The three-day Southern Counties Weekend of Petanque at Worthing Petanque Club is back, with new and experienced players coming from all over to compete.
The weekend consisted of doubles on the Friday, triples on the Saturday and singles on the Sunday.
Many thanks to the players involved, but also to Hilary, Mark, Will, Bob and Martin for helping set up and thank you to Worthing Petanque Club for hosting and Empire Environmental Ltd for their sponsorship
Friday Doubles:
40 teams competed on Friday, with 16 players going through to the Gold, 16 through to the Silver and 8 in the Bronze, here are the results:
Gold –
- Winner: Nic Baxter & Dinesh Seethaul
- Runner-Up: Ashley Jamieson & Sofiane Lachani
- Semi-Finalists: Steve Daykin & Phil Bradshaw, Vince Wills & Alex Moriarty
- QF: Samy Adbessamed & Zaki
- QF: Dean Ashby & Jason White
- QF: Philippe Chantreux & Guewen Chantreux
- QF: Dave Plumhoff & Callum Lombard
Gold Consolage –
- Winner: Marcus Hickman & Barry Wing
- Runner-Up: Hassi Leverett & Mark Robertshaw
Silver –
- Winner: Dave Stubbs & Richard Greeves
- Runner-Up: Paul Webb & Dean Webb
- Semi-Finalists: Sam Rattue & Ella Slade, Steve Lombard & Ray Oakley
Silver Consolage –
- Winner: Joanne Lippard & David Lippard
- Runner-Up: Carolyn Greenhalgh & Tomasz Drewmark
Bronze –
- Winner: Angela Brooks & Martin Gordon
- Runner-Up: Sean Wiggill & Susan Parr
Bronze Consolage –
- Winner: Isabelle Choubrac & Manu
- Runner-Up: Dom Bourne & John Hockey
Saturday Triples:
The Saturday Triples saw 32 teams compete for victory with 16 going into the Gold and 16 going into the Silver. Here are the Saturday results.
Gold –
- Winner: Ashley Jamieson, Sofiane Lachani & Yousef
- Runner-Up: Dave Plumhoff, Callum Lombard & Federico Faucher
- Semi-Finalists: Sammy Ogles, Debbie Collier & Harrison Ash
- Semi-Finalists: Paul Webb, Phil Winston & Les Gardiner
- QF: Vince Wills, Dean Seville, Monty Quaia
- QF: Dean Ashby, Scott Ashby, Jason White
- QF: Ivan Russell, Nick Goodheart, Mal Hanley
- QF: Hakim Dahmani, Mokhtar Benerab, Yacine Outtouni
Gold Consolage –
- Winner: Philippe Chantreux, Guewen Chantreux, Phil Bradshaw
- Runner-Up: Steve Lombard, Ray Oakley, Karen Lombard
Silver –
- Winner: Tom Bruce, Michael Newham, Todd Hornus
- Runner-Up: Hassi Leverett, Mark Robertshaw, Dave Lucas
- Semi-Finalists: Isabelle Choubrac, Manu, Richard Greeves
- Semi-Finalists: Angela Brooks, Alex Hepburn, Kevin Williams
Silver Consolage –
- Winner: Martin Ince, Joshua Ince, Thomas Ince
- Runner-Up: Janet Dalton, Andrew Carey, Will Read
Sunday Singles:
28 Players competed to be Singles Champion on Sunday, with 16 in the Gold, 8 in the Silver, 4 in the Bronze, the results for the Singles are below.
Gold –
- Winner: Mokhtar Benerab
- Runner-Up: Hakim Dahmani
- Semi-Finalists: Eliot Mortimore, Guewen Chantreux
- QF: Richard Greeves, Cyrille Choubrac, Philippe Chantreux, Dean Webb
Gold Consolage –
- Winner: Steve Daykin
- Runner-Up: Dean Seville
Silver –
- Winner: Manu
- Runner-Up: Sandra Goodwin
Silver Consolage –
- Winner: Dave Lucas
- Runner-Up: Mark Duncan
Bronze –
- Winner: Grant Goodwin
A brilliant and enjoyable weekend overall, bring on 2023…
Photos Courtesy of Mark Duncan