KPA Management

Kent Pétanque Association

Association Management

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 2012

Post Officer Club
Chairman Martin Eggleton (Hartley CC)
Secretary David Baxter (Hartley CC)
Treasurer Ken Buchan (Villager,Vigo)
Promotions Officer Vacancy ^c/o Martin Eggleton (Hartley CC)
Membership Secretary Annette Eggleton (unattached)
Playing Officer Vacancy ^c/o Andy Mills (Crown, Chislehurst)
Competition Organiser Vacancy ^c/o Annette Eggleton (unattached)
Association Umpire Richard King (George, Meopham)
Coaching Coordinator Eric Hatfield (Lordswood)
Youth Development Officer Vacancy ^c/o Martin Eggleton (Hartley CC)
Press Officer Vacancy
Youth Development Officer Vacancy
League Representative (Kent League) Mick Nash (Hartley CC)
Committee Members Corinne Cooter
Mick Weston
Peter Abbitt
Rowland Jones (Meadow)
(Lordswood)
(White House)
(Meadow)

KPA Gazette Editor Ron Yates (Hartley CC)
KPA Web Master Andy Mills (Crown, Chislehurst)

Chairman:
Martin Eggleton
( 020 8325 2742
email: eggletm@ntlworld.com I have been playing petanque on and off for over 20 years, at various clubs including Amazon & Tiger, Seal and now at The George. As well as being President of the Kent Region I am a member of the EPA management committee, helping to ensure the views of the largest region within the sport are represented. If you have any comments or questions please either email or phone me.
Secretary
Dave Baxter
(01322 408190
email: dbaxter1@virginmedia.com I learnt my pétanque in the early 80s at Gravesend Rugby Club But I now play for Hartley in the Kent League. I served the old South East Region as Treasurer and President and also held National Office as Vice President Finance of the BPA. In that role I was instrumental in seeing through the reorganisation of our sport which saw the formation of the KPA in November 2004. I will always be working to improve the playing standards, opportunities and facilities in Kent.
Treasurer:
Ken Buchan
( 01732 823 640
email: ken.buchan@btinternet.com I have played for the Villager PC for the last 13 years and I am currently the club chairman.
I succeeded Mark Cooter as the Secretary of the South East Region in February 1999 and was actively involved in its transition to the KPA.
My special interest has been the development of the links with the French pétanque district of Nord Maritime.

Secretary:
John Middleton
( 01732 522 800
email: johngfmiddleton@hotmail.com
I started playing petanque in 1998 for the new team at the Bull’s Head, Chislehurst to help them get off the ground.
However the bug bit deeply and the rest as they say is history, with my gaining two passions in the shape of petanque and my wife Barbara, whom I met again after 20 years, through playing petanque.
I am President of Tovil WMC Petanque Club and was League Secretary and Treasurer for 8 years where I sought the formalisation of the league with the introduction of a written constitution and that has served us well.

I also designed and wrote the league’s website and developed the use of email and the website as the principle means of communication. Those functions I relinquished to Andy Mills following the merging of the site with the County.
I played a role in the devolvement of the BPA and the institution of Kent Petanque Association and was co-opted as the first National Secretary of the EPA though policy differences led to my resignation after 8 months.
My current interest lies in cultivating twinning arrangements with our continental cousins.

Membership Secretary:
Annette Eggleton
( 020 8325 2742
email: eggleta@ntlworld.com Although I rarely play competitively myself, I provide support and admin back up to those who are more active to enable them to play without distraction. I have held a licence for a few years now, first at Ightham and now at the George but if anyone catches me playing they can claim a lollipop!

Playing Officer
Trevor Glenn
(01322 665 196
email: trevorglenn.cmn.bexley@lgfl.net
Kent Association Umpire:
Richard King
(07776 168 010
email: richardking30@btinternet.com

Coaching Coordinator:
Eric Hatfield
(01634 371 333
email: eric.hatfield@blueyonder.co.uk My son played Petanque at school and it was his teacher who pursuaded my wife and I to try the sport, this would be about 1988. At this time Maidstone Petanque Club had just installed new Pistes at the Bell Public House in Bredhurst.
We played there over one winter each week and the following spring we joined the newly formed Maidstone B team in the bottom Division of the Kent Petanque League.

