{"id":1111,"date":"2025-07-28T12:49:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:51:22","slug":"petanque-england-national-mixed-doubles-and-triples-weekend-rainworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/petanque-england-national-mixed-doubles-and-triples-weekend-rainworth\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e9tanque England National Mixed Doubles and Triples Weekend \u2013 Rainworth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend, a squad of six of us travelled to Rainworth, Nottingham, to take part in the <strong>P\u00e9tanque England National Mixed Doubles and Triples Weekend<\/strong>. For four of us, it was our very first National event!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition was run in a <strong>Swiss-style format<\/strong>, attracting players of <strong>National and International level<\/strong>\u2014and then there was us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saturday \u2013 Mixed Doubles<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The day began with the Mixed Doubles. Thirty-four teams competed, with the first round drawn at random. Winners played winners, losers played losers, and so on. From these results, teams were split into <strong>Gold, Silver, and Bronze knockout categories<\/strong> for the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Debbie &amp; Darren<\/strong> made it into the <strong>Gold category<\/strong> after winning 2 of their 3 games, including a convincing <strong>13\u20132 win<\/strong>. They were  knocked out by <strong>Kaylee Thatcher and Callum Lombard<\/strong>, who went on to become <strong>Mixed Doubles Champions 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dave &amp; Linda<\/strong> qualified for the <strong>Silver category<\/strong>, also winning 2 out of 3. They reached the semi-finals but were knocked out by <strong>Stone Williams and Jill Butt<\/strong>, who went on to be Silver runners-up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ian &amp; Christine<\/strong> fought hard through to their <strong>category semi-final<\/strong>, where they were beaten by <strong>Pat and Simon<\/strong> in an extra-end thriller that went right to the wire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sunday \u2013 Triples<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, it was time for the <strong>Triples competition<\/strong>. Both of our teams won 2 and lost 1 in the morning, placing them in the <strong>Silver category knockouts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ian, Christine &amp; Darren<\/strong> won through to the semi-final but lost <strong>13\u20137<\/strong> in a nail-biting finish, after their opponents scored 5 in the final end.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dave, Linda &amp; Debbie<\/strong> reached the quarter-finals, facing an outstanding team of <strong>international players from London P\u00e9tanque<\/strong>. It was an incredible battle:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Linda\u2019s pointing was spot-on every time, but the opposition\u2019s two superb shooters constantly removed her boules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dave managed to keep pressure on with solid placements, reducing their points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At one stage, we were <strong>9\u20130 down<\/strong> and looked like we might get <em>fannied<\/em>, but we fought back to <strong>12\u201310<\/strong>. In the final end:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>London cleared all our boules and surrounded the coche.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With live lines, Debbie shot the coche, sending it to <strong>10.5 meters<\/strong>, alongside two of our boules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>London had one boule left. If we could just place one closer, the match would be ours\u2026 but it didn\u2019t happen. London pointed in perfectly to take the win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reflections<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole weekend was a fantastic experience. Competing at <strong>National level<\/strong> was a little daunting at first, but it showed us that we <strong>can play\u2014and play well\u2014at a higher standard<\/strong>. We learned so much that will only help us improve further, and we met some amazing people along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>One end at a time &#8211; One shot at a time &#8211; One game at a time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"952\" data-id=\"1113\" src=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4022-1-1024x952.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4022-1-1024x952.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4022-1-300x279.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4022-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1114\" src=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4029-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4029-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4029-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4029-rotated.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, a squad of six of us travelled to Rainworth, Nottingham, to take part in the P\u00e9tanque England National Mixed Doubles and Triples Weekend. 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