The Bellarine Peninsula Petanque Club invites you to join/or renew your membership of our club and enjoy the fabulous game that is Petanque with us.

Our club has a wonderful new playing facility at the Queenscliff Bowls, Tennis and Croquet Club located at 118 Hesse Street in  Queenscliff.

We host "Let's Play Petanque" social sessions every Friday afternoon from 13:30 till 16:00 to provide opportunities for anyone wanting to learn and/or practice the game. 

If you would like to join our club to play socially, in local competitions, Victorian Inter-club competitions or our National Annual Tournament just submit your application for membership via the form below.

INTRODUCTION

1. Pétanque is a social and competitive game that is inclusive in nature. This is
the ethos of the Bellarine Peninsula Pétanque Club (BPPC).

2. BPPC’s focus is to provide a fun and inclusive environment that enriches our
community, as well as reaping the physical, social and mental health benefits
through playing Pétanque.

3. BPPC is committed to:
- Being ACTIVE
- Making FRIENDS
- ENJOYING social or competitive Pétanque.

BPPC and QBTC Relationship 

1. In February 2024 BPPC decided to relocate to a space within the Queenscliff Bowling, Tennis, Croquet Club (QBTC) precinct to provide BPPC with a stable, permanent location, which would allow the BPPC to expand.

2. QBTC has provided financial backing to allow this move to occur and to construct a new petanque playing terrain. In addition, QBTC has allocated the use of a club room facility on site.

3. The relocation to QBTC is conditional upon all BPPC members each taking out and maintaining a QBTC Basic Sports membership, with BPPC continuing to maintain its own identity albeit in cooperation with QBTC.

4. BPPC members apply for QBTC Basic Sports - Petanque membership by completing a QBTC application form and paying the required fee directly to QBTC. BPPC members are then issued with a QBTC member’s card denoting pétanque. A list of QBTC Pétanque members is maintained by QBTC.

This same process is used for the other QBTC sporting sections - Bowls, Pickleball and Croquet.

QBTC Basic Sports membership allows BPPC members to participate in social play at other sports within QBTC, have voting
rights at QBTC meetings and access other club benefits and discounts offered by QBTC.

BPPC MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS

There are two options for BPPC Membership as follows:

BPPC Social Player Membership - $125 for the first year and $100 per year thereafter

A BPPC Social Player Member may play/practice social petanque with BPPC and
participate in BPPC Intra-club Competitions on an ongoing basis after joining BPPC
and QBTC by completing an application and payment of the required fees.

The current daily play/practice session fee for this class is $2.

The current annual fees for this class of membership are as follows:
- BPPC - $25 per year PLUS
- QBTC - $100 per year for the first year and then $75 per year thereafter.

BPPC Social Player Members will also have voting rights at BPPC and QBTC
meetings and be eligible for election to the BPPC Committee of Management.

BPPC Social Player Members will be permitted to use boules supplied by BPPC or
social (non PFA approved) boules.

BPPC Licenced Player Membership - $160 for the first year and $135 per year thereafter

A BPPC Licenced Player Member may play/practice social and competitive
petanque with BPPC and participate in any Petanque Federation of Australia (PFA)
sanctioned intra-club, inter-club, State or National competitions on an ongoing basis
after joining BPPC and QBTC by completing an application and payment of the
required fees.

The current daily play/practice session fee for this class is $2.

The current annual fees for this class of membership are as follows:
- BPPC - $60 per year (comprised of $25 to BPPC and $35 to PFA for your player
licence and insurance) PLUS
- QBTC - $100 per year for the first year and then $75 per year thereafter.

Personal accident insurance cover is also included.

BPPC Licenced Player Members will also have voting rights at BPPC and QBTC
meetings and be eligible for election to the BPPC Committee of Management.

BPPC Licenced Player Members will be required to purchase and use a set of three
PFA approved and personalised boules.

PLEASE NOTE:
During the submission of your application for membership you will be presented with a system generated invoice for the BPPC portion of your membership fee.

Your application will need to be approved by our Committee of Management (COM) and your invoice paid in full before your membership can be finalised.

After your application has been approved by our COM the club will contact you to provide you with LOGIN details for our website,  other information about the club and instructions for completing your QBTC membership application.

If you need any further information or clarification, please contact our club Membership Officer, Peter Binks at binksbuild@yahoo.com.au  or  club President, Bernard Reed at president.bppc@gmail.com.