We later formed the Moldavian Clog Dancers Petanque Club, playing at a number of venues until we joined Lordswood Petanque Club in the Mid 1990's.
For the last few years I have been the President of Lordswood PC with active involment in applications for funding for our development programme.
I have also been the Captain of Lordswood MCD team for the last 10 years or so.
Committee Member
Colin Senneck
(01474 709 068
email: colinsenneck@supanet.com Never having played the game until I built the first terrain at Hartley Country Club in 1992, I somehow got elected first chairman of the HCC Petanque Section, now the largest club in the region. Cricket (religion), badminton and football were my principal sports for many years but now I am very keen on petanque, being too ancient for the other games, and I hope to impart my enthuiasm to others in my new development role.
I have won Regional honours and I have represented the Region on several occasions. I am currently the President of the Kent League, the biggest petanque league in the UK

Committee Member
Mick Weston
(01634 668 801
email: mickiweston@yahoo.co.uk I was introduced to the game by Morton Almond in the early 1990s. I have played for Lordswood Petanque Club in the Kent and Maidstone and District Leagues on a weekly basis and in the occasional weekend competition, work commitments permitting, ever since.
I was appointed Honorary Secretary of the Lordswood Club shortly after joining and have carried out the duties of the post, apart from a short break, for some 12 years or so.

Having recently retired I am now engaged in raising money for further expansion of the pitches and facilities at Lordswood and promoting the game locally through schools and schemes.
I joined this Committee to help with the development of the game in the County and to represent my Club's interests at County level.

Committee Member
Peter Abbitt
( 01732 840 811
email: abbitt@blueyonder.co.uk
I was introduced to Pétanque by my French friends some 20 years ago. I have been a member of the White House Club since 1997 having served as secretary and now as Chairman. The club has grown to around 32 players with new players being introduced during the winter seasons. We hold regular fun days throughout the year and always welcome family & friends whatever their ability.
Our aims are to maintain a friendly vibrant membership and to support our rural pub in these more difficult times.

We have raised over £4K in the last few years to improve the clubs facilities and support local charities.

I joined the KPA committee to gain knowledge and to represent some of the lower league clubs/teams whose emphasis is more often placed on pleasure & leisure than the highly competitive competitions.

Committee Member
Corinne Cooter
(01474 354 310
email: corinne.cooter@btinternet.com
I have been playing petanque for over 30 years for GRFC, the Plough & Chequers and currently at the Meadow PC. I previously served on the Regional committee for 10 years as Regional President (1998-2000) and Regional Membership Secretary (1994-97 & 2001-03). In addition I have served on the Regional Playing Committee for the last 3 years. I also served on the National committee from 1998-2000 and also 2004-2009 as EPA National Membership Secretary.
I was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the EPA & KPA 2009. I am qualified as a Grade 3 Coach and was the England Junior Manager at the North Sea Tournament and European Championships in 2008. I have also been the South East/Kent Squad Manager on 11 occasions during which time the region won the Inter Regional Championships 7 times and were runners up twice

Committee Member
Rowland Jones
(01893 601 394
È07892 696 784
email: rowland.jones@saga.co.uk

Kent League Representative:
Mick Nash
(01474 703 263
email: micknash@talktalk.net I have been playing petanque for 10 years since I first joined Hartley Country Club Petanque.
I have served as Secretary of HCCPC for 3 years, then Chairman for 3 years. This is my first time on the Kent Management Committee.

Committee Member
Mark Thorne
(01634 408 363
(07817 911 716
email: sue368@btinternet.com
Kent Gazette Editor
Martyn Fribbens
(01474 707 280
email: mailto:gazette@fribbens.co.uk
I started playing in 1995 at The Fighting Cocks in Horton Kirby, tutored by the late John Clements. I moved clubs to Hartley in 2001 and again to The George in 2008. I still occasionally play at the Cocks and Hartley and partner with Nigel Mansell from the Cocks for competitions and Regionals as well as whenever we are France together. We represented South East (with Jean-Louis Guiot of Hartley) at Brean in 2004 and I was team manager for the Select squad in 2005 and the Kent Challenge squad in 2006 and 2007. I live in the shadow of my much better sons, Luke and Charles. Luke has represented Great Britain at Junior level and Charles has represented England as a Junior. Both are now Espoirs and my youngest son, Elliott is a rising Junior attending the Kent Academy.
I took over editorship of the Kent Pétanque Gazette from Mark Cooter in 2006 and I still run the Hartley website.

KPA Gazette Editor:
Ron Yates
( 01474 707 323
email: ronyates6@btinternet.com I was one of the founding members of Hartley Petanque, holding several positions on their Petanque Committee.
I have been playing Petanque for 14 years, including playing at Brean Sands and the Nord Maritime Dunkirk boulodrome. I have been the Region/County Treasurer for the past 5 years.

KPA Webmaster:
Andy Mills
( 020 8300 0240
email: webmaster@kentpetanque.org
for issues regarding this website
email: andy.d.mills@btinternet.com
for other matters I have played Pétanque since 1980, formerley at the Three Blackbirds, Bexley and currently at the Crown, Chislehurst, where I am currently club Chairman and captain.
I was the SE Regional President during 1983-1986 and 1989-1992, Regional Triples Champion in 1983 and Regional Singles Champion in 1988 and 1995.

