A report from Tim Truluck in Charente, France.
My wife and I have a house on the corner of a farm overlooking the pretty hamlet of Blanzaguet in the Charente (16) department in France. When we want to play boules or petanque we walk the 400 m into hamlet to the grounds of the old 16C Chateau that are now open to the public and have been converted into an arboretum.
We play on the gravel paths just below the old chateau and adjacent to the area which can be hired out for functions and weddings.
It is a supuerb setting with lovely views, grass for picnics, a loo and the odd hope that Rapunzel will let down her hair or that we will have to storm the tower to free the maiden. However, I don't think she will be too impressed by the standard of play going on below here and may wish to remain in her prison.
Tim Truluck
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.
We have received word that we have supplied quite a lot of images to a story by the municipal Library in Lyon, France. And the story is worth a read!
Many years ago there was no way of getting your pictures online unless you knew someone with a homepage. Or you mailed them to petanque.org, and we'd put it on the web for you. But nowadays nobody does this thing anymore, there are thousands of ways to get your images online, and our pictures-section is about as dry as the sahara. So we have had to make some changes
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