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This is an attempt at making a good faq for the game of petanque. All questions that are directly related to the game and it's basic rules should be included here. The questions and answers are meant for beginners - so please keep it easy to understand for non-players.
Posted by: Jeff widen (
) at 2008-10-14 09:28:10
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I must agree, formal and/or social... a boule obviously dropped by accident is clearly not a boule thrown badly.
Think about the consequences from such a harsh penalty... if you invalidate the dropped boule, then you're giving the opposing team a big advantage!
The other situation I can think of, is when a team is mistaken about who has the closest point. This happens when teams are lazy about walking down to the boule layout and measuring which boule is closest. Of course it should always be the responsibility of the team about the play a boule to check whether or not it is necessary (who has the point).
The only time I allow players to take back a boule in a "misjudged closeness" situation is when, in social playing, the opposing team made a bad call "as a favor" for the other team, the boule was rolled but didn't disturb anything, and then it was discovered that that team didn't have to play b/c their previous boule had the point.
BUT, if their boule disturbed unmarked boules/cochonnet then I let it remain where it was and let the other team then play.
I can see how a vigorous literal interpretation of the rules can avoid an argument - and there is a saying that "ignorance of the law is not a defense" but sometimes an application of a harsh penalty when a clear accident has occured is not in the spirit of the game - and can cause bad feelings among the players.
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Dropping the boule Jose Gutierrez 2008-10-13 20:51:02
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Dropping the boule Jeff widen 2008-10-14 09:28:10
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