Post	Officer	Club
Chairman	Martin Eggleton	(Hartley CC)
Secretary	David Baxter	(Hartley CC)
Treasurer	Ken Buchan	(Villager,Vigo)
Promotions Officer	Vacancy ^c/o Martin Eggleton	(Hartley CC)
Membership Secretary	Annette Eggleton	(unattached)
Playing Officer	Vacancy ^c/o Andy Mills	(Crown, Chislehurst)
Competition Organiser	Vacancy ^c/o Annette Eggleton	(unattached)
Association Umpire	Richard King	(George, Meopham)
Coaching Coordinator	Eric Hatfield	(Lordswood)
Youth Development Officer	Vacancy ^c/o Martin Eggleton	(Hartley CC)
Press Officer	Vacancy
Youth Development Officer	Vacancy
League Representative (Kent League)	Mick Nash	(Hartley CC)
Committee Members	Corinne Cooter Mick Weston Peter Abbitt Rowland Jones	(Meadow) (Lordswood) (White House) (Meadow)
KPA Gazette Editor	Ron Yates	(Hartley CC)
KPA Web Master	Andy Mills	(Crown, Chislehurst)

	Chairman: Martin Eggleton ( 020 8325 2742 email: eggletm@ntlworld.com	I have been playing petanque on and off for over 20 years, at various clubs including Amazon & Tiger, Seal and now at The George. As well as being President of the Kent Region I am a member of the EPA management committee, helping to ensure the views of the largest region within the sport are represented. If you have any comments or questions please either email or phone me.
	Secretary Dave Baxter (01322 408190 email: dbaxter1@virginmedia.com	I learnt my pétanque in the early 80s at Gravesend Rugby Club But I now play for Hartley in the Kent League. I served the old South East Region as Treasurer and President and also held National Office as Vice President Finance of the BPA. In that role I was instrumental in seeing through the reorganisation of our sport which saw the formation of the KPA in November 2004. I will always be working to improve the playing standards, opportunities and facilities in Kent.
	Treasurer: Ken Buchan ( 01732 823 640 email: ken.buchan@btinternet.com	I have played for the Villager PC for the last 13 years and I am currently the club chairman. I succeeded Mark Cooter as the Secretary of the South East Region in February 1999 and was actively involved in its transition to the KPA. My special interest has been the development of the links with the French pétanque district of Nord Maritime.
	Secretary: John Middleton ( 01732 522 800 email: johngfmiddleton@hotmail.com	I started playing petanque in 1998 for the new team at the Bull’s Head, Chislehurst to help them get off the ground. However the bug bit deeply and the rest as they say is history, with my gaining two passions in the shape of petanque and my wife Barbara, whom I met again after 20 years, through playing petanque. I am President of Tovil WMC Petanque Club and was League Secretary and Treasurer for 8 years where I sought the formalisation of the league with the introduction of a written constitution and that has served us well.
I also designed and wrote the league’s website and developed the use of email and the website as the principle means of communication. Those functions I relinquished to Andy Mills following the merging of the site with the County. I played a role in the devolvement of the BPA and the institution of Kent Petanque Association and was co-opted as the first National Secretary of the EPA though policy differences led to my resignation after 8 months. My current interest lies in cultivating twinning arrangements with our continental cousins.
	Membership Secretary: Annette Eggleton ( 020 8325 2742 email: eggleta@ntlworld.com	Although I rarely play competitively myself, I provide support and admin back up to those who are more active to enable them to play without distraction. I have held a licence for a few years now, first at Ightham and now at the George but if anyone catches me playing they can claim a lollipop!
	Playing Officer Trevor Glenn (01322 665 196 email: trevorglenn.cmn.bexley@lgfl.net
	Kent Association Umpire: Richard King (07776 168 010 email: richardking30@btinternet.com
	Coaching Coordinator: Eric Hatfield (01634 371 333 email: eric.hatfield@blueyonder.co.uk	My son played Petanque at school and it was his teacher who pursuaded my wife and I to try the sport, this would be about 1988. At this time Maidstone Petanque Club had just installed new Pistes at the Bell Public House in Bredhurst. We played there over one winter each week and the following spring we joined the newly formed Maidstone B team in the bottom Division of the Kent Petanque League.
We later formed the Moldavian Clog Dancers Petanque Club, playing at a number of venues until we joined Lordswood Petanque Club in the Mid 1990's. For the last few years I have been the President of Lordswood PC with active involment in applications for funding for our development programme. I have also been the Captain of Lordswood MCD team for the last 10 years or so.
	Committee Member Colin Senneck (01474 709 068 email: colinsenneck@supanet.com	Never having played the game until I built the first terrain at Hartley Country Club in 1992, I somehow got elected first chairman of the HCC Petanque Section, now the largest club in the region. Cricket (religion), badminton and football were my principal sports for many years but now I am very keen on petanque, being too ancient for the other games, and I hope to impart my enthuiasm to others in my new development role. I have won Regional honours and I have represented the Region on several occasions. I am currently the President of the Kent League, the biggest petanque league in the UK
