2016 Seedings & Play-Off Matches

Results in and seedings verified with League Co-Ordinator and Results Officer

 

Seed 1 - Stowmarket Oddboules
Seed 2 - Crown Inn Snape
Seed 3 - Yarmouth Rumboulers
Seed 4 - Kettleburgh
Seed 5 - Rolling Stones Aldeburgh
Seed 6 - Eels Foot I
Seed 7 - Finborough Chestnut Horse
Seed 8 - Turks Head Hasketon
Seed 9 - Wheatsheaf Tattingstone
Seed 10 - Eels Foot Hilbaillies
Seed 11 - Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham
Seed 12 - Eels Foot V
Seed 13 - Suivre Les Boules Playford
Seed 14 - Dolphin Thorpeness
Seed 15 - Eels Foot III
Seed 16 - Eels Foot Les Boulistes

 

Divisional Runners Up who didn't qualify:

17th - Bromeswell Braves
18th - Saxmundham
19th - Bramford Cock I
20th - Framsden Dobermann

 

Therefore (lowest seeds are at home and therefore named first)

Eels Foot Les Boulistes v Stowmarket Oddboules
Eels Foot III v Crown Inn Snape
Dolphin Thorpeness v Yarmouth Rumboulers
Suivre Les Boules Playford v Kettleburgh
Eels Foot V v Rolling Stones Aldeburgh
Parrot & Punchbowl v Eels Foot I
Eels Foot Hilbaillies v Finborough Chestnut Horse
Wheatsheaf Tattingstone v Turks Head Hasketon

 

ALL MATCHES MUST BE PLAYED BY SUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER.....ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSES OTHERWISE!!! Next week is a Bank Holiday weekend as well remember.

Coastal League hosts Suffolks first ever INDOOR TOURNAMENT - Sunday 20th November 2016

Anglia's biggest ever Indoor Pairs tournament, the Broads Indoor Classic, will be held on Sunday 20th November.

 Entry is limited to 64 pairs at a cost of £12 per pair.

Three qualifying games for each team then up to 4 separate knock-out events in the afternoon.

This event is costing over £500 to run, so we really do need your support in numbers.

Enter and be part of Anglia petanque history!!

Please email the League Co-Ordinator for further details and entry form.

Aldeburgh Carnival Pairs 2016 - Results

ALDEBURGH CARNIVAL PAIRS 2016 - RESULTS
After 20 teams having entered and playing 3 qualifying games each, we whittled it down to the semi-finalists as follows;

Martin Inglis & Pete Sharkey (Eels Foot) v Paddy Rosseau & Mark Adamson (Parrot)

and
Mike & Martha Rios-Hall (Eels Foot) v John Benford & Sian Hart (Leiston Engineers)

It was not to be an all Eels final as Mark & Paddy edged their game whilst Mike & Martha got through in their game.

So settling down to the Final, Mike & Martha played some nice boules but the pair of Parrots proved too strong on the day and very quickly reached 13 points without reply (just like the 2015 Final when a couple from Bressingham defeated Aldeburgh 13-0)

Congratulations Mark & Paddy, well done to Mike & Martha, a big well done to John & Sian who are proving that Leiston are a force to be reckoned with. Thanks to all who attended and took part, especially players who had come down from Manchester and up from Essex & Buckinghamshire.
 

2016 King Raedwald Cup Results

Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge

KING RAEDWALD CUP 2016
Final Results

 (Maximum score possible - 21points)

Winners - Finborough Chestnut Horse 17.5 points
Runners Up - The Jellied Eels - 14 points
3rd - Leiston Engineers - 12.5 points
4th - F Crew - 11 points
5th - Fourplay - 10 points
6th - Bromeswell I - 9 points
7th - Rios-Hall Horde - 7 points
8th - Bromeswell II - 3 points

Great day, excellent weather and what a fly-past by the Spitfire & Hurricane planes.
Hopefully we will be back there again for HooBoule III in 2017.

