Finals 2007-2015

 

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2008	David Beck (L) Jim Ryan (M) Humberto Tavares (R)
2009	John O’Grady (L) Jack Di Pizzo (M) Marin Lovisek (R)
2010
2011
2012	Humberto Tavares (L) Jacjk Di Pizzo (M) Pierre Di Pizzo (R)
2013
2014
2015	Jim Ryan (L) Martin Ryan (M) Jackie Broderick (R)	George Davidson Humberto Tavares Denis Nightingale

References

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Websites

Irish Petanque Association (2017) Events [2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013][2014][2015] [Internet] Available from: http://irishpetanque.org/ [accessed 9 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to John Sudron & Dervla Mulcahy

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 August 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

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Finals 2007-2015

 

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2007	Humberto Tavares (L) George Davidson (R)	Sylver Breteche (L) Gilles Breteche (R)
2008	Fayaz Sookhary (L) John O’Grady (R)
2009	Fayaz Sookhary (L) John O’Grady (R)
2010
2011
2012	Junette Bostrom (L) Jim Ryan (R)
2013
2014	Gilles Breteche (L) Sylver Breteche (R)
2015

References

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Websites

Irish Petanque Association (2017) Events [2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013][2014][2015] [Internet] Available from: http://irishpetanque.org/ [Accessed 9 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to John Sudron & Dervla Mulcahy

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 August 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

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Final Placings

 

	P	W	L	PF	PA
Scotland	48	31	17	+124
Ireland A	48	26	22	+32
Wales	48	25	23	+23
Ireland B	48	14	34	-179

 

Report

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Scotland won for the second year in a row after winning 31 on their matches to Ireland A’s 26 and Wales’ 25. Ireland B finished bottom on 14 wins. The Challenge was closeon Day 1, with Ireland A and scotland on 14 wins apiece and Wales just behind on 13, with Ireland B on 7.

Each team fielded 4 triples, who played a total of 12 matches each. Scotland 1 (Paul Bretenoux, Robbie Stronach, John Wilson) won all twelve of their matches, making them the top triples, although their closest match was against Ireland B3 (Owen Kelleher, Adam Kelleher, ‘Misty’), Scotland 1 winning 13-11.

Ireland’s top triples were A4 (Richard Elvin, Sebastien Stewart, Arshaad Dooreemeah).

 

Players and Awards

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Top Triples

Team	Players	W	L
Scotland 1	Paul Bretenoux Robbie Stronach John Wilson	12	0

 

References

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Websites

Irish Petanque Association (2017) Events [Celtic Challenge 2012] [Internet] Available from: http://irishpetanque.org/ [Accessed 9 February 2017]

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to John Sudron

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 August 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Finals 2007-2015

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
2007	Pierre Di Pizzo	Humberto Tavares
2008	Fayaz Sookhary
2009	Fayaz Sookhary
2010
2011
2012	Arshaad Dooreemeah
2013
2014
2015	Nazeem Mohungoo	Pat Kennedy

About

Petanque is the French version of Bowling, and is the sport played at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. It can be played in Singles, Doubles or Triples.

There are three Petanque Clubs in Ireland: One in Belfast, Cork and Bushy Park (Terenure, Dublin)

References

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Websites

Irish Petanque Association (2017) Events [2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013][2014][2015] [Internet] Available from: http://irishpetanque.org/ [accessed 9 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Francesco

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 22 January 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.