The club has a long running twinning with Le Havre. More details
The club was formed in 1974 and originally played behind Cobbetts Restaurant (now Reggina's) in Botley Square, hence the name. The club moved to Botley Recreation Ground in 1981 before moving to a new terrain built at Burridge in 1996 (more details). This is a much larger terrain (43m x 15m) allowing room for 16 matches. There is also a bar in the pavilion for players to enjoy a drink.
The club has over 30 members of all ages from 8 years old to almost 80! There are players of all abilities from those with just a few weeks experience and those who just play on club nights, to the regular league players and those who have represented the Southern Counties region, England and Great Britain.
The club is affiliated to the Southern Counties Petanque Association (SCPA) which is one of the 15 member regions of the English Petanque Association (EPA). The club currently enters two teams into the SCPA 6-a-side League and one team into the 9-a-side league.League fixtures, results and tables for 2009 can be found here
The SCPA and the Cobbetts Club have adopted the EPA Junior and Vulnerable Members Protection Policy.
The official rules of petanque can be downloaded from the SCPA website http://www.southerncountiespetanque.org.uk/rules.html
Club Constitution
Page last updated 27/11/09
The club runs a very popular Open Doubles competition each year. Since 2002 this has been held as an afternoon competition with timed games, usually at Easter. See the Honours page for a list of past winners. In 2009 a Poppy Petanque Open Doubles was run in aid of the Poppy Appeal. Also played at the Burridge terrain are a number of regional events such as the SCPA Adult/Junior Doubles, the SCPA Mixed Doubles, SCPA Winter Doubles Final, SCPA Summer Doubles Final and the SCPA Juniors v Isle of Wight Juniors Inter-regional.
Committee Contacts Secretary: Steve Love Phone: 02380 694988 13 Bradshaw Close, Fair Oak, Eastleigh SO50 7BS President: Alan Forse Phone: 01489 583290Vice President: Richard Greeves Phone: 01489 782047Treasurer: Mike Porter Phone: 01489 578085Club Captain: Steve Lombard Phone: 02380 4733186-a-side A: Dave Stubbs Phone: 01489 7875476-a-side B: Glenn Floyd Phone: 01489 784840Catering: Lyn Porter Phone: 01489 578085Committee: Alison Stubbs Phone: 01489 787547
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