YORKSHIRE PETANQUE NEWS 2025

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16^th February 2026 - Obituary

Ian Wells of Wetherby PC passed away last Friday following a long illness.

Ian was a long term member of Wetherby and was well known to Players in the York and West Yorks leagues.
Ian and Delia were also regular players in club events around Yorkshire, usually playing as The Southerners.

 

26^th June 2025

Suham took lots of photos at the Ladies Fun Day held at the Fox on June 14^th.

You can view them via his dropbox account with the following link

Ladies day photos

19^th June 2025

A league in an afternoon event was held at Mirfield.

Click here for a report from Paul Simpkins

14th June - Yorkshire Club Team Event at Heckmondwike on July 13th

This year the rules for the event have changed slightly.

The event is open to all players but they must be a member of the club they are playing for.

The overall event still consists of a Mixed Triples, a Mixed Pairs and an Open Pairs so a squad has a minimum of 7 players.
Squads can have more than 7 but the squad entry fee remains at £35 (£5 per player up to 7). Sorry thats 35 pounds the pound sign isn't printing out properly.
All the entry fees will be paid out as prize money.

As long as the squad fields the correct mix of players in each section there is flexibility between rounds.
i.e. the same players do not have to play in the same section each time.
Changing players during a game is not allowed except where there is illness or injury and any such change must be approved by the organiser.

If there are 8 squads entered the format will be league and knockout otherwise a snake format will be used (pre-determined random set of opponents)

Clubs may enter more than squad but players may not switch between those squads.

Each round will be a timed 1 hour with no additional ends.
There will be approximately 10 minutes between rounds each of which will start and finish on a whistle.
There will be an approximately 30 minute break for lunch after round 3.

In each round a match will be between 2 squads e.g. the Leeds squad could be drawn against the Heckmondwike squad and those squads will play against each other in each of the 3 sections.

There will be one squad point for each game won and an additional squad point for the squad winning the match.

Because there are timed games there could be draws in which case the squads will split the point.

Any questions please email alan@yorkshirepetanque.co.uk

10th June - Funeral details

Mike Walkley's funeral will be on the 30th June at 1.00pm

It will be at Kirkleatham Crematorium TS118HH and afterwards at Guisborough Cricket Club TS147DQ

Mike's parents have requested that no one wears black and there should be no flowers.

Some players are intending wearing their club kit but this is only a suggestion.

2nd June - unfortunately another Obituary

A very sad and unexpected obituary.
Mike Walkley was found dead at his home in Guisborough by his parents last Thursday evening.

Mike was a successful regional player for the past 20 years winning 8 regional titles and representing the region on many occasions.
He died unexpectedly at the age of 56.

He played for various regional clubs and was currently a member of Leeds PC.

Funeral details will be added when available.

29th May - Obituary updates

A service to celebrate the life of Alistair Horne will be held at York Crematorium on Friday 13th June at 11.40am.

UPDATE - The funeral directors made a mistake, the service is at 11.00 am NOT 11.40

Afterwards please join us as we gather to remember and celebrate Alistair's life at the Fulford Working Men's club.

Click here for the Order of Service for Sam Porter

21st May -Scoreboards

Harrogate PC have 4 scoreboards they no longer need.

They are plastic with holes suitable for golf tees and are attached to a metal stake.

If anyone would like them free of charge contact Sue Couture at suemcouture@msn.com

15th May - Obituaries

No details available but 2 former regional players have died recently.

Alistair Horne who played at the Saddle died on the 6th May aged 78
Alistair last played for the regional squad in 2021

Sam Porter who played at Wetherby and Leeds died on the 13th May aged 84
Sam last played for the regional squad in 2019

23rd January - Ladies Fun Day 

The annual Ladies Fun Day will be held at the Fox on Saturday 14th June

Click here for more details

14th January - Obituary

I've been told the sad news that Mike Anderson has passed away at the age of 76.

No other details available other than the funeral is at York Crematorium on February 7th at 11.00

Newer players won't know Mike since he hasn't played since 2019 but he was a club and regional player for many years prior to that.

He was originally with the Huntington club but when that club folded he played for Brandesburton and then the Saddle.

Mike was part of the winning team at many club tournaments over the years and he was part of the winning team in the Regional Triples in 1999, 2005, 2009 and 2010