Newtongrange Petanque Club

Good luck to NPC couple Liz and Eck Herriot who are heading to Weston Super Mare this weekend representing the Scottish Petanque Association to compete in the PE Challenge Cup. Best wishes from all at NPC. 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What an exciting time; Newtongrange’s Welfare Park will be 100 years old on September the 19th 2026. Over the course of 100 years much has happened in the park, but for the last four years Newtongrange Pétanque Club (NPC) has been part of the fabric of the park so we will be celebrating this anniversary of the park that welcomed our Pètanque Pistes to be a part of it.

On the 19th of September you will find members of NPC on the club pistes located near to the fence just down from the Pavillion Café. They will be there to welcome you and, if you wish, give you a little introduction to the game of Pétanque. It is a social game, playable by anybody, a game of skill that anybody can learn. It’s a simple game, throw a steel ball, known as a boule, at a small wooden ball, known as a cochonet or a coche or a jack, and try to be the closest to the coche and score a point. More points if you have more boules closer to the coche than your opponent’s closest boule. The first to reach 13 points wins. We have a great mix of people in our club: young and old, men and women and short and tall. Our youngest member is 12 years old and the oldest is 88.

So why not come along on the 19th and throw a few boules? There will be competitions like throwing a boule into a tyre, get your boule closest to the coche and prizes: medals, coches, club pens and sweets. There will also be a raffle in aid of club funds. All equipment will be provided by the club so you don’t need to bring anything. However, if you are under 18 you will need to bring along a parent or guardian.

We will be there at the pistes from 13:00 until 15:00 don’t miss us, you just might discover a fantastic new hobby.

Well done Newtongrange player
Alex Herriot who will be representing Scotland at the Celtic challenge in wales 2027. Great for Newtongrange Petanque and Scotland

Pétanque is played by over 17million people worldwide.

Did you know that Newtongrange became Scotland’s largest mining village in 1890 with the development of the Lady Victoria Colliery and the sinking if a 1600 foot shaft? The colliery closed in 1981.

Great day and a great turnout for a few games of pétanque down at NPCs piste.

Massive Congratulations to NPC member Liz Herriot who will be representing Scotland in the CEP women's triples in Athens. NPC are so proud of your achievements after representing Scotland in the CEP women's singles and doubles earlier this year in Lorca, Spain. 👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our ladies team for this year's European Women's triples in Loutraki, Greece🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I'm sure you'll all join us in wishing this team and their coach the best of luck at the upcoming triples championships taking place this October the 8th until the 11th. Ann will be doing the tir de precision for the team.

The women are working hard on plans for fundraising including an open which we will share details of soon.

Cmaaan Scotland!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Would like to take this opportunity to wish club members Steve Halley, Scott Briggs and Donald Scarr the very best of luck as they represent Scotland in the Home Nations competition in Stirling this coming weekend. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

NPC OPEN WEEKEND
It is with regret that, at our most recent meeting, the club committee took the decision to cancel this year’s annual Open Weekend. This decision was not taken lightly, but the logistical difficulties we would have encountered trying to run these competitions on the same weekend as the Welfare Park Centenary Celebrations made the decision an obvious one to make. The committee apologise for any inconvenience caused.