The second of Southern’s Regional Qualifier days was held on Sunday 20th June at (mostly) sunny Worthing, following a rather wet day at Bordon for the first qualifier on 23rd May.
Thanks as always to Competitions Secretary Hilary for her efficient and straightforward running of both days, which ended on Sunday with the announcement of the twelve successful teams that will represent Southern at the Inter-Regionals at Melton Mowbray in September 2021.
The table below shows the overall scores for the two days combined, but this is not the ranking order for Melton Mowbray. Inter-Regional team rankings will be decided by the two-day SCPA Masters weekend to be played on 10th & 11th July at Southsea Petanque Club.
Congratulations to the twelve top teams, and commiserations to the ten who didn’t make it this time, despite some valiant efforts and hard-fought games.
PE rules for the Inter-Regionals have now been published and can be found in the Competition Rules page of their website here: https://www.petanque-england.uk/rules/
Thanks also to both Bordon and Worthing clubs for hosting the two Qualifier days, which are an important part of Southern’s calendar.
| Posn | Players | Team Name | Total Wins | Total Pts | Total for |
| 1 | Callum Lombard, David Franco-Cruz, Marc Franco-Llado | Command | 8 | 64 | 125 |
| 2 | Dave Stubbs, Richard Greeves, Steve Daykin, Harrison Ash | Cobbetts Goodens | 8 | 56 | 118 |
| 3 | Mark Robertshaw, Dave Lucas, Steve Lombard | Renegade | 8 | 45 | 110 |
| 4 | Graham Elcome, Jamie Brooks, Jay Willcocks | Oi | 7 | 23 | 111 |
| 5 | Sammy Thatcher, Karen Lombard, Kaylee Thatcher | River Hamble | 6 | 26 | 110 |
| 6 | Colin Crofts, Frank Charlesworth, Christine Peat | The Cataracts | 6 | 15 | 102 |
| 7 | Sally Sin, Tom Wilson, Kevin Williams, Alex Hepburn | The Impastas | 6 | 1 | 103 |
| 8 | Sandra Goodwin, Grant Goodwin, Clifton Gonsalves | Cheeky Blinders | 6 | -4 | 104 |
| 9 | David Kilshaw, Carrie Litchfield , Sheila Hayward, Paul Hayward | Minions | 5 | 22 | 103 |
| 10 | Jeff Fox, Lesley Lewis, David Andrew , Tony Lewis | Cranleigh 2 | 5 | 4 | 102 |
| 11 | Steve Davies, Etsil Boukhobza , Tomasz Drewniak, Tony Allen | Crondall Tryers | 5 | -9 | 103 |
| 12 | Tony Kidd, Peter Kidd, Liam Kidd, Nigel Sibbring | Handcross Kidds | 5 | -10 | 99 |
| 13 | Danny Corp, Martin Gordon, Rod Bennett, Steve Brickell | The 23’s | 5 | -10 | 85 |
| 14 | Paula Fauvel , Robert Cleaver, Lesley Crofts, Roger Greenhalgh | Paula’s Pals | 4 | -19 | 87 |
| 15 | Chris Chubb, John Denis, Ray Stanton, Stuart Brown | Muscliff | 4 | -21 | 95 |
| 16 | Paul Leverett, Hassi Leverett, Paul Myers | PHP | 4 | -32 | 89 |
| 17 | Bob Ainsworth, Malcolm Berrett, Angela Brooks, Kath Knight | Predators | 4 | -33 | 89 |
| 18 | Justin Ellis, Maria Cocozza, Sam Porter, Gerard Poirier | Oh My Coche | 3 | -9 | 103 |
| 19 | Ali Stubbs, Pete Tomlin, Graham Blake, Terry Rixon | Cobbetts Extras | 3 | -13 | 100 |
| 20 | Will Read, Sam Rattue, Francesca Evans-Jones | Juniors | 3 | -14 | 90 |
| 21 | Leo Black, Keith Summers, Margaret Summers | The Opportunists | 3 | -30 | 81 |
| 22 | Sue Ross, Gina Wilkins, Ann Zucker, Robin Ottery | Cranleigh 1 | 2 | -52 | 71 |