***ADVANCE NOTICE***Our End of Season Play-Offs will be held on Sunday 14th September 2008, at a venue still to be arranged.At the end of the play-offs there will be the trophy presentations and speeches.All teams are invited regardless of whether you qualify for the play-offs or not.More details will be in Julys newsletter which is due out during week commencing 7th July.
Whilst I am quite happy to post 'blogs' on the site, I'm not sure if you are all aware you can comment back.At the bottom right hand corner of every news article there is a 'speech bubble' with the word Comments alongside. If you click on this, you can then respond or add to each article as the website grows.Have a go with this one, then I'll know the message is coming through loud and clear.
Whilst I'm quite happy posting 'blogs' on this website, I am not sure that you realise you can comment back on the various news articles.If you go to the bottom right hand corner of the article, you will see a 'speech bubble' with the words Comments alongside. If you click on this, you can then respond or add to each article as the website grows.Have a go with this one and then I can see that the
The Wasps were host to Portchester on Thursday evening. Portchester have not been beaten this season so we had a hard hill to climb.We won one triple and lost one.In the doubles, Mike and Christine had a great score with a 13 - 1 win, followed by Jeff and Ian with a 13 - 10 win. David and Hazel 's fight back wasn't quite good enough losing 13 - 8.A win for us and a poor result for Portchester.Wel
President of LAPC for the past 10 years, but he's been around a lot longer on the petanque scene, and one of the driving forces behind the development of petanque in California.I knew he was originally from Brussels, Belgium, but had no idea how he ended up in LA.LAPC's last newsletter gives the whole story. Worth a read! A mix of the American dream and an amazingly determined mother.The menu on t
After months of planning, nearly two dozen senior players in the New Zealand Petanque Federation are coming to visit and play in California, beginning this weekend.The idea of a competition between the Americans and the "Kiwi's" began with a conversation in Pattaya, Thailand at the "worlds" last year, between SC director Ed Porto and a player in the NZ federation, and it developed into three com
Las Vegas Petanque is on a roll!The local section of Las Vegas' Review Journal came up with a very good story yesterday. How Lisette met Franck Labasse, etc...In pursuit of petanque - July 1, 2008(only 88 dailies to go ;-)photo by Larry Cruikshank
Next Match - Sunday July 13th 2008Suivre Les Boule Playford v Aldeburgh Boules ClubStart Time 10.30am at Playford Community Hall
Date - Tuesday 1st July 2008Team - Jimmy, Tina, Simon, LewisAfter what has seemed like an eternity since our last match in the Deben Division, we finally managed to see some league action again thanks to Jimmy's 'running around the countryside' in a valiant effort to get to the match.Whilst we awaited the arrival of Monsieur and Madame Robinson, the Fletcher pairing got the match underway. Early p
Blyth Division3 Horseshoes North Cove v Hoxne PCBell Inn Walberswick v Harbour Inn SouthwoldDeben DivisionThe Exiles Bealings v Ye Olde Coach & Horses Melton
Dateline - Tuesday 1st July 2008Deben Division - Hollesley Shepherd & Dog versus Aldeburgh Boules ClubIn the first match-up to have its return fixture completed, the two teams met up earlier this evening in glorious sunshine on the car park of the Shepherd & Dog that now doubles as the home teams piste.Whilst the visitors awaited the arrival of the team skipper and partner, the other visiting pair
Sacramento's TV station CBS13 came out for a live report on the big six-tournament weekend at Club Francais de Sacramento , May 17/18 last.CBS13 - Petanque Championship - 4:20minTom, eloquent as always, uses the very appropriate badminton/tennis analogy to reply to the eternal bocce vs petanque question.I usually present it the other way round though: pétanque being to bocce what badminton is to
PHOTOSSLIDESHOWJoe Z. put together a really good event this past Sunday, with six teams playing. Each doublette team played every other team (5 games) for standings for the final.The only team to be fannied: Jeff/Cheryl by JoeZ. and Denise Yipes! James and Mike A. played against Danny and Hal in the finals but James & Mike are pretty well on their way, pulling in 13 points to Danny & Hal's 7.Goo
Two games played today, and lots of ranking points distributed. Mike (The King Cobra) shot up to the top level (tied with me) - as he had two wins today. Game 1: Jeff/Mike/Deric vs. Aaron/Kevin/Mark 13/5Game 2: Mike/Aaron/Kevin vs. Jeff/Deric 13/6In other news, Aaron's new Match 120's arrive today from Petanque-America. I'm sure he'll be practicing his pointing and shooting to perfection.
