Petanque England Junior/Adult National Championship

Saturday 20th April, 2024 saw the annual ‘Petanque England Junior/Adult National Championship’ held at Oxshott Petanque Club once again, and this year it was even more exciting, as we had our very first OXSHOTT junior entry – Robert, who played with Frank Charlesworth.

We held our annual Petanque Open Day the previous Saturday, and Robert and his Mum came along (they are already OVSC tennis members).  Robert was a “natural”, who played incredibly well and amazed us all, so we spoke to him and his parents, and asked if he would be interested in entering this competition. Robert was very enthusiastic, so literally one week later, after one session of coaching with Frank (who very kindly offered to partner Robert), they were entrants.

Needless to say, under Frank’s tuition, they were runners up in the PLATE competition, beating many juniors who have been playing for a long time, and considering Robert had only played Petanque ONCE before this Championship today, he has done INCREDIBLY well under Frank's brilliant guidance.

HUGE congratulations to Robert & Frank!!