Abergavenny Petanque Club

Well weather wise it’s been another hot week but we have managed to get in a few games of Petanque.

On Monday nights we play in the Boules in Gwent County League, known as the B.I.G. League in which we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Last Monday 06 July our Golds were playing at home against The Panteg Steelers from Torfaen and Lost 3-1.

Our Reds were playing away against The Greyhound Terriers from Llantrisant, Usk they also lost but 4-0

Our Blues had a Bye this week so while the Reds were away at the Greyhound our Blues organised a friendly at home with one of the other Greyhound teams The Shihtzus, each side had 5 players so they played two triples and two doubles with the final result being 3-1 to the Blues, A very enjoyable evening played in a truly friendly manner.

Wednesday we had our practice session, during the summer months these take place every Wednesday afternoon and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.

So if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.

Also on Wednesday, but in the evening, our Reds were playing away in the B.I.G. League Henry Powell cup against The Ponthir A who came out on top so our Reds run in the cup is over for another year

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.

With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 09 July 2026 the results was:-

Rholben 0 Deri 4

Skirrid 0 Blorenge 4

Once a month we hold a melee; these melees are for club members with prizes for the winners and an annual trophy for the winner of our yearly best player competition, our year runs from October to September.

This month’s melee was due to take place on Saturday 11th July 2026 but due to the extreme heat we have been experiencing it was decided to cancel and rearrange, the July Melee will now take place on 1st August and the August melee due to take place on the 8thth is moved to the 15th

A full list of the results for both the BIG & Mini leagues together with our Melees can be found on our web site.

So if you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.

www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk

Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-

Abergavenny Rotary Club

Gravells Kia Llanfoist Abergavenny

That’s it then another month gone and into July we go.

On Monday nights we play in the Boules in Gwent County League, known as the B.I.G. League in which we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Last Monday 29 June 2026 was the first game in the second half of the season with our Golds playing away against Caerleon Greens but lost by 3-1

Our Reds were playing at home this week against the N.H.S.O.B. Sharks also from Caerleon and had a good 3-1 win.

While our Blues also at home, had a 3-1 win against The Ponthir S&CC A team.

On Wednesday we had our practice session, during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoons and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.

The Community Wellbeing Parkinson Group were due to visit us on the afternoon of Thursday 2rd July 2026 however had to postpone, the visit has been rearranged for next Thursday 09 July 2026 at 3pm.

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.
With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 02 July 2026 the results was:-

Skirrid 2 Rholben 2

Deri 4 Blorenge 0

So if you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-
Abergavenny Rotary Club
Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

Well what a week we have had.

On Monday night we were playing in the Boules in Gwent County League, known as the B.I.G. League in which we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

So we started on Monday night in the sun with our Golds playing at home against The Ffrwd Vikings from Abersychen and drew 2-2.

Our Reds had a bye this week.

While our Blues were playing away against the Greenlawn Mowers form New Inn and they also had a 2-2 drew.

On Tuesday Night Ours Golds were playing against our Blues in the 2nd round of the BIG League Henry Powel Cup with the Blues winning and going forward the next round.

On Wednesday we were due to have our practice session, during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoons and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.

However this week we set a new record in so far that we cancelled this week’s session due to the Red Weather Warning for Extreme Heat which was a new one for us, heavy rain yes but too hot in Wales, my how things are changing.

With the Red Weather Warning continuing until midnight on Thursday the proposed afternoon a visit from the Community Wellbeing Parkinson Group and in the evening our Mini league were both cancelled.

The Community Wellbeing Parkinson Group visit has been rearranged for next Thursday 2rd July 2026 at 3pm and our mini league has been move on one extra week with the Season now finishing on 03 September 2026.

With luck everything will be back to normal next week so if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.

So if you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-
Abergavenny Rotary Club
Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

Well here we are again busy having fun in the sun.
On Monday night we were playing in the Boules in Gwent County League, known as the B.I.G. League in which we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Our Golds were playing away this week against The Caerleon Cohorts in what was a close first half but not so close second ending in a 3-1 loss.

While our Reds were at home against the Greyhound Shihtzus from Llantrisant, Usk and drew 2-2

Our Blues were also playing away against the Lllanygolf Dragons from Cwmbran and lost 3-1

On Wednesday we had our practice session, during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoon and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.

So if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.