Adnams Coastal Petanque League versus Nottingham City PC - Saturday 18th June

Seventeen League players, including 3 juniors, travelled to Sherwood on Saturday to take part in a Challenge Match versus our hosts, the Nottingham City Petanque Club.

Playing as pairs on just 8 of their 30+ pistes, four rounds of matches were played. Everything was so evenly matched between the two teams, that the final match score was a 16-16 draw, with Nottingham just shading it on points 315-295.

We had 4 of our teams achieving 3 wins from 4, including Kira, but overall Lewis Fletcher & Seb Rios-Hall were our best pair on the day.

Some great new friends were made and Simon made the offer, on behalf of Suffolk, for our Mercia friends to come to Suffolk next season.

Please visit our Facebook page to see photos of the day and the presentations at the end of the day.

Aldeburgh Carnival Pairs - Saturday 13th August

The annual Aldeburgh Carnival Pairs tournament will be held on Saturday 13th August and entries can still be placed via the League Co-Ordinator at a cost of £10 per pair.

We currently have 16 pairs already registered, so spaces are now limited as we plan to only allow 24 pairs to enter in total.

Moules & Boules - Saturday 16th July

There is still time to enter the annual Moules & Boules event at Aldeburgh on Saturday 16th July. Registration is just £10 per pair and entries can be registered via Jeff Short.

If you need Jeff's email address please contact the League Co-Ordinator

2016 KING RAEDWALD CUP @ SUTTON HOO

2016 KING RAEDWALD CUP @ SUTTON HOO
SUNDAY JULY 24th
Team Event - You need 4 players ONLY, no more, no less.

Cost is £10 per adult, £6 per child to take part
National Trust members need only pay £3 each but they need to give me their Membership number and also bring their card on the day.

Format will be slightly amended to create more time to enjoy the sights and sounds of Sutton Hoo, as it will again be their 1930's Garden Party and a Spitfire fly-past, but you will play as pairs playing over a fixed 7 ends, to create the quick turnaround of matches.

Entry will be limited to a maximum of 12 teams. Have already got 8 teams confirmed pending full entry details.

Entries can be paid online in the Leagues Bank Account details but send me an email to confirm who is in your team and any National Trust membership numbers.

Are You Behind Schedule??

This coming weekend, 28th, 29th, 30th May sees us reach the halfway point of the league programme (already I hear you say!!).

Therefore to gauge whether you are up-to-date or behind in your fixtures, please use the following guide as an indicator;

In a 5 team League
You should be completing your 4th match by this week

In a 4 team league
You should be completing your 3rd match by this week

In a 3 team league
You should be completing your 3rd match by this week


There are a few outstanding matches according to the League Results Officers fixture lists, but these may have been played but the scorecard hasn't been sent in yet. If that is the case, can you please forward the relevant scorecard(s) as soon as possible.

Visit of La Petanque Montoise (Belgium)

Following the visit of our friends from La Petanque Montoise (Belgium), we had 3 separate events over the weekend, with the individual winners;


1st Leg - Friday 13th May

Mark Adamson & Paddy Rosseau (Parrot & Punchbowl)

2nd Leg - Saturday 14th May

Dave & Julie Mark (Crown Inn Snape)

3rd Leg - Sunday 15th May

Lewis Fletcher & Martha Rios-Hall (Eels Foot Inn)


So at each leg, the winners were a pair from the host team, coincidence or home piste advantage?


In the analysis of matches that were efeectively ACPL v La Petanque Montoise, the weekends match score was ACPL 21 wins LPM 10 wins.

A great weekend with over 60 ACPL players involved over the 3 days and an offer for us to return to LPM in 2017.