Despite my taking a little vacation, Kevin Clinton has graciously taken up the boule cart for weekday petanque from 12pm-1pm. It is my wish that the rankings continue while I'm away (so keep notes on teams and scores) and when I return, I'll crunch the numbers and make a posting. When I get back, we'll also incorporate a tournament-a-day system where we break up into singles or doubles, and play
In the Deben Division of the Suffolk Coastal Petanque League, The Exiles welcomed local neighbours Suivre Les Boules of Playford to the Bealings piste. Whilst The Exiles had an opportunity to go top of the table if they gained a 4-0 victory, it was the visitors who gained a 3-1 away victory that sees Suivre draw level with Aldeburgh Boules Club at the summit instead.Aldeburgh themselves are in act
For the 7th time, Smith Street will be converted into a boulodrome again, this year on Sunday July 13.240 players (80 teams of 3) will compete all day, while thousands watch, eat, drink, listen to music and have fun.To get a feeling for this wonderful boules festival - with sound:2007 slideshow - daytime2007 slideshow - finals & awards2005 all day in 3:59 minThe 80 team slots are already taken,
An email Brooklyn Boule Received about Bastille day, and our reply, to the best of my knowledge :-Hi,I was reading your blog and the post about playing on Smith Street on Bastille day.Where do you sign up? I can't find any info online.Thanks,Alex Alex, For the Bar Tabac Bastille Day Tournament on the 13 th July 2008.Your best bet is signing up at Bar Tabac or at Tout Va Bien in person. These are
Greetings! If you are a player in the FPUSA NW Region from one of these clubs: Boule d'Or, Boule Joyeuse, Club Francais de Sacramento, Eugene Petanque iClub, Lamorinda Petanque, La Petanque Mariniere, Salt Lake City Petanque Club, Seattle Petanque Club, Valley of the Moon Petanque Club or the Willits Boules Club, then we invite you to visit the Portland Petanque Club in Oregon and compete in this
Finally, after hours of dedicated, mind numbing computer strain..... The new board is up and running. I've put a lot of time and effort in to this so I hope that you, the Pétanque players, can make to most of it. This new version is in the format of a Message forum. Multiple categories and topics. Set up to provide open discourses as well as Brooklyn Boules' new brain child; BOULE BROCANTE . So pl
Betty's Plate was played on a warm Satuday morning with a chilly wind. The winners where 1st Benny 2nd Christine 3rd Ingrid Again well done to the three of you. Sorry I was not there, I was running a "come and try day". Peter has a video of the presentation, and will let you have a copy if you email him.
The Wasps were at home to Limesdown Marvels. This was the teams that beat us to first place in the league last year. After the triples the score was 1 - 1 and it was down to the doubles. Jeff and Sonia took the first game and Mike and Christine lost theirs. The score 2 - 2. Last game Ian and David, score on the board 10 - 10, as the last boule was thrown it looked like 3 points to Limes, Ian a
Captain's Log - stardate 25th June - Benny & Margaretha met up with Tony Riches, Kath, Ingrid & Carolyn at the White Hart at Holybourne tonight to play the Nomads. Having heard from the Hampshire Rose that they could never beat them, we were feeling a little less than confident! We went into the second round of doubles having won one game each of the triples. Their terrain is very difficult
The Newcomers Tournament, with around 140 folks attending, was a tremendous success, we heard. The food, the people, and the atmosphere. The nice photos are courtesy of Peggy, who came down with a 20-player delegation from Dry Creek! Needless to say, I love those events, and we can but encourage every club to do something like that once a year. In the beginning of the season preferably, so new a
Here's a report on last weekends' tournament from Bill (aka TON'R Bill): The Dallas Pétanque Group held their annual ?Start of Summer Pétanque Tournament and Pique-nique? on Sunday, 22 June 2008. This year the players braved both the blazing sun and some stiff competition. Nine teams competed and after all the dust settled three teams were triumphant. The Champion?s Trophy and Gold Medals went to
The Fresno Bee published an excellent article about the FPC, with to the point quotes from several players. A must read! Fresno Bee - June 26 2008 And one more for our list. Only 89 to go! FPC also publishes their own interesting monthly newsletter: here's the June issue. In the May issue you can read how new boules are christened, with champagne and all!
