Scottish Petanque Celtic Challenge
This International competition between Scotland, Wales and Ireland is the culmination of a years worth of qualification competitions across all three Countries.
Each country put forward there Elite Petanque International players to represent them and this made for a highly skilled and close fought competition.
Scotland hosted the 2022 Celtic Challenge at the Glasgow Petanque Club between Friday the 29th of April and Sunday 1st of May 2022.
Alba Campers sponsored three of Scotland’s Elite International Petanque players, we were very excited to be involved in this International Game and wish to thank the players for allowing us to sponsor in this prestigious event.
The three Scottish Petanque Internationalists live locally to Edinburgh, Midlothian and played a highly skilled game representing there country at the Celtic Challenge.
Steven Halley – Newtongrange Petanque Club
After many close games, Wales were the winners of the Celtic Challenge International Games 2022.
Congratulations to the winners and all who took part, especially those competing in their first International event representing their country.
History of The Celtic Challenge
In 1989 the Scottish Pétanque Association accepted an invitation to play Wales in Cardiff, Scotland won. The return match was held in Stirling in 1990 and following a request from Northern Ireland to be included, the Celtic Challenge was formed.
In 1991 the Irish Pétanque Association was formed and the third Celtic Challenge was held at Clandboyne, Northern Ireland.
Strong competition coupled with a social and friendly atmosphere combines to make the Celtic Challenge one of the highlights of the pétanque calendar.
How To Play Petanque?
The game can be played by 2 teams of 1, 2 or 3 players in each team, teams of 1 or 2 can use 3 boules per player. Teams of 3 will only use 2 boules per player.
You can toss a coin to decide which team will start. One player from the starting team will choose the starting location and mark a circle from where the boules are to be thrown from.
The starting player then throws the ‘Jack’ or ‘Cochonnet’ between 6 to 10 meters away and then throws the first boule as close as they can to the target location.
A player from the opposing team then throws there first boule, attempting to be closer to the Jack than the opposing team. The boule which is closest to the Jack leads.
The team which is not leading then must continue to throw there boules until they can become closest to the Jack, by either throwing there boule closest or knocking the opponents boule further away.
Once both teams have thrown all there boules, the end can be scored. The leading team will gain 1 point for every boule closer to the jack than the oppositions closest boule.
The team that won the previous end will start the proceedings again, until one team has reached 13 points.
European & International Petanque Events
Did you know that Scotland competes at both European and World International events in Petanque.
You can find out more on how to qualify for such events by visiting the Scottish Petanque Association.
Pentanque with Alba Campers
We have fully equipped Campervans available for hire, with Unlimited Mileage and Drivers Insurance Cover included as standard.
These Campervans are fantastic for weekend events such like this Celtic Challenge, we even have Petanque boules available for any visiting customers wishing to get a game in Scotland during there roadtrip.
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