Belgium & Holland Trip 2016

Results from our annual League trip to Belgium & Holland;


Friday 29th April

PC De Zeemeermin (Belgium)  11  Adnams Coastal Petanque League  5


Saturday 30th April

PC Koksijde (Belgium)  42  Adnams Coastal Petanque League  42


Sunday 1st May

CJB Middelburg (Holland)  25  Adnams Coastal Petanque League  11

Adnams Cup 2016 - Round Two

The draw for the Second Round of the Adnams Cup is as follows;

STOWMARKET ODDBOULES v Deben Vikings
KETTLEBURGH v Golden Key Snape
PARROT & PUNCHBOWL ALDRINGHAM v Eels Foot III
EELS FOOT HAILBAILLIES v Yarmouth Rumboules
BROMESWELL BRAVES v Finborough Chestnut Horse
BRESSINGHAM FLYERS v Rolling Stones Aldeburgh
SUIVRE LES BOULES PLAYFORD v Bromeswell Boules Club
SHOTFORD BOWLS CLUB v Eels Foot I

Teams in capital letters are the Home teams.

All matches must be completed by Sunday 26th June

Adnams Plate 2016 - Round One

Now that the First Round of the Adnams Cup is completed, all the First Round losers go into the Adnams Plate.

The draw is as follows;

ALDEBURGH BOULES v Leiston Engineers
CHRISTCHURCH PARK v Eels Foot V
BT TURKS HEAD v Carlton Park Saxmundham
FRAMSDEN DOBERMANN v Eels Foot Les Boulistes
BRAMFORD COCK II v Sorrel Horse Barham
CROWN INN SNAPE v Bramford Cock I
CARLTON COLVILLE CROWN v Rumburgh Buck
THE BOULIGANS SHOTTISHAM v Woodbridge Saxons

Teams in capitals are the home teams. Matches must be completed by Sunday June 26th

La Petanque Montoise - Belgian Boules Festival Friday 13th May till Sunday 15th May

Our Belgian friends, La Petanque Montoise, will be here in a few days, so if you aren't taking part in the matches, please come along and support England as we take on Belgium over three days of fierce(!!) boules action.

Friday 13th May
Parrot & Punchbowl, Aldringham - Start time approx. 7pm

Saturday 14th May
Crown Inn Snape - Start time approx. 3pm

Sunday 15th May
Eels Foot Inn Eastbridge - Start time approx. 3pm


The entire weekends prize giving etc will be carried out on the Sunday at the end of the Eels leg of matches at around 7pm, with an all-day outside bar and hog roast.

All players need to collect their prizes on the Sunday.

We will also be running a petanque shop at these events with rings, bags, cochs and the latest League pin-badges for sale. All funds raised go towards running future events such as this.

All spectators are welcome. at all 3 events

King Raedwald Cup 2016 - Sunday 24th July

The King Raedwald Cup makes a welcome return to our calendar on Sunday 24th July, with the 4-player-a-team tournament to be held at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, home of the world famous Sutton Hoo burial.

This event is open to a maximum of 10 teams, with a cost in line with last years fees, but with Natiomal Trust members only having to pay the competition entry fee only.

Last year the Trust donated over £200 worth of prizes to this event.

If you are interested, please email the League Co-Ordinator via   imogenlewiskira@sky.com

League Trip to Nottingham City PC - Saturday 18th June

We still have some space available if you'd like to be part of the travelling League team to compete against our friends from Nottinghamshire on Saturday 18th June, at the home of Nottingham City Petanque Club

8 places left.

The cost to play is £5 per person, and you can express your interest by emailing the League Co-Ordinator via   imogenlewiskira@sky.com

Aldeburgh Carnival Pairs - Saturday 13th August

Saturday 13th August 2016 at the Jimmy Robinson Pistes, Aldeburgh

Cost is £10 per pair to enter.

Entry limited to 32 pairs.

Please register via the League Co-Ordinator using the email address  imogenlewiskira@sky.com

Moules & Boules Pairs - Saturday 16th July

Moules & Boules Pairs

Saturday 16th July at the Jimmy Robinson Pistes, Aldeburgh.