The first game Jeff/Mike vs. Pat/Aaron/Mark concluded with a 13/5 victory for Jeff's team. There was time for another game, so we mixed teams and played to 13 points: Pat/Mike/Kevin vs. Jeff/Aaron/Mark which ended in a 13/3 victory for Pat's team.The question arose, did the 2nd game count towards the rankings. After careful reflection... Yes... it does. So long as you have 4 players minimum
Hey she lifted her leg!!!.....
Actually, we were "taking the piss" out of Pat today, and mocked up a nail-biter of a result. (see previous entry). Thepoint spread has plopped me back on top (but I'm sure not for long). Other changes... include the game average topper is now Hatesh (mind you, this is only his 2nd game).I propose we run weekday tournaments where we play Tete a Tete (1 vs 1) against different players each day,
It was looking dire for Pat; Aaron; and Kevin - their score... 6 points to Jeff; Mark; Mike; and Hal's 12. But then something changed... Pat, having tossed away his two boules and returning to work, let the young upstarts coordinate a surprising comeback worthy of a triple Huzzah.Despite very close pointings by Mike, Aaron's stunning shots removed boule after boule - like some kind of automaton
Ah, a wonderful night. Perfectly cool as the sky turned pink, it's still light at 8.00, but the lights are on and the games a foot. Ernesto, Christophe, Hugh, Mark and Tony, exiting stage left, found his way to McCarren park. A merry bunch of men, jousting at triples. Proud Ernesto, having come second in the Hery Cup, made a superb carreau, that left his ball bouncing on the spot, like a ping pong
Sunday is approaching petanque competitors!Pin this note to your shirt: "Royal Oak, this Sunday, be there to register by 12:30! Bring boules and your drinks and maybe a sharable munchie. Games start at 1:00, don't be LATE!"NOTICE: DPC Players: A specially calculated multiplier will be applied to your weekly rankings if you win against an MPC team.I'm getting some great reactions from interest
In a upset of spectacular proportions (13/2), the mighty Jeff has been unseated from his top ranked position by the formidable Pat and in so doing, the tide has turned (an evil tide). "At no time during today's competition did I feel like we had any chance of winning," Jeff remarked, "we were doomed from the start."Jeff's team, four strong, had but two boules per player, while the opposition, form
Several new - but quite experienced - players joined in this Sunday and the new mix was cause for serious competition!Great afternoon.CarolinaPetanque blog
Pete and a bunch of friends are on a roll in the Northwestern part of California. They started on a baseball field in town, until they discovered a neat area on the waterfront, alongside the Noyo river and next to the crab pots. Players come from all along the Mendocino coastline.Here you see several having a good time on one of their Sunday meets, and an up close of the ideal playing surface they
The skies over Detroit were dark, punctuated by streaks of lightning. Drops of rain pelted across the expanse of the piste but the petanquers remained steadfast in the open area of Cadillac Square, holding their metal boules and concentrating on varied roles as the score ascended.Pat captained the team of Mark, Hatesh and Jeff while the opposition team of Tim C. directed King Cobra (Mike) and Kev
MPC Players brought out all their secret weapons on Sunday! Mike was especially frustrated at the east side of the courts, as seen here...But what a great bonding time gardening can really be! We found that out on Sunday as Joe, Dan, Mike, Ian, Kathy, and Hal shoveled and raked and picked and pruned the Royal Oak courts... they are definitely competition quality!We've set the stage properly fo
A new wonderful Bropoklyn Boule Message Board and Forum is being created, please be patient whist we work out the kinks to get this thing up and running........ T
Close to 24 New Zealand players are expected for an extensive visit to California and its numerous pétanque clubs.Starting off with a big party on July 5th at VOMPC Sonoma, then down to Oakhurst where they will be staying at club members' homes, and then all the way to Los Angeles.What a great way to travel!Read more on the Oakhurst website.If you're in that area, join in for one of the competitio
