Cup/Plate 2024

Cup Preliminary round fixtures are in the Cup/Plate Section

Victor Punnett

It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that Victor Punnett passed away on Thursday 11th April.
Although he has not played recently, through ill health I am sure many of you will remember him. He played for over 30 years for various teams including Whitstable, at the cricket club, the Wheatsheaf and most recently the Monument Whitstable.
Despite his disabilities he played to a very high standard competed on a level playing field thanks to spirit in which the game is played and enjoyed the game and company immensely.
Ron Moore MBE
Chestfield Monument

Monument & Rising Sun

The Monument have changed venue to Chestfield Cricket Club with immediate effect and will play their home games on a Thursday, i will update the fixtures asap.

The Rising Sun are having their piste rebuilt and it will not be avaliable until May, could you please reverse your fixtures so that they play away until then. Let me know if there are any issues with this. playingsecretary@ekcpl.co.uk

2024 Season

Fixtures are now loaded onto this website, i have some ammendments to do regarding player lists, and cup draw etc will be up soon also.

We're well into 2024 Already,

but hopefully we're all looking forward to a warm summer and some great games, but there are some formalities first:
Our Secretary, Sally, will be sending out the official notifications to captains very soon, but a heads-up to members that the EKCPL Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 29th February 7.00 for 7.30 start at The Racing Greyhound, Hereson Road, Ramsgate, CT11 7EH.
2023 Trophies will be awarded!
Items for the agenda, including rule change proposals must be sent to Sally.

League Triples

League Triples will be at Charlotte Court on 3rd September...09.30 registration outside Horse and Groom; 10.00 start.

League Doubles

EKCPL Pairs Competition; Sunday 20th August 2023
We had a fine day for the Pairs tournament, and even the lure of the World Cup Final wasn’t enough to keep the players away from Broadstairs Cricket Club’s piste. Our thanks to Roy at Broadstairs Cricket Club for opening the bar early to give us use of the facilities; and to Jason and his team for setting everything up in advance.
Jackie Fearn kindly took the reins of the competition and organised a round robin tournament that resulted in a cliff-hanger finale. The scores going into the final round were so finely balanced that it would be the very last result of the day that decided the outcome, with four pairs at that stage having won just two games each, and the points distribution very close.
However, having finally surged ahead from 7-all, Martin Wilsher and Jason Flynn beat Terry and Jackie Fearn in this last game of the day to top the leaderboard with 3 wins from four games, and Tony Landsdowne and Darren Jobson claimed the runners-up spot with a three-point advantage over the Fearns.
All-in-all, a really good and tightly-fought competition, with only 11 points separating the top team from the bottom after four games.

Cup & Plate Finals

The weather stayed dry for it, the yobs stayed away from it and it all ran smoothly with a couple of close-fought matches.

The Plate match went right down to the last end. Triples result was one game each and the match and the silverware rode on the third and final doubles game, which resulted in a 13-11 victory to The Rising Sun; 3 games to 2; scoring 53 points to Grattons A's 56; so a very tight win indeed.

At the "top" end of Charlotte Court; Broadstairs PC won both triples and then carried on to overcome the Pirates 4 games to 1 to win the Cup in a much tighter competition than the scoreline suggested.

Two great matches for the spectators and supporters to see. Jackie and Terry wish to thank the teams for their help and cooperation; and thanks to Jamie and Sam at The Horse and Groom for getting the equipment ready to lay out the pistes, for providing the power and laying on a splendid buffet for the teams aprés le match!

Now; we'll take the trophies in to be engraved, so congratulations to Broadstairs PC and The Rising Sun!

Final Plea; We are still missing some perpetual trophies. Jackie has contacted everyone we know that had an award and requested it back, and we have had many promises but not as much action. We aren't going to flog ourselves by chasing people or wasting time going to collect items from venues that haven't been delivered as promised. If you have a trophy from 2021,22 or earlier: PLEASE return it to Horse and Groom Pub in Ramsgate or to Alan Cregeen before the end of this month or let Jackie Fearn (Potts) know that you're bringing it to the singles or doubles competitions at Broadstairs. So many of the trophies that we do have back have been badly scratched and mistreated, so please take care of any in your possession and wrap them to avoid damage before transporting them. Thanks!

League Singles & Doubles

These will be held at Broadstairs Petanque club, registration 9:30am with start time of 10am.

The bar will be open but players are requested to bring their own food.

League doubles on 20th August

Lleague singles on 10 Sept.

Cup & Plate Final

These will be held at Chorlotte Court on the 8th August.

Pat Taylor

Sad to report the death of Pat Taylor aged 94 on 22nd June 2023.Although she hasn't played in recent years older players will remember her and of course for many years she organised the annual petanque dinner.

Please Note

ALL players (regardless of age) MUST be registered to be insured to play, this can be done under the league section and new player button on this website. There's no extra charge this year for registrations made after the initial payment.

Venues for competitions

We're desperately trying to find suitable venues for the competitions now that Charlotte Court is unsuitable due to regular markets (the stalls are left out until Monday after Saturday markets) and random disruptive behaviour. Always pleased to hear from venues with four or more pistes able to host a Sunday event.

