Philippe Quintais , by many hailed as the best petanque-player in the world , is now online with his very own homepage. The site is maintained by Lionel Zanet, the man behind boulistenaute.com
Here is a shot bio on Quintais, for those of you that do not know everything about him already:
8 times world champion triples: 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2002,2003.
4 times world champion precison shooting.
2 times French champion indiviuals (tête-à-tête): 1988, 2001.
French champion doubles: 1999.
2 times French champion mixed: 1993, 1994.
Winner of many French Nationals.
At this moment Philippe Quintais (Philippe I) is the best petanque player in the world. But he never won a French championship for triples. That's why he "moved", with Philippe Suchaud, to Nice (the club DUC). But he has to wait one year, because in France it's not allowed to participate in a French championship with two transferred player together. So, next year he will participate with the Philippe II and maybe conquer at last the French title for triples.
In the meantime, Quintais is still the president of his "former" club
Hanches, near Chartres.
Finally some petanque-product news have arrived. It is not often new things appear, boules are quite simple items, and the differences are subtle mostly. But this time it is a completely new product
It is 7h30 I have slept only 4 hours and I am one of them. My team number is 207 and we are playing against V.Chavinat game 1581. I go to the games Office, get my playing pack (3 bags, 3 t-shirts , 3 bobs/soft sun hats, 3 chifonettes) and my playing card on which we will have to enter the score at the end of the first round and return it to the same office.
We just got word of a new petanque-game, for all of those of you with a PC. It's called "petank party", and looks quite unique...
We have integrated petanque.org with yet another newcomer to the web, this time it is youtube. So please give us your ideas!
Here are some pics from the 2nd Johannesburg Open played at the Boulesdust piste at the Zoo Lake Sports Club in Johannesburg (see Google Pic). There were 10 doublets who played in 2 round robin leagues. The top 2 teams then played in the semi-finals. The final was won by Paul and Howie who beat Gerald and Bridget in a tense final that finished well after 8pm.
New petanque-product hits the webGérald at Mondial La Marseillaise a Petanque 2008-08-04Crazy petanque game soon availableYoutube joins petanque.orgLyon library - story on Boule lyonnaisePetanque.org integrates with flickrPetanque.org is 10 years old! Illegal Petanque ExposedA Petanque calendar for 2008Hot club petanqe and Le mondial la marseillaise a petanque 2007
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