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Veterans

Our England Veterans (55 years of age and over) compete in a mixed gender competition bi-annually in odd numbered years at European level (organised by the CEP).

About Petanque England Veterans

Our England Veterans (55 years of age and over) compete in a mixed gender competition bi-annually in odd numbered years at European level (organised by the CEP).

in 2019 the European Veterans Championship was held in Bulgaria, in 2023 in France, and in 2025 in Spain.

To qualify to represent England in the European Veterans Championship you will need to compete in the Veterans Triples SSE. You can find how the dates and how to enter on the P.E. playing calendar. As with all international competitions, PE members have to be UK nationals to represent our country.

We are currently looking for a new Veterans Lead to help with the organisation of the Petanque England Veterans team if you are interested in the role more details can on how to apply can be found on our Who we are page.

Coming up

2027 European Veterans Championship

The 2027 European Veterans Championship is currently listed on the CEP calendar as to be announced. Further details, including dates and venue information, will be published here as soon as they become available.

In the meantime, please refer to the P.E. playing calendar for details of other upcoming veterans’ events.

To qualify to represent England in the European Veterans Championship you will need to compete in the Veterans Triples SSE. You can find how the dates and how to enter on the P.E. playing calendar. As with all international competitions, PE members have to be UK nationals to represent our country.

We will add more details of the team going when we have it.

How have we done?

2025

In 2025, Pétanque England sent a representative team to Spain to compete in the CEP Championships. The team comprised Sofiane Lachani, Hakim Dahmani, Matt Blyton and Mokhtar Benerab. After a strong performance throughout the competition, they went on to defeat Estonia in the final to win the CEP Nations Trophy.

2023

in 2023 PE sent a representative team to Albertville, France, consisting of Matt Blyton, Cliff Campbell, Mokhtar Benarab and Simon Bird. The team had the best result yet of a veterans team, losing an epic 2 hour 15 minute match against the holders and eventual champions, France, in the quarter-finals 8-13. Just 5 points away from a medal. they also beat a strong Switzerland team 13-12 in the Last 16.

2019

In 2019 the European Veterans Championship was held in Bulgaria in September, our Veterans team was Ian Barnes, Simon Bird, Cliff Campbell and Hassi Leverett and our team secured a place in the final knockout stages and eventually ended up being ranked joint 13th out of 28 nations that competed. In 2017, our team secured a Quarter Final place. There is no Precision Shooting competition.