Cost is £10 per pair to enter.

Entry limited to 32 pairs.

Entries to be submitted via Jeff Short, who will give you a code to make electronic payment with into League account.

If you need Jeff's email address, please message or comment.

Funny That.....

Funny that I put up messages and info on this Blogsite, inviting comment, debate, response etc and very little happens.

When I turn my focus to other methods of Social Media interaction to put out info etc, several people have asked whether I still use this site as they regularly check it and there is nothing more recent on it!!!

If you don't comment on stuff, I don't know you are looking at it!!

CrowdFunding for a Community Piste at Christchurch Park Ipswich

We have just recently launched a webpage on CrowdFunder.co.uk in raising sufficient funding to build a new community piste in Christchurch Park.

You can pledge as little or as much as you like, with rewards for pledgers starting from £10 and upwards, with pledges of £50 or higher giving that pledger a place in our ''Celebrity AllStars'' match that we plan to hold on the newly built piste.

Please visit the page at:

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/community-petanque-piste?utm_source=crowdfunder&utm_medium=dashboardmodel&utm_content=shareonfacebook&utm_campaign=marketing

2016 Season STARTS TODAY!!!!

Good Luck to everyone and every team involved in the 2016 Adnams Coastal Petanque League, as we start our ninth season today, Sunday March 6th.

2016 Adnams Cup Draw

The First Round of the Adnams Cup was drawn at the Captains Meeting as follows;

(Teams in CAPITALS are at home)

LEISTON ENGINEERS v Deben Vikings
ALDEBURGH BOULES v Stowmarket Oddboules

EELS FOOT V v Golden Key Snape
KETTLEBURGH v Christchurch Park

SAXMUNDHAM CARLTON PARK v Eels Foot III
BT ANTARES ALLSTARS v Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham

EELS FOOT LES BOULISTES v Great Yarmouth
EELS FOOT HILBAILLIES v Framsden Dobermann

FINBOROUGH CHESTNUT HORSE v Sorrel Horse Barham
BROMESWELL BRAVES v Bramford Cock II

ROLLING STONES ALDEBURGH v Bramford Cock I
CROWN INN SNAPE v Bressingham Flyers

BROMESWELL BOULES CLUB v Rumburgh Buck
CARLTON COLVILLE CROWN v Suivre Les Boules Playford

EELS FOOT I v Woodbridge Saxons
SHOTFORD BOWLS CLUB v The Bouligans Shottisham


All matches are to be played and completed by Sunday 1st May

2016 Allocation of Teams into Divisions

After the draw was completed for the 2016 season, our 10 divisions line up as follows;

BLACKSHORE - Eels Foot HilBaillies, Eels Foot Les Boulistes, Golden Key Snape, Riverside Stratford, Wentworth Hotel Aldeburgh

BROADSIDE - BT Antares Allstars, Christchurch Park, Suivre Les Boules Playford, The Exiles Bealings, Turks Head Hasketon

GHOSTSHIP - Beaux Belles Middleton, Parrot & Punchbowl Aldringham, Railway Inn Framlingham Locos, Rolling Stones Aldeburgh, Worlingworth Cricket Club

GUNHILL - Bramford Cock I, Hare & Hounds East Bergholt, Kings Head Stutton, Woodbridge Saxons, Wheatsheaf Tattingstone

LIGHTHOUSE - Dolphin Thorpeness, Huntingfield Hares, Kettleburgh, Railway Inn Framlingham Shunters, Westleton II

MOSAIC - Carlton Colville Crown, Eels Foot III, Great Yarmouth, Rumburgh Buck

OYSTER - Aldeburgh Boules, Crown Inn Snape, Eels Foot V, Shotford Bowls Club, Westleton I

SOLESTAR - Bromeswell Boules Club, Eels Foot I, Leiston Engineers, Saxmundham Carlton Park, White Lion Aldeburgh

SPINDRIFT - Bramford Cock II, Bromeswell Braves, Deben Vikings, Finborough Chestnut Horse, The Bouligans Shottisham

TALLY HO - Bressingham Flyers, Cretingham Bell, Framsden Dobermann, Stowmarket Oddboules, Sorrel Horse Barham

2016 Registration Now Closed

Registration for our 2016 season has now closed and we have 49 teams registered for the new season.