Despite a nice turn out of people (Jeff, Mike, James, Cheryl & Dan) the weather proved to be uncooperative. We squeezed a few games in between the deluges - and even a brief lunch break - but in the end, Mother Nature won 13/5.The nearby Detroit RiverFest must have really been blasted all to pieces, as the rain came down in heavy sheets, coupled with some mega doses of thunder.But these things hap
The bocce/petanque mix-up saga continues:Stephan from Jupiter sent me an article from US Airways' magazine about bocce. Nothing wrong with the text, but how about them balls! Up close you can actually see the Obut logo.Couldn't let it rest so...."I just wanted to let you know that several pétanque players alerted me that your otherwise excellent article had a photo of pétanque balls, not bocce bal
It must be the weather, because we had an outstanding turnout for a weekday - 10 people. Initially, I would have (if everyone arrived at the same time) broken the players into a doublette and a triplette - but as we were all playing, and had only an hour to do so - so I felt a large group of 5 on 5 would be socially more fun and complex.When so many boules are in play (20), the teams need a stron
One of the reasons of its success, although the brand new club had never organized anything like this before: simplicity and organization.Gary, organizer extraordinaire, was determined to:(a) have all teams play 6 games before 5pm(b) stick to the times on the program(c) waste no time during the day, so he could play uninterrupted himself.Some of the details:Instead of the usual numbers, he used
Finally we have medals in stock again! It took some time to get it organized. Trophy suppliers in France are used to deal with soccer clubs and stores, but overseas orders are not daily routine, to put it mildly.A new gimmick: Fanny medals.Give those poor losers a medal. If it wasn't for them, there wouldn't be any winners!And a whole range of trophies is arriving shortly.
So.... last weekend was as lovely as last year, Dominican cigars, tummies full of brunch and Bloody Marys and Boule up the wazoo. Nothing quite drowns out the sound of children playing than the Clack Clack of Boules playing.... God bless 'em.
Initially, the game was looking like a full sweep with the score 6 to 0 for Pat/Tim/Mike/Jeff but then a few lousy throws by Mikey reduced the lead and Kevin/James/Mark were back up to speed - and closing in on a possible win.But despite some excellent shots by James, the lead was simply too great, and Pat's team held the day.
Despite two matches scheduled to be played this weekend in the Deben Division, for a variety of reasons, these matches are both to be played on alternative dates.With the holiday period rapidly approaching, matches need to be arranged or postponed as soon as possible and this information ought to be relayed to the League Co-Ordinator.
In the recent series of matches in the Blyth Division of the Suffolk Coastal Petanque League, Hoxne PC had the opportunity, with the benefit of home piste advantage, to close the gap on the Harbour Inn Southwold, at the top of the division when they faced the team from The Bell Inn Walberswick.With the home knowledge of the piste lying with Hoxne, a home win would have seen them draw level with So
Kevin C. offered up useful hints and tips about his fellow club members. Perhaps we can expand on this to create a humorous database for exploitation:----------------------------------------------------Here's my analysis of a few of our players:Jeff: Jeff can out point his opponent about 85% percent of the time. He can also consistently shoot out any Boule from approximately 25' and closer. His
The first Carolina Open was an occasion for WGHP to come out and do a special report for the evening news that aired last night. Very well done. Of course it helps to have eloquent pétanque "ambassadors" like Carol & Bob!French game petanque hits the Piedmont (2:30 min)
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Aldeburgh Boules Club
Amities Boules Club
BROOKLYN BOULE
FPUSA BLOG
Long Beach Petanque
Midwest Petanque Alliance BLOG
Midwest Petanque Alliance BLOG
NZ Petanque Club
Petanque America
Suffolk Coastal Petanque League
Valley Petanque Club - Home to the Vipers
Play Off Finals Day
Let us have some feedback/interaction
Let us have some feedback/interaction
SCPA. ABC Wasps v Portchester Petanquers
Max's story in SoCal
The "Kiwi's" come-a-calling!