	Committee Member Mick Weston (01634 668 801 email: mickiweston@yahoo.co.uk	I was introduced to the game by Morton Almond in the early 1990s. I have played for Lordswood Petanque Club in the Kent and Maidstone and District Leagues on a weekly basis and in the occasional weekend competition, work commitments permitting, ever since. I was appointed Honorary Secretary of the Lordswood Club shortly after joining and have carried out the duties of the post, apart from a short break, for some 12 years or so.
Having recently retired I am now engaged in raising money for further expansion of the pitches and facilities at Lordswood and promoting the game locally through schools and schemes. I joined this Committee to help with the development of the game in the County and to represent my Club's interests at County level.
	Committee Member Peter Abbitt ( 01732 840 811 email: abbitt@blueyonder.co.uk	I was introduced to Pétanque by my French friends some 20 years ago. I have been a member of the White House Club since 1997 having served as secretary and now as Chairman. The club has grown to around 32 players with new players being introduced during the winter seasons. We hold regular fun days throughout the year and always welcome family & friends whatever their ability. Our aims are to maintain a friendly vibrant membership and to support our rural pub in these more difficult times.
We have raised over £4K in the last few years to improve the clubs facilities and support local charities. I joined the KPA committee to gain knowledge and to represent some of the lower league clubs/teams whose emphasis is more often placed on pleasure & leisure than the highly competitive competitions.
	Committee Member Corinne Cooter (01474 354 310 email: corinne.cooter@btinternet.com	I have been playing petanque for over 30 years for GRFC, the Plough & Chequers and currently at the Meadow PC. I previously served on the Regional committee for 10 years as Regional President (1998-2000) and Regional Membership Secretary (1994-97 & 2001-03). In addition I have served on the Regional Playing Committee for the last 3 years. I also served on the National committee from 1998-2000 and also 2004-2009 as EPA National Membership Secretary.
I was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the EPA & KPA 2009. I am qualified as a Grade 3 Coach and was the England Junior Manager at the North Sea Tournament and European Championships in 2008. I have also been the South East/Kent Squad Manager on 11 occasions during which time the region won the Inter Regional Championships 7 times and were runners up twice
	Committee Member Rowland Jones (01893 601 394 È07892 696 784 email: rowland.jones@saga.co.uk
	Kent League Representative: Mick Nash (01474 703 263 email: micknash@talktalk.net	I have been playing petanque for 10 years since I first joined Hartley Country Club Petanque. I have served as Secretary of HCCPC for 3 years, then Chairman for 3 years. This is my first time on the Kent Management Committee.
	Committee Member Mark Thorne (01634 408 363 (07817 911 716 email: sue368@btinternet.com
	Kent Gazette Editor Martyn Fribbens (01474 707 280 email: mailto:gazette@fribbens.co.uk	I started playing in 1995 at The Fighting Cocks in Horton Kirby, tutored by the late John Clements. I moved clubs to Hartley in 2001 and again to The George in 2008. I still occasionally play at the Cocks and Hartley and partner with Nigel Mansell from the Cocks for competitions and Regionals as well as whenever we are France together. We represented South East (with Jean-Louis Guiot of Hartley) at Brean in 2004 and I was team manager for the Select squad in 2005 and the Kent Challenge squad in 2006 and 2007. I live in the shadow of my much better sons, Luke and Charles. Luke has represented Great Britain at Junior level and Charles has represented England as a Junior. Both are now Espoirs and my youngest son, Elliott is a rising Junior attending the Kent Academy. I took over editorship of the Kent Pétanque Gazette from Mark Cooter in 2006 and I still run the Hartley website.
	KPA Gazette Editor: Ron Yates ( 01474 707 323 email: ronyates6@btinternet.com	I was one of the founding members of Hartley Petanque, holding several positions on their Petanque Committee. I have been playing Petanque for 14 years, including playing at Brean Sands and the Nord Maritime Dunkirk boulodrome. I have been the Region/County Treasurer for the past 5 years.
	KPA Webmaster: Andy Mills ( 020 8300 0240 email: webmaster@kentpetanque.org for issues regarding this website email: andy.d.mills@btinternet.com for other matters	I have played Pétanque since 1980, formerley at the Three Blackbirds, Bexley and currently at the Crown, Chislehurst, where I am currently club Chairman and captain. I was the SE Regional President during 1983-1986 and 1989-1992, Regional Triples Champion in 1983 and Regional Singles Champion in 1988 and 1995.