The Past Members memorial day is an all day competition where we recall former members who are no longer with us. Monies raised on the day go towards St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham (visit their website). On Sunday, we had an ideal turnout of 16, which allowed everyone to play 6 matches of doubles. The […]
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2022 Competition Dates Announced
Our playing calendar for 2022 has been announced and the competition days have been added to our Events Calendar.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
External Competition Success!
Congratulations to Linda Greenwood and Esther Guisi, who finished runners-up in today’s International Women’s Day competition at Vauxhall. They won their opening 4 matches but lost their final 2 to finish with a 4-2 record. Great effort girls. (This post originates from March 2020)
New Midweek Competition
In response to member requests, we will have a new midweek competition this Summer. This will be held on Wednesday July 1st, and will not count towards any of our 3 aggregating competitions – the Points marathon, Grand Prix or Millenium Trophy. (This post originates from January 2020)
Past Members’ Memorial Trophy
As we did last year we have made our Past Members’ Memorial Trophy competition an Open Triples. This will be held on Saturday 20th of June. Watch this space for entry details. (This post originates from February 2020)
