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2024 Home Nations
The Jersey Petanque Association will host this year’s championship on Saturday, August 3rd, and Sunday, August 4th.
The Welsh Squad will comprise eight teams of three or four players ranked Wales 1 to Wales 8. Each team will play 12 matches over the weekend against very competitive teams.
Information
The venue of the Home Nations Championship this year is the Liberation Petanque Club in St Helier, Jersey.
Accommodation
The following accommodation is NOT compulsory; plenty of smaller hotels, B&Bs and guest houses are available in St Helier. If anybody finds something suitable, why not let others know by posting on the WPA Home Nations WhatsApp Group?
The Jersey Petanque Association has been in touch with the Seymour Hotel Group, and they have offered rooms at a reduced rate to competitors and their families the following:
The Pomme D’Or Hotel – is only 50 metres from the playing venue.
- 10 executive double rooms at a rate of £183.00 per room per night, bed and breakfast.
The Merton Hotel is about a 20-minute walk away and has an Aquadome, which can also be used if you are staying at the Pomme D’Or Hotel.
- 20 twin/double rooms at a rate of £161.00 per room per night, bed and breakfast.
As the event is in the high summer and the annual Battle of Flowers is the following weekend, it is highly recommended that you book early.
For further information, contact either Christian (cilano@seymourhotels.com), Esther (ekanguta@seymourhotels.com) or Julie (jdanila@seymourhotels.com)
Further information regarding other hotels can be found on the Visit Jersey Website.
History of the Home Nations
The first Home Nations Championship was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in 2000. Pétanque England, formally the English Pétanque Association, won the inaugural championship and successfully defended its title every year since.
Year | Host | Winners |
---|---|---|
2024 | Jersey - St Helier | |
2023 | England - Royal Leamington Spa | England |
2022 | Scotland - Troon | England |
2021 | Not Competed | COVID-19 |
2020 | Not Competed | COVID-19 |
2019 | Wales - Cardiff | England |
2018 | Jersey - Les Quennevais | England |
2017 | England - Hayling Island | England |
2016 | Scotland - Edinburgh | England |
2015 | Wales - Cardiff | England |
2014 | England - Mansfield | England |
2013 | Scotland - Edinburgh | England |
2012 | Wales - Cardiff | England |
2011 | England - Nottingham | England |
2010 | Scotland - Inverness | England |
2009 | Wales - Swansea | England |
2008 | England - Dartford | England |
2007 | Scotland - Inverness | England |
2006 | Wales - Cardiff | England |
2005 | England - Luton | England |
2004 | Scotland - Ayr | England |
2003 | Wales - Cardiff | England |
2002 | England - Morecambe | England |
2001 | Scotland - South Queensferry | England |
2000 | Wales - Cardiff (Millennium Stadium) | England |
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