2008 National Championships

                       [Prospect Pétanque players in RED]

RESULTS - 2008 Petanque Australia Easter International Open Triples

OPEN TRIPLE
1 Pierre Boudan, Norbert Bussoa, Francois Hitie
2 Pierre Bommarito, Michael Lacase, Kevin Wright
3 Mathieu Boudan, David Bussoa, Didier Bussoa

OPEN CONSULANTE
1 Neil Brown, Joe Tomassetti, Scott Clarke
2 Terry Dando, Peter Rose, Gary McIntosh
3 Martial Leconte, Gerard Finette, Tristan Kinghorn

MEN’S OPEN SHOOTING
1 Patrick Dufresne
2 Jean Luc Domergue

WOMEN OPEN TRIPLE
1 Ariadne Ernest, Joanne Lippard, Sharon Cannon
2 Cathy Ayre, Siv Verdung, Therese Hutchinson
3 Arlette Figon, Aicha Prime, Libby Sowter

WOMEN CONSOLANTE
1 Genevieve Boudan Sherrie Williams Agnelle Edouard
2 Shirley Marshall Alison Kinghorn Lyn Maas
3 Claudie Leconte Jacqueline Nemorin Eileen Marie

WOMEN'S SENIOR SHOOTING
1 Vivienne Brown
2 Shirley Marshall

OVER 60 WOMENS TRIPLE
1 Helen Bayet, Suzanne Lemoal, Jocelyne Lemeur
2 Sue Gray, Mary Diggins, Lesley Murray
3 Marlene Cooper, Sandra Stringfellow, Rebecca Adams

WOMEN OVER 60 SHOOTING
1 Solange Philogene

JUNIOR TRIPLES OPEN
1 Thomas Lassig, Jon Lassig, Timothy Stevenson
2 Aaron O’Shea, Kierran Clarke, Mathieu Ghetti

JUNIOR SHOOTING
1 Tristan Kinghorn
2 Timothy Stevenson

Inter-State Trophy - New South Wales

Melbourne 27 March 2008,

Dear members,
Our second International open is over and it was by all comments received a successful event, with a few little glitches nothing which cannot be sorted.
Our sincere congratulations must go to the organising committee for delivering a great venue and a good organisation with some great support from local members.
My personal thanks to the voluntaries that made the running of the event an easier task
The competition itself was run as per Pétanque Australia playing format but as the tournament director of the event I wasn’t given all information necessary at time as it was run on a different program with little information being made available.
I did apologise to some players who felt that they were unfairly treated by the introduction of a different scoring system (Point for instead of our usual delta system +/-), I only realised of the change once the poules were drawn and game had started.
The difference in the system was an issue for 2 teams missing out in qualification, those 2 teams having won 3 games out of their 6 qualifying games.
The lack of information provided to players was also an issue
- No published draw
- No ranking in their group
- No visual information on their poules
- No visual progression to the final
Those issues will be addressed and sorted for next year tournament.
A series of reports will be published and forwarded to all members and individual report will be forwarded to the organising committee, tournament co-ordinator, umpires and coaches by Pétanque Australia.
To all the players, officials, umpires and the organising committee thank you for your great support and understanding over the weekend.
Please find attached the results of our International Triple open in an attached document. Results will be published on PA website www.petanqueaustralia.com
Pétanque Australia at its next board meeting will fully assess the tournament and will officially announce next year venue.

Yours in pétanque,

Andre Deramond
President
Pétanque Australia