Success for hosts as Southsea beat Southampton in final of petanque tournament

By Mark McMahon
Published 28th May 2019, 14:08 BST
Updated 3rd Jun 2019, 00:07 BST
The Southsea team Southern Pinnacles celebrate winning the petanque triples competitionThe Southsea team Southern Pinnacles celebrate winning the petanque triples competition
The Southsea team Southern Pinnacles celebrate winning the petanque triples competition
Southsea beat rivals from Southampton in the final to win the Southsea triples petanque tournament

In total 42 players took part in the Southsea Open triples.

The morning was run as leagues of four with eight teams qualifying for the main competition, with the rest of the teams battling it out for the plate.

Consolages were run for both competitions.

The main saw the final contested between Southampton and Southsea’s own Southern Pinnacles.

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Southampton had beaten Paula’s Pals then Leftovers Again. Pinnacles had beaten Southern Legion then The Leftovers.

Southampton won the toss, and they elected to take Pinnacles to the beach terrain which negated any sort of home advantage there might have been.