NZ Open Triples

I played in the big NZ Open pétanque tournament this year with fellow Northcote Pétanque Club members John T and Christophe C. With something like $6,000 in prize money, it’s the biggest event in the pétanque calendar and attracts a number of overseas teams.

We played nine games over two days, winning five to finish right in the middle of the pack. That’s a good result for us, as we haven’t played much as a team and there was a lot of really strong competition.

It was great to see the international players at this event. The teams from Tahiti and New Caledonia play at an entirely different level… incredibly precise shooting, but also quite aggressive / risky.

On Sunday, the NPC partnership continues at the Auckland Regional Triples tournament… only a dozen or so teams, unfortunately. We should again be in the middle more or less… fingers crossed!