President’s Shield

The Presidents Shield competition was played on Saturday October 9th and, after 2 weather related postponements, we finally got to hold the Jean Hope Shooting competition during the lunch break. The morning started out very misty and dank and, with 17 players finally registering, we had a good turnout. Coats were very much in order […]

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Jean Hope Shooting

On Saturday 9th, and after 2 weather related postponements, we finally got to hold the Jean Hope Shooting competition during the lunch break of the President’s Shield. 10 players chose to take part in the Shooting Competition, which was run to Petanque England rules, with 1 small addition of our own. Each player threw 3 […]

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Singles Knockout Final

The inaugural final of this new competition was played on Friday September 24th between David Randall and Ash Patel in front of a healthy number of spectators. David finished the winner by 13-7. The detailed scoring was as follows: End David Randall Ash Patel 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 […]

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Mark Barlow Day

Sunday 5th September saw Croydon Petanque Club hold The Mark Barlow tournament, in remembrance of Mark, who sadly passed away in 2020 from coronavirus. Mark had often spoken to his work colleagues about his passion for the game, filling them in on where he’d spent his weekend playing, come rain or shine. It is because […]

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