Las Vegas petanque in the press
Play Away at Playford
We just can't beat Shepherd & Dog
Fixtures - Sunday July 6th 2008
Honours even in return fixture
Sacramento petanque on CBS-13
Michigan Petanque Tournament June 29th in Royal Oak
Monday's Detroit Rankings
DPC Jeff is On Vacation - But the Boule Still Rolls at Cadillac Square
Local derby goes the way of Playford
Brooklyn Bastille Day
Bar Tabac Pétanque Bastille day Tournament 2008
NW REGION PLAYER? JOIN US FOR THE DOUBLES!
NEW MESSAGE BOARD AND FORUM.....
Betty's Plate 2008
SCPA ABC Wasps v Limesdowns Marvels
SCPA ABC Hornets v Nomads
Newcomers in Sonoma
Petanque in Dallas
Fresno petanque in the press
Two Games for the Detroit Rankings Today
Beach Bikini Boules.....
Actually the REAL results from today's Detroit Game...
Detroit's Comeback Kids
Whooo Hooo Wednesday.....
Tournament Day Approaches
Fates Decide: Atropos Snips and Jeff is Toppled
New faces at CarolinaPetanque
Petanque in Fort Bragg, CA
Monday's Detroit Game Rolls Despite Rain and Lightning
Tournament Grounds Ready for Next Weekend!
New Message Board and Forum...
Kiwis coming to California!
Saturday in Detroit - a Washout
Wrong balls!
Detroit Rankings - Some Rise, Others Fall - All Have Fun
Carolina Open (3)
Petanque medals
Fathersday Festivities.....
Detroit Weekday Rankings Update
Deben Division - Blank weekend
When 'The Bell tolls' for Hoxne PC
Detroit Petanque Club Player Analysis by Kevin C.
Carolina Petanque on Fox News
New Point Tally System Works Well
Point Tally Sheet for Weekday DPC Rankings
Throwing... Back to the Sixties
SCPA ABC Wasps v Southampton Pilgrims
No action for Aldeburgh this week
Matches on Sunday 15th June 2008
Wenesday Night Presidential Showdown..
Eight days of tournaments in Nyons, France!
Cadillac Square Thursday Triplette
Back from Minneaplois.......
French trip final chapter vol 4.
Aiken, SC petanque in the news
Heat deters no MPC Players!
France Trip vol 3
French Trip Vol 2
French Trip Vol 1
Re France Trip
Best Petanque Fun of the Year!
Better Late Than Never!
Petanque in Puerto Rico
Upcoming Open events
Newcomers Tournament - Sonoma - June 22
Off to Minneapolis......
Clean sweep for Suivre Les Boules
Aldeburgh lose unbeaten record to The Exiles
2008 Héry Open - New York
The day the wheels fell off!!
2008 HERY OPEN - Select Doubles
Holy Crap......
Midwest Tournament and Chicago Blues Fest
Boulodr'homes
New Bealings piste to host Suivre match
Deben Division - This weeks matches
The Exiles announce change of home venue
Harbour Inn 'sail in' to top spot
Founding Fathers Day.....
Table toppers visit Playford this weekend
Sharon Hunter Helps Us Win Two Games to Zip
Petanque in Houston!
New Tropicana Boule Tested in Detroit
Ladies Worlds 2008?
Mike Replaces His Lost Boules with New Ones
World Championships 1979
National Singles Champion
Another Guinness World Record
From immersion petanque to submersion petanque
Boulodr'homes
Guinnes, Petanque and Technology.
Petanque wine!
No Sleep for the Wicked - World Record Breaker Celebration Continues
