Wa have all hear d them, the stories. The sad ones, the rought ones, the ones we do not believe: In the middle of the match his boule just plain split in half!
And we have all thought that it is just a lame excuse. This does not happen!
Read on!
Mike Muller send us the following. In a spartan way he says:
the picture says anough!
We have nothing to add
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.
2nd Johannesburg Open25 years of danish petanque tshirtsEncouraging new playersToo old to play petanque?Petanque in BlanzaguetFall in Nice ,FranceWatch those shots!Pictures from Mondial Marseille 2007Pictures from "Le marseillase"Pictures from Hĝlen, Norway
technique (10 )Cheating? (2 )2009 the world game competition arena (1 )No boules for playing games (4 )anyone made a surface? (2 )quintais (6 )new terrain? (5 )Pastis? (3 )Tir de precision history (1 )Shame on the cheap Dutchmen! (3 )Feedback (1 )Boule (1 )World Championships (8 )dislodged dead boule line (3 )divebomb technique (5 )
