The Spring 2010 issue of our newsletter is hot off the press, featuring are the part one of “Petanque in New York,” by Christian Turek, “Spring at Last,” by Lorissa Rinehart, and a member profile of Joe Betro.
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On December 6, LBNY convened its annual general membership meeting. The meeting was held at The Community Room of Pierre Benjamin’s apartment complex. About 30 members attended.
Our first shooting and pointing competitions took place on a nice day, the Sunday after a horribly raining day that ruined the Singles tournament. Twelve players came to take up the challenge. And it was fun—and full of surprises.
First up was the pointing competition, testing each players ability to point regularly, turn the boule, do [...]
The outer edge of Hurricane Danny drizzled and then dumped rain onto the Singles tournament. It made the ground in Bryant Park into a pointer’s delight. Twenty-six players braved the bad weather. This was a far cry from last year’s 40 or so players who showed up for the tournament. But who can blame anyone [...]
Steve Ginsberg and Xavier Thibaud quickly overwhelmed Ernesto Santos and Jeanot Ruperti in the final of the doubles carousel, on a fanny, no less.
Forty-seven players signed up to play on Memorial Day Sunday. All were paired with a different players for each game to make 19 doubles teams and the odd triples team. After 3 [...]