This means that we will have 10 divisions this season, 9 with 5 teams each and 1 division of 4 teams.

Our Captains Meeting is scheduled for Friday 12th February at the Riverside Centre, Stratford St Andrew.

2016 Captains Meeting - DATE AND VENUE ANNOUNCEMENT

Just confirmed that this seasons Captains Meeting will be held as follows;

Friday 12th February 2016 at the Riverside Centre, Stratford St Andrew, IP17 1LL

Start at 7.45pm (please arrive from say 7.15pm onwards)

Finish approximately 9.30pm/10pm


Each team is invited to send ONE representative only and that any team that does not send a representative is to accept any decisions made by the assembled Captains on the night.

If there is any matter that needs to be voted upon, then each team is limited to ONE vote per team.

If you are a venue that has say 3 separate teams, they can send 3 people in total, ie one to represent each team. This would currently affect Bramford Cock, Railway Framlingham, Eels Foot Eastbridge and Westleton.

First Event of 2016 - Aldeburgh are Unofficial World Champions believe it or not!!!!

Fifteen triples battled out the ''Boules Rimet Trophy'' at the Parrot & Punchbowl earlier today, ushering in the new 2016 season with a friendly natured and well contested tournament, run by Jeff Short of the White Lion Aldeburgh.

Triples had to nominate a country they were representing and the event saw Japan, Honduras, Colombia, Canada, Faroe Islands, Estonia, Tuvalu, Central African Republic, Ghana, Barbados, Ireland amongst others take part.

It was a straight knockout competition but each triple had nine boules each. The first round was played to seven points, quarter-finals to 9, semi-finals to 11 and the World Final played to 13 points.

Despite the iffy weather and a short opening ceremony, the competition got underway. The match between Japan and Estonia was completed in four ends and following a 7-1 defeat, one of the Japanese players was immediately transferred to Barbados to make up the third player in their team.

The semi-finals saw Jamaica defeat New Zealand whilst over on the other piste Turkmenistan lost heavily to the newly proclaimed independent state of the  ''Peoples Republic of Aldeburgh Town'', consisting of Bev & Rob Wheeler and Jeff Short.

A long final saw PRAT go to a 6-0 lead, only for Jamaica to peg things back to 6-6, then gradullay Jamaica pulled into a 12-8 lead but some needed good pointing saw Aldeburgh come from behind and win the final 13-12.

The Boules Rimet Trophy was handed over with Bev subsequently doing a random lap of honour around the beer garden, whilst being doused in champagne by the Jamaican trio (the Rolling Stones team from Aldeburgh in disguise).

A good fun way to kick-off 2016. Thanks to Jeff for organising and Sheila and staff at the Parrot for being such good hosts as always.

Adnams Coastal Petanque League versus Nottingham/Mercia - Saturday 18th June 2016

Further to discussions earlier this year and the announcement at the 2015 Grand Finals Day, we are excited to announce that we have arranged a challenge match versus Nottingham City Petanque Club and possible other members of the newly formed Mercia Petanque Association on Saturday 18th June 2016.

This date has been selected to avoid any clashes with the England football teams fixtures at Euro 2016 (so you don't need to go scurrying for your diaries!!).

Those of you that indicated your initial interest at Grand Finals Day will be contacted shortly, as you will be given first option on taking part.

The cost to play will be £5 per person but you'll need to make your own way up to the pistes at Nottingham.

At present we haven't decided upon the total number of players that can take part, but we'd expected around 20 to 24 players per team.