Dunedin City Petanque

15/06/2026

Congratulations to the 20 players from DCP who competed in yesterday's Drawn Pairs Snowflake Tournament held at the Caversham Pétanque Club terrain in fine but quite chilly conditions.

Those placed from DCP were:

Poule A: 1st Yvonne Bradford and partner.
2nd Alison Glover and partner
3rd Akaina Tuiono and partner

Poule B: 1st Gaynor Falloon and partners
2nd Paul Hamilton and partner
3rd Pam Baird and partner

Poule C: 1st Morgan Nathan and partner
2nd Jan Patterson and partner
3rd Charlie Downes and partner

Poule D: 2nd John Downes and partners
3rd Susan Craig and partner

Not everyone was available for photos at the prizegiving.

Special congratulations to Janet Goodin ( Caversham ) and Seyjay Harawira ( Taieri ) who were 1st in Poule D and overall Snowflake Tournament winners with five wins and a whopping points differential of +52 !

Thanks to Carol Read, Kay George and all members of Caversham Pétanque for organising and hosting such an enjoyable tournament.

20/05/2026

12 hardy souls turned up to club day today in the rain and cold (8-9 degrees). Either insane or dedicated, the jury is out.

17/05/2026

Congratulations to the following DCP players for their results over two days of competition at the Otago Triples Tournament this weekend held at the Petanque Taieri terrain:

1st with 20 points: Akaina Tuiono, Dom Buis ( with Seyjay Harawira - Petanque Taieri )

2nd with 17 points: Yvonne Bradford, Robyn Haines and Morgan Nathan

3rd with 16 points: Matt Scott ( with Deb Taylor and Mark Doyle - Christchurch Petanque Club )

6th with 12 points: Sue McDowell, Roseann Seque and Mervyn Wilson

7th with 11 points: Jayne Downes, Nadine Simpson and John Downes

11 teams took part in the round robin event, which meant those involved played 10 games over the two days as well as having a bye. Thanks to John Cuttance for organising and directing the tournament, John Bell for being the umpire and other members of Petanque Taieri for their role in making it such a successful event. Even the weather was amazing both days, despite somewhat chilly starts both mornings !

26/04/2026

Results of the 2026 ANZAC Triples played at St. Kilda today. Congratulations to all the DCP players who took part and who placed in their section, a great turn out from the club, with 23 members playing.

Championship
1st Akaina Tuiono, Seyjay Harawira & Robyn Haines (DCP & Taieri)
2nd John Downes, Jayne Downes & Charlie Downes (DCP)
3rd equal Neville Frost, Matthew Scott & Brea Schofield (DCP) and Roger Roger William Hamilton, Bernice Hamilton & Robbie Sihamau (Alex & Taieri).

Championship Consolation
1st Patricia Thomson, Di Wind & Jan Milford (Taieri & Cav)
2nd Roseann Seque, Phyll Esplin & Robert Morris.
3rd equal Carol Heads, Julie Barker & Judy Farmer (St. Kilda) and David Harris, Judy Harris & Allan Grant (Waik)

Plate
1st Susan Craig, Owen Craig & Stefany Frost (DCP)
2nd Maureen Archer, Shona Birch & Helen Stewart (Inv)
3rd equal Corinna Flawn, Alison Glover & John Bell (DCP) and Jenny Brown, Charlie Collin & Carol Read (Cav)

Bowl
1st Bev Kendall, Yvonne Ashton & Joan Instone (Cav)
2nd Yvonne Bradford, Morgan Nathan & Jan Patterson (DCP)
3rd equal Pam Baird, Graham Baird & Gaynor Falloon (DCP) and Anthony Nally, Cathy Nally & Annie Grant (Waik)
5th Raeleen Porter, Colleen Oliver & Sandra Bell (St. Kilda).

Apologies for not getting a photo of the other two DCP teams.

18/04/2026

Huge congratulations to DCP’s Nadine Simpson for receiving a special award at today’s National Club Champs in Mt Maunganui for Services to Umpiring. Very well deserved as we have all benefitted from Nadine’s umpiring expertise for many years.

18/04/2026

This is the 12 Dn City members who are taking part in the National Club Championships in Tauranga this weekend (minus Nadine who is the chief umpire, but wasnt around when the photo was taken). Ranging in age from 16 to 78 years. It was supposed to be wet and windy, but thankfully the rain stayed away (mostly) and it was just a hot dry wind all day.
Mixed success, but no official results yet. Will post them in the morning, when we'll do it all again.

14/04/2026

https://dailyencourager.co.nz/for-the-love-of-petanque/

Check out this story about Akaina Tuiono and Seyjay Harawira. Also have a look at the Daily Encourager site. It is full of fabulous articles with a positive emphasis. A great antidote to all the depressing news around the country and the world

3 HOPES New Zealand pétanque rep Seyjay Harawira (21) started playing the sport because his now 77-year-old koro did. Both his koro (grandad) Dan Harawira and he have competed in the Nationals, playing as a doubles team. “My koro started playing and then my dad and some of my brothers, and I went...

04/04/2026

The youth league is finished for this year.
A smaller, but enthusiastic group participated during the 8 weeks, with beautiful weather each week (unusual).

Senior Trophy was won by Brea Schfield (LPHS) for the 3rd successive year. Runner up was Dom Buis (BHS).

Junior Trophy was won by Harry Marshall (KVC) for the second year in a row. Runner up was Max Greenslade (LPHS)

We will continue working with the youth throughout the year and integrating them into usually club and coaching sessions.

Congratulations to you all, we look forward to seeing you develop further over the coming years.

29/03/2026

Whoops...apologies for the previous DCP post re today's 27th St Kilda Petanque's Anniversary Doubles, which had some rogue photos ! Not sure how that happened but the rather clunky Meta platform for DCP doesn't allow me to edit when I realise a mistake has been made !

Have now attached the correct photos from the prize giving for the event today.

Ist Championship - Pam and Graham Baird
3rd Championship - Gaynor Falloon and Jan Milford ( Taieri )

1st Championship Consolation - Jayne and John Downes
2nd Championship Consolation - Yvonne Bradford and Morgan Nathan

1st Plate - Roseann Seque and Sue McDowell
3rd Plate - Susan and Owen Craig

29/03/2026

Congratulations to the following DCP players for being placed in St Kilda Petanque Club's 27th Anniversary Doubles Tournament held today at the St Kilda terrain:

1st in Championship - Pam and Graham Baird
3rd in Championship - Gaynor Falloon and Jan Milford ( Taieri )

1st in Championship Consolation - Jayne and John Downes
2nd in Championship Consolation - Yvonne Bradford and Morgan Nathan

1st in Plate - Roseann Seque and Sue McDowell
3rd in Plate - Susan and Owen Craig

A big thanks to Hazel Salter, Ellie Short and John Bell for organising and administering the tournament and thanks also to all St Kilda Petanque Club members, especially those who worked so hard in the kitchen, for their role in making it a most enjoyable day.