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Archive for February, 2007

Championship Pétanque in France

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Championship Pétanque in France

THE FRENCH INVENTED PÉTANQUE and they dominate the sport at the international level. The major French tournaments — the Mondial la Marseillaise à Pétanque, the Mondial de Millau, and the French National Championships — are far more difficult to win than is the International Federation’s World Championship, because the density of world class players in [...]

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Le Mondial de Millau: The World’s Greatest Elite Pétanque Tournament

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Le Mondial de Millau: The World's Greatest Elite Pétanque Tournament

LE MONDIAL DE MILLAU takes place annually, in the mid-August heat of the Aveyron, in France. It is the single most important gathering of the world’s top Pétanque players. In the World Championships, there are no more than a dozen national teams that could consistently defeat the best 250 teams at Millau. Unlike the Marseillaise, [...]

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