6
January 2020 - National Ladies Pairs competition
Click
here for details
Anyone
interested should let us know before the meeting on January 18th
either via their club or by emailing the regional secretary.
16
December 2019 - New website design
The
website has been redesigned with the help of Charles Stewart who is a
professional graphic designer
Although
most of the changes are to the style of the website there has had to
be a large amount of programming changes as well.
The
changes have been extensively tested in multiple web browsers but if
something looks wrong to you
or
if something doesn't work please report the problem via the Contact
Us section.
20
November 2019 - New Regional Logo
Following
the voting on the 12 possible logos prepared by Charles Stewart.
It
was clear that the preference was for a figure throwing a boule
along
with the words Northern Petanque but not in a circular logo.
Charles
has prepared the following 3 possibilities but the exact layout and
font can have many slight variations.
The
Officers will decide on the final logo but Northern members are
invited to send any
comments
to Charles to help with that decision. Please send any comments via
the Main Menu Officers list.
9th
September 2019 - Regional AGM
The
following information has just been circulated to Northern clubs
To
all Members of Northern Pétanque
The
next AGM of Northern Pétanque will take place at Hollicarrs on
Saturday 19th October at 10.30am.
The
AGM will be followed by the RCM.
Members
are requested to submit nominations for the positions of:-
President,
Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Playing
Officer, Development Officer, Coach and Umpire.
Nominations
may be put forward by any Northern registered club.
Candidates
may also be nominated by a minimum of three individual members.
All
nominations must be in writing (email is acceptable) and must be
received by the Regional Secretary no later than Thursday 3rd October
2019.
This
is also the date that items for the Agendas for both the AGM and RCM
must be received by the Secretary.
Candidates
may, if they wish, add brief notes supporting their application.
The
Agendas for both meetings will be issued on Friday 4th October
2019.
Club
officials are asked to bring this notice to the attention of all
their members.
Roy
Henstock
31st
August 2019 - Travel Information affecting the Westow Triples
We
have only just learned of the following road closure
Sunday
from 09:30 until 14:00
Network
Rail Infrastructure Ltd - Information for Road Users
Cause:
Streetworks
Closure
in force:
Sun
9:30 - 14:00
Name:
next to Kirkham abbey bridge
00022323
- Blue Hill, Whitwell-on-the-Hill
Description:
Level crossing testing.
Emergency
access will be maintained at all times.
22nd
July 2019 - Information regarding Executive Officer positions
To
all members of Northern Pétanque
This
is a notice well in advance of the AGM in October to advise Northern
members that a number of current Executive Officers
have
declared that they will not be seeking re-election at the
AGM.
Members
can of course be nominated for any of the EO posts but we know
definitely that nominations will be needed for the positions
of
President,
Vice President, Membership Secretary, Playing Officer and Development
Officer.
Nominations
for any regional officer position may be put forward by any Northern
registered club.
Candidates
may also be nominated by a minimum of three individual members.
This
is not a call for nominations but advance warning of the positions
that will need filling.
The
formal call for nominations will be published nearer to the
AGM.
However
if anyone would like to register an interest, or would like more
information, without any commitment at this stage, in any of the
posts then please let me know.
Would
all club secretaries please draw their members attention to this as I
may not have email address' for every Northern member.
Kind
regards
Roy
Henstock
Secretary
Northern Pétanque
22nd
July 2019 - Petanque in Beverley
Click
here for a flyer with details of the latest terrain in the North
10
July 2019 - New Regional Logo
As
part of looking at new kit a new logo is also being
considered.
Charles
Stewart has prepared some options which can be seen by clicking the
button below. (no longer available)
Logged
in members can also indicate their preferences to help with the
decision.
22nd
June 2019 - Crystal Palace event
Click
here for a report from Paul Simpkins on the Crystal Palace event held
on the 8th June which attracted a large English and international
field
22nd
June 2019 - Huddersfield 123 event
Click
here for a report from Paul Simpkins and the results of the 123 event
held at Huddersfield
16th
June 2019 - 4 way invitational club event
Click
here for a report from Paul Simpkins and the results of the 4 way
invitational club event held at Huddersfield
31st
May 2019 - World Junior Championships
Following
his 3rd selection into the National Youth A Squad earlier this season
in his last year as a junior,
and
following three representative trips to France over the past 2
years,
Davy
Blyton (16) has now achieved his goal of making this year’s
world championships team.
Davy
has worked hard on his game in the past few years, benefiting hugely
from playing with his dad and Lee Edgar
as
team 1 in last year’s Inter-Regionals, in which he also came
3rd in the National Youth tir de precision,
and
having Lee as a mentor throughout 2018.
Being
part of the NYS has been a considerable commitment, with monthly
training activities and 4 trips to the Chiltern Region so far in
2019.
For
his efforts and commitment, he will now play with his new team in the
Maaseiker festival in Belgium in August (singles-doubles-Triples)
in
preparation for the big one in Cambodia in November. The region
wishes his every success.
3rd
May 2019 - funeral arrangements
The
funeral for Pauline Ainley will be a humanist celebration of life.
It
will be held at 12.30 on Friday 17th May at East Riding Crematorium,
Octon Cross Roads, Driffield, YO25 3BL.
Stewart
asks that everyone wears colourful clothing or at least 1 item of
pink (breast cancer awareness).
Family
flowers only, there will be a collection for St Catherine's Hospice
Scarborough.
To
help Stewart organise the wake (venue still to be confirmed), if you
will be attending please email him on
99astewart@gmail.com
(this is not his usual address) or text him on
07957872652
UPDATE
Venue
for the wake is Westow Cricket Club, Badger Bank Road, Westow, YO60
7NN
The
cricket club is outside Westow on the Westow to Kirkham road.
Stewart
is happy for players attending the funeral to wear their petanque
tops
and
if the weather is nice he will encourage them to play at Westow
afterwards.
20
April 2019 - funeral arrangements
Joan
Fletcher's funeral will be held at York crematorium, Bishopthorpe
Road, York, YO23 2QD on Tuesday 30th April at 11.40
Followed
by a funeral reception at The Ainsty PH, Boroughbridge Road.
30
March 2019 - funeral arrangements
Sue
Swift's funeral will be held at Lawnswood Crematorium, Leeds, LS16
6AH on Tuesday 16th April at 9.40
Followed
by a funeral reception at The Lawnswood Arms
Family
flowers only, donations will go to the Stroke Association
20
March 2019 - World Transplant Games in Gateshead in August 2019
Click
here for details
11
January 2019 - Membership Renewals
Membership
renewals both for individual players and for clubs are now
due.
Petanque
England members should have had a reminder from PE.
We
realise that in winter Petanque is not a top priority for everyone
so
your last years membership will allow you to log on to the Northern
website up to the 31st March.
However
you cannot use privileges such as the option to book into summer
tournaments until you have renewed.
4
June 2020 – Test
Please
ignore this section it is only a test of uploading photos in a
different way.
