Author: huddersfieldpetanque

Play has restarted recently & using distancing rules a singles league is running with 10 players.

As of Thursday June 11th members had played 32 matches in the Singles League. In the lead at the moment are Roy and Clive both on 7 wins but Roy has played all his 10 games whilst Clive has 3 more to play. There are still 23 matches to be contested so this situation will certainly change.  See the latest league table at this link here

We’re also planning a pairs event on Tuesday  June 23rd at 1:00pm. No need to book just turn up on the day. Choose your partner or take pot luck. We will only have 7 lanes available to play on so the maximum number of players will be 28.   We thought about calling it Covid Pairs or Social teams but decided in the end on Distancing Doubles.

New playing rules to cover doubles play are here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some play is possible following guidance from National Governing bodies. 2 members who are in the same family group can now play; 2 individuals who are not in the same family group can play as long as they socially distance. No doubles or triples can be played.

The secretary has emailed members with guidelines for playing and members can play at any time as “Club sessions” will not run for sometime and there will be no competitions for some time.

The clubhouse is closed. Please bring your own drinks if you want to.

For more information contact club secretary.

Running a competition and most people think of a knockout like the FA Cup but it’s not that easy. With the uncertainty of how many will turn up some work needs to be done. Here’s our rough guide to KOs.  It’s a knockout

It’s a funny old game pétanque. Most people have picked up a garbled version of the rules on holiday or from a friend “who knew the game” but when you start a club you’ll most likely have to start from scratch but which rules do you teach?

Do you need  the Official rules of the international governing body? There is a view that these are poorly written concentrating too much on the highest level of the game and the penalties for non compliance, umpires and juries that are just too demanding for most club members. Look at the FIPJP rules

Or should you use a simple set of Picture rules which are very simplistic but may cater for social players. Try the Picture Rules

Or a short set of the official rules but with the competition level rules removed? See Short 2020

Or the latest concept the Free rules which have been prepared by an aficionado trying to get away from the complicated and archaic Official rules and provide down to earth solutions. Revolutionary but intriguing Pétanque Libre

Once the jack is thrown each player has the maximum duration of one minute to play his or her boule. How does this work in practice?

Look at the rules and penalties involved and improve your time management. Click on Just a minute