With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 18 June 2026 the results was:-

Rholben 3 Blorenge 1

Skirrid 1 Deri 3

Once a month we hold a melee; these melees are for club members with prizes for the winners and an annual trophy for the winner of our yearly best player competition, our year runs from October to September.

Our June melee took place on Saturday 20th June 2026 and we had a lovely sunny day and a great afternoon with some really close games.

The final results for the day were:-

In 3rd Place was John Prosser

In 2nd Place was Nan Jones

And our winner was Peter Stahl

Well played all and many congratulations to our winners.

A full list of the results for both the BIG & Mini leagues together with our Melee can be found on our web site.
So if you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-
Abergavenny Rotary Club
Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

Well time seems to be flying by another week already and a busy week it’s been for the Abergavenny Petanque Club, on Monday night we were playing in the Boules in Gwent County League, known as the B.I.G. League in which we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Our Golds were playing at Home this week against The Caerleon Blues and had a 3-1 win.

While our Reds didn’t have a league game this week as they had a bye.

Our Blues were also playing at home against The White Hart Stages from Abersychen and the night ended in a 2-2 draw.

On Tuesday 09 June 2026 we had a Home friendly against The Wilton Bridge Petanque Club from Ross on Wye starting at 12 noon and playing 19 games, it was a lovely day, yes we had a few rain showers but that didn’t spoil thing and the day finished up with a win for Wilton Bridge by 10 games to 9.

Also on Tuesday but in the evening our Reds were playing against Llanygolf Dreigiau from Cwmbran in the Preliminary Round of the B.I.G. League Henry Powell Cup and won 3-1 so they are through to the next round when they will meet Ponthir A.

On Wednesday we had our practice session, during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoon and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.
So if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, Just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.
With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 11 June 2026 the results was:-

Deri 4 Rholben 0

Blorenge 1 Skirrid 3

If you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-

Abergavenny Rotary Club

Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

What a difference few days make, last week we bathed in glorious sunshine and this week we have had a deluge of wet weather, on Monday Night when we played in the BIG League it was really bad with very heavy rain and as in the Boules in Gwent County League, known as the B.I.G. League, you play in the rain (Unless the piste if flooded or there is Lighting about) everybody got socked.

In the BIG League we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Our Golds were playing at Away against the top of the league The Ffrwd Fighters from Abersychen, who have not lost a game this year and that record is still safe as we lost 4-0.

While our Reds were playing home against Monmouth Petanque Club and drew 2-2.

Our Blues were away in New Inn against the Greenlawn Gladiators and lost 3-1.

A slight improvement on last week, between our three teams we did have one draw, we do however remain positive we are not half way through the season yet.

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.
With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 04 June 2026 the results was:-

Rholben 1 Skirrid 3

Blorenge 0 Deri 4

Don’t forget that we have our practice sessions during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoon and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.

So if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, Just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.
If you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-

Abergavenny Rotary Club

Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

On a very sad note this week we said goodbye to a dear friend and fellow member Diane Wilce who passed away recently, Diane had been with the club for many years and loved playing, she will be sadly missed but very fond memories of her will always remain.

What can we say it’s been a lovely week with gloriously hot weather for May and once again this week Abergavenny Petanque were playing in two leagues, on Monday nights its normally the Boules in Gwent County League know as the BIG League however due to the bank holiday this week it was played on Tuesday night and on Thursday night we had our own league know as the Mini League.

In the BIG League we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Our Golds were playing at Home against The Ffrwd Bears from Abersychen losing 3-1 in a close match.

While our Reds were playing away also against a Ffrwd team this time it was the Ffrwd Ravens who won 4-0.

Our Blues joined the Golds at home playing against The Greyhound k9s from Llantrisant but lost 4-0.

All in all you could say it was not a very good week for our BIG League teams with all three losing.
Oh well positive thinking there is always the cup as we are bound to get one of our teams through to the next round as our Golds have been drawn against our Blues with the match to be player before Monday 13th July 2026.

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.
With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 28 May 2026 the results was:-

Deri 2 Skirrid 2

Blorenge 1 Rholben 3

Don’t forget that we have our practice sessions during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoon and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.

So if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, Just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.
If you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-

Abergavenny Rotary Club

Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

Like many of us you may well have played on holiday so the picture below should bring back some nice memories.

Well this last week started off very wet but dried up mid week and then became very sunny and hot towards the end and as usual at this time of year Abergavenny Petanque were playing in two leagues one in the wet and one dry on Monday Nights it was the Boules in Gwent County League know as the BIG League and on Thursday night we played in our own league know as the Mini League.

