{"id":1378,"date":"2026-01-25T20:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:26:32","slug":"pnw-players-cup-doubles-sunday-26th-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/pnw-players-cup-doubles-sunday-26th-jan\/","title":{"rendered":"PNW Players Cup Doubles \u2013 Sunday 26th Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The P\u00e9tanque North West Players Cup Doubles competition was held today at Rochdale P\u00e9tanque in Milnrow, with 13 teams competing for medals and the overall winners\u2019 trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The morning session consisted of three seeded rounds, which determined placement into the Gold and Silver competitions. This was followed by knockout rounds in the afternoon. All games were timed at 50 minutes, with a short lunch break built in to ensure the event finished before daylight faded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rochdale P\u00e9tanque\u2019s bakers once again did us proud, providing a fantastic spread of sausage rolls, cheesy parcels, and a variety of cakes \u2014 always a Winner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As ever, the standard of play was excellent throughout the day, with some very close matches and fiercely contested ends across both competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gold Competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st: Paul &amp; Neil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2nd: Kevin &amp; Dan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3rd: Dave &amp; Linda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver Competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winners: Francois &amp; Tom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Runners-up: Debbie &amp; Darren<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all the winners, and many thanks to everyone who attended. A special thank you to PNW and Mike for running and organising the event, and to Milnrow Cricket Club for providing tea and coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A great day of p\u00e9tanque all round!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more photos of the day click <a href=\"https:\/\/debbiedearden.com\/index.php?\/category\/115\">Here<\/a><\/p>\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=\"873\" data-id=\"1381\" src=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05262-1024x873.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05262-1024x873.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05262-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05262.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"903\" data-id=\"1379\" src=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05259-1024x903.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05259-1024x903.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05259-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05259.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"918\" data-id=\"1380\" src=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05257-1024x918.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05257-1024x918.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05257-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DEB05257.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The P\u00e9tanque North West Players Cup Doubles competition was held today at Rochdale P\u00e9tanque in Milnrow, with 13 teams competing for medals and the overall winners\u2019 trophy. The morning session &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/pnw-players-cup-doubles-sunday-26th-jan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PNW Players Cup Doubles \u2013 Sunday 26th Jan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1382,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378\/revisions\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochdalepetanque.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}