wed League Round 13
04/09/2019 Wed League Round 14
11/09/2019 Wed League Round 15
18/09/2019 Wed League Round 16
25/09/2019 Wed League Round 17
02/10/2019 Wed Spare
09/10/2019 Wed League Round 18

First preliminary round of the Summer Cup will take place on 10th April. Fixtures for Cup & League are now within the league section.

Staplehurst PC

Are seeking new members to join their club.

Lost Boule - Have you got a matching set?
Please check yours.
We are looking for a lost boule JB boule B13 (720)
We have a JB boule serial number 125 or i25
(Unclear)

Contact Cheryl Curd

KPA Qualifiers

On Monday 28th January, Pétanque England published a new calendar. This had a national ranking event on 16th June, which was previously free and we had used for a Kent regional qualifier. After due consideration and in consultation with the playing committee and KPA officers, it was agreed it was unfair to have a clash between a Kent qualifier and a national ranking event.

Therefore we can now confirm the 5 dates of the Kent regional qualifiers will be:

Sunday 19th May - Hartley
Sunday 23rd June - Lordswood
Sunday 7th July - GRFC
Sunday 21st July - GRFC
Sunday 4th August - Meadow

2019 Calendar

The 2019 KPA Playing Calendar was agreed at the Management Committee meeting tonight January 24.

It has been very challenging to bring together this document given that Petanque England already had events on 7 Sundays compared to 4 in 2018. This does not include Easter Sunday.

The Playing Committee did not want to set up clashes for Espoirs, Euro Cup players and those who will participate in national ranking events.

This explains why Regional Qualifiers are starting later ( but hopefully the weather will be better!) and April looks sparse.

Lee Jamieson

Lee had been a major force for many years, playing in countless competitions around the county, country and beyond, frequently with his wife, Angie and son Ashley.

He had played in and for Kent for a number of years.

Our thoughts are with the whole family at this sad time.

New Ash Green are looking for players please contact hannshwilson@gmail.com

KPA Winter League 2018/19 details click here, please let know if there are any issues.

kpl@kentpetanque.org

Playing Committee

The Playing Committee members are Carolyn Edwins ( Chair), Kevin Spillett, Sheila King and Keith Atkinson. The group meet 2/3 times a season to discuss playing matters with a particular responsibility to finalise the Kent Playing calendar in January each year and finalise teams to represent Kent at the Inter Regional Championships. This is usually towards the end of July or early August. If KPA members have any suggestions to improve petanque in Kent please speak to any member of the Committee who regularly play in the KPL and Sunday tournaments.

Thank you

Carolyn Edwins