In the BIG League we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Our Golds were playing at away Caerleon A and in what turned out to be a very close game but lost 3-1.

While our Reds were drawn at home against The Ponthir Bees and won 3-1

Our Blues drawn away against Clytha B and had a good draw 2-2

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.
With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 21 May 2026 the results was:-

Rholben 2 - Deri 2

Skirrid 3 - Blorenge 1


Don’t forget that we have our practice sessions during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoon and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.

So if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, Just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.
If you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-

Abergavenny Rotary Club

Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

The Photo below shows Mark and Dave in the Debenture seats watching the BIG League Match against Caerleon A last Monday on what was a very cold and wet evening, it was a good thing Mark had his fishing Brolly handy, also excellent use of a second brolly to keep the legs dry. Plenty of water but no fish.

Well the weeks seem to be flying by and here we are into the 5th week of the leagues of which there are two and Abergavenny Petanque Club play in both, on Monday Nights it’s the Boules in Gwent County League know as the BIG League and on Thursday nights we play in our own league know as the Mini League.

In the BIG League we have three teams, our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Our Golds were playing at home this week and drawn against The Clytha Lions and unfortunately lost 3-1

While our Reds were draw away against The Panteg Phoenix with the match ending up as a 2-2 draw.

Our Blues also playing at home were drawn against The Caerleon Silures and also lost 3-1

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.
With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 14 May 2026 the results was:-

Rholben 1 - Skirrid 3

Deri 4 - Blorenge 0

Once a month we hold a melee; these melees are for club members with prizes for the winners and an annual trophy for the winner of our yearly best player competition, our year runs from October to September. On Saturday 16 May2026 we held our May melee, we had a lovely afternoon in the park, although the weather was a little damp, there were some really close games, many congratulations to our winners who were:- in 3rd place Peter Stahl, in 2nd place June Anderson and this month’s winner was Ian Hancock.

Don’t forget that we have our practice sessions during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoon and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.

So if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, Just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.

If you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-

Abergavenny Rotary Club

Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

Once again a busy week for Abergavenny Petanque Club on Monday Night it was back to the Boules in Gwent County League after having a week off to play in the Cup qualifier, we have three teams playing in the County League with our Golds in Division one, our Reds in Division Two and our Blues in Division Three.

Our Golds were playing away against Greenlawn A from New Inn and unfortunately lost 4-0 while at Reds were playing at home against one of the other Greenlawn teams this time it was the Greenlawn Giants who also came out on top with a 3-1 win , a good week for Greenlawn not so good for us..

Our Blues had a bye this week so no match for them.

On Thursday nights we run our own Mini League where we have four teams who play each other on a rotation basis, they are Team Deri, Team Rholben, Team Blorenge and Team Skirrid.
With the winning team awarded a trophy at the end of the season.

On Thursday 07 May 2026 the results was:-

Rholben 2 - Blorenge 2

Skirrid 0 - Deri 4

On Saturday 09 May2026 have had the second of our annual friendly matches when we travelled to The West Hereford Petanque Club in Broomy Hill, Hereford. Unfortunately due to Holidays and other reasons we had reduced numbers so in the true spirit of friendship West Hereford lent us 3 of their players to even up the numbers.
The weather was lovely and we had a wonderful day out with some really close games which the final score of 12-4 to Abergavenny didn’t reflect.
Our sincere thanks to the West Hereford Petanque Club for their marvellous hospitably and we look forward to the return in August.
Don’t forget that we have our practice sessions during the summer months these take place on a Wednesday afternoon and start at 1:30pm and are open to all to come along and have a game if they wish.

So if you would like to have a go then please come along.
If you don’t have any boules we have some spare you can use, you can find us in Bailey Park Abergavenny, Just outside the Pavilion at the top end of the park, we will be there from 1:15 pm for a few hours, please come along.
If you wish to know more about the sport of Petanque or our club just log onto our web site details below.
www.abergavennypetanqueclub.org.uk
Or you can E-mail us at :-
[email protected]

Abergavenny Petanque Club would like to thank the following for their support:-

Abergavenny Rotary Club

Gravells KIA, Llanfoist, Abergavenny

The Photos below are from the West Hereford Petanque Club Friendly held on Saturday 09 May 2026