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Past Events
The benign summer
has provided us with the
opportunity for many a game of
petanque. In Auckland,
tournaments were held and
enjoyed by those who took part
at Puhoi, run by Jean Claude
Rapon and Hibiscus Coast by
Louis Mesnage and the H C
Petanque Club.
Cam Calder raised
in excess of $400 for the NZPA
from tournaments in Devonport
and as part of the Manukau
Festival of Sport.
Cockle Bay Howick.
Buster and Bev Emson and Peter
and Rita de Beer had the new
terrain at Cockle Bay in
excellent condition
The terrain at
Kennedy Park has not been
finished as yet. The NZPA
accordingly has offered the
North Shore City Council some
financial support towards
achieving this end. The North
Harbour Masters Games this year
accordingly will be held at
Victoria Park, Auckland.
Petanque Upper
Hutt
Petanque Upper
Huff held a tournament over the
summer. Congratulations Brian
Smith on winning that and Graeme
Millard on his election as
president.
Air New Zealand
Open (Easter Weekend)
Excitement is
building towards the Air New
Zealand Open Petanque
Championship, with confirmed
major sponsorship from Peugeot,
this will be held Easter
Weekend, Saturday and Sunday 15
– 16 April. Teams of two, $10 per person
entry fee. Send entries to the
Secretary, P O Box 32089,
Devonport. Spread the word!
Licences
Entrants must be
licenced members of the NZPA.
Annual licence fee to 31 March
1996 is $10.00.
Details required
for licence: name, address, date
of birth, nationality, club.
Please also include a passport
size photo for the licence.
Licences will also enable
holders to play in competitions
outside of NZ.
FIPJP
Good news. We are
officially affiliated to the
FIPJP and have been invited to
send two teams of 3 to represent
New Zealand at the World
Championships in Brussels in
September.
Spoils of the
Open
First prize in
the Open will be flights to
Queenstown courtesy of Air New
Zealand and a weekend at Olivers
Restaurant and Lodge, courtesy
Fleur Sullivan, in Clyde,
beautiful Central Otago, called
by some the Tuscany of New
Zealand.
Whilst there it is
likely the Open Winners will
have a Peugeot to cruise around
in. Air New Zealand have also
commissioned a superb bronze
trophy from New Zealand’s
pre-eminent sculptor Terry
Stringer. This will of course be
played for annually. To add to
their riches the two winners
will also each receive a set of
competition boules from sponsors
Integrale.
Trophy
On the subject of
trophies the runners up in the
inaugural NZ National
Championships, John Kelly,
Andrew Tyson and Cam Calder have
donated to the NZPA a simple
silver cup made by Mappin and
Webb, England in the late 19th
Century for award to the runners
up in subsequent National
Championships.
Peugeot
Further exciting
news - Peugeot NZ conducted a
promotion prior to Christmas
offering an 8 ball leisure set
supplied by Cam Calder of
‘Boules to You’ with every new
Peugeot sold.
The success of
this promotion lead Cam Calder
to approach Peugeot on behalf of
the NZPA. Discussions are
continuing but it is likely that
Peugeot will be come involved in
promoting the game in
communities throughout New
Zealand.
They are already major
sponsors along with Air New
Zealand of the Open Petanque
Championship. Additionally and
separately from their
involvement with the NZPA,
Peugeot will be major supporters
of the Herne Bay Petanque Club.
New Terain
On this subject -
a small group Laurel, Adele,
Ned, Zac, Martin, Jorg,
Christian, Chris & Cam are
working on getting a terrain
sorted out, 100 square metres of
top soil have been removed and
replaced with a similar quantity
of lime. Lance Kenney of Better
Bobcats choreographed an
exquisite dance of maximum
effect for minimum effort in
levelling the terrain. Chris,
Zac and Cam spent hours of fun
on a small roller compactor.
Work continues - once complete
an Open Day will be held
probably some time in April.
South of the
Bombays
The NZPA is
growing, we have members scattered
the length of New Zealand.
In a bid to keep
in touch with members outside of
Auckland we are talking with
Christchurch, Upper Hutt and
Masterton Clubs with a view to
them nominating representatives:
1 from Christchurch,
representing at this stage the
South Island Region and 1 from
Upper Hutt/Masterton,
representing the lower half of
the North Island, to liaise with
the NZPA committee.
It is hoped
to meet with these 2
representatives on the weekend
of the Air New Zealand Open.
Children’s Event
Anyone with
children under 13 interested in
playing in the Atomic Junior
tournament, Sunday 2 April,
please phone Chris.
World
Championships
The team will be
made up of finalists in the 1994
New Zealand National
Championships - the final make
up being known when those
concerned have assessed their
respective business and family
commitments. We are determined
to ensure we are represented by
at least one team.
NZPA moves to
21st Century
The NZPA is
retaining Karen Barnett to
computerise the membership list,
handle the issue of licences,
and membership renewals - we
know a few members have had
their names missed of the
mailing list for the newsletter
- it is hoped that this
arrangement will significantly
reduce the chances of this
happening as the NZPA continues
its exponential growth.
The new format of
the newsletter is largely the
work of Karen - who almost fell
asleep reading the newsletter in
the form in which I originally
gave it to her. It is envisaged
that this newsletter will
evolve, mirroring the growth in
the NZPA. All feedback welcome,
particularly news from the
regions.
NZPA Committed
Finally the NZPA
remains committed to encourage
participation in its Open and
National tournaments,
accordingly leisure boules are
acceptable and will remain
accept able at these events.
Cam Calder
Secretary, NZPA
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