Final Placings

 

	P	W	L	PF	PA
Scotland	48	31	17	+124
Ireland A	48	26	22	+32
Wales	48	25	23	+23
Ireland B	48	14	34	-179

 

Report

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Scotland won for the second year in a row after winning 31 on their matches to Ireland A’s 26 and Wales’ 25. Ireland B finished bottom on 14 wins. The Challenge was closeon Day 1, with Ireland A and scotland on 14 wins apiece and Wales just behind on 13, with Ireland B on 7.

Each team fielded 4 triples, who played a total of 12 matches each. Scotland 1 (Paul Bretenoux, Robbie Stronach, John Wilson) won all twelve of their matches, making them the top triples, although their closest match was against Ireland B3 (Owen Kelleher, Adam Kelleher, ‘Misty’), Scotland 1 winning 13-11.

Ireland’s top triples were A4 (Richard Elvin, Sebastien Stewart, Arshaad Dooreemeah).

 

Players and Awards

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Top Triples

Team	Players	W	L
Scotland 1	Paul Bretenoux Robbie Stronach John Wilson	12	0

 

References

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Websites

Irish Petanque Association (2017) Events [Celtic Challenge 2012] [Internet] Available from: http://irishpetanque.org/ [Accessed 9 February 2017]

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to John Sudron

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 August 2019

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