Charlotte Court

A warning that because of recent vandalism and disruption by feral youths at Charlotte Court, players are advised to temporarily withdraw to their host pub should the youths arrive and disrupt the game, and abandon the end in progress. This is purely for the protection of the players to avoid them becoming involved in abusive and violent confrontations. Hopefully the yobs will soon tire of targeting petanque sessions.

League Fixtures

Appologies i have had to resuffle the fixtures for Div 2 & 3 due to a few issues, i have now published a fresh set of fixtures for this season if anyone has any issues please let me know asap at playingsecretary@ekcpl.co.uk and ill see what i can do.

Trophies

We are still trying to recover the perpetual trophies from previous years so could anyone that has one please return it asap so we can get the engraving upto date. please contact chairman@ekcpl.co.uk to arrange a return.

League 2023

The preliminary round of the Cup will be 4th April 2023 and fixtures are in the cup section, and league fixtures are just being checked and will be out shortly.

Facebook Group

Join our facebook group and keep updated on league information, click the link on the bottom of the left menu.

EKCPL Doubles - 12th Sept - Charlotte Court Ramsgate

12 Teams turned out to the Doubles and a great day was had by all.

EKCPL Singles 22th Aug
Broadstairs Cricket Club

Unfortunatly probably because of the initial morning thunderstorm and other reasons, a very small turn out of 4 people for this event.

The weather had cleared so we decided on round Robin and It was closely fought with each player on one win after the 2nd round.

Winner - Alan Cregeen, Runner Up - Martin Wiltshire, 3rd - Paul Dennis & 4th - David Robert

EKCPL Triples - Sunday 8th Aug
Manston PC

Unfortunatly we didnt have a good turn out with only 7 triples turning out, but we had a good games.

A couple of important points relating to insurance

Risk assessments.

There are some venues that have not yet provided risk assessments and we ask you to complete them and return to me as soon as possible please.

Leisure boules (dog boules).

We have had reports of several players in league matches playing with the lightweight shiny boules. These are not permitted under the international rules by which we play for the very good reason that they are likely to shatter if hit hard by a proper boule and then shards of sharp metal can fly everywhere which is obviously dangerous.

After July 1st anyone trying to play in any EKCPL match with leisure boules will be excluded until they have obtained approved boules. The most cost effective boules are available online from Decathlon, costing £39.99 plus delivery at https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/3-alpha-competition-solid-petanque-boules/_/R-p-161973?mc=8388731

Playing Guidelines as of 29th March 2021

(these were released by Petanque England inline with government guidelines)

Key points in our Guidelines:

• Only formally organised pétanque can take place between more than six players or two households;
• To qualify as formally organised, our Play Safe Guidelines must be followed and venue risk assessments must be carried out;
• Subject to a risk assessment confirming that there is sufficient space to maintain social distancing, the numbers allowed at a venue can be as many as can be safely accommodated;
• Club play, leagues, competitions are all allowed to take place if formally organised;
• Toilet facilities, even if they are inside, can be open, but always be aware that the there is much higher transmission of the virus indoors;
• You can travel to play in organised pétanque activities in England but you cannot stay overnight;
• Only players, officials and volunteers directly involved in any activities/organisation are allowed to attend, no spectators;
• Off pitch, you should not gather in groups any larger than six people in one group you should not mix with anyone in another group the whole time you are at the venue;
• Maintain social distancing at all times – 2 metres or if not possible, 1 metre with mitigation (face mask or standing side on);
• Do not share equipment and avoid touching surfaces that may have been touched by other players;
• Maintain hand hygiene – sanitise regularly;
• Our ability to play formally without restrictions on numbers depends on players and officials following our Guidelines. We have been warned by the Government that any sport that is not able to follow its own Guidelines may have restrictions imposed.
  
  The full PE document can be read here

Unfortunatly Blean Gulls have insufficent players to enter a team this year, but the remainder are looking for a team to join so If any division 2 teams are looking for new players please contact Jan Spurway on 07779411817.

Results

2022 WINNERS

League Doubles
Callum Caggiano & Paul Hunnisett

League Singles
Martin Willsher

Division 1 Winners
Broadstairs PC

Division 2 Winners
Whitstable Pearls

Division 3 Winners
Horse and Groom Bis

Hatton Cup
Broardstairs Pirates

Jennifer Skudder Trophy (Plate)
Manston Vikings

2021 WINNERS

League Doubles
Paul Dennis & Todd Hornus

League Singles
Alan Cregeen

League Triples
Alan Cregeen, Todd Hornus and Paul Dennis

Division 1 Winners
Broadstairs PC

Division 2 Winners
Whitstable Reefs

Division 3 Winners
Whitstable Grattons

2019 WINNERS

League Singles
Graham Murphy

League Doubles
Alan Cregeen & Paul Dennis

League Triples
Marcus, Callum & Ethan Hickman

Hatton Cup
Broadstairs Pirates

Jennifer Skudder Trophy (Plate)
Manston Woodpeckers

League Division One
Broadstairs A

League Division Two
Horse & Groom A

League Division 3
Charlotte Court B

THE 2018 WINNERS

League Doubles
Alan Cregeen and Paul Dennis

League Triples
Alan Cregeen, Michelle Cregeen and Paul Dennis

League Singles
Max Boyce

Hatton Cup
Dover Bells

Jennifer Skudder Trophy (Plate)
Magpies

League Division One
Brown Jug A

League Division Two
Brown Jug Pirates