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.

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Xavier Thibaud and Jean-Pierre Subrenat of the New York Petanque Club won the 2009 New York Open petanque tournament, prevailing in the final against Keita Bangaly and Charles Kossi. The highly anticipated match up of different styles and personalities quickly turned into a game of missed shots and miscues. On steady play, Xavier and Jean-Pierre [...]

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All the smart ones were away on vacation, or at the beach. A season low twenty-six players survived the hottest, muggiest tournament of the season. And from the heart-burn, caloric overdose from the picnic that broke out in the middle of the tournament. The carousel doubles randomly matched players in each game. The best 16 [...]

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THE TEAM FROM ST. BARTH—Philippe Sigari, Eric Chevalier, Carlos Natario—bested a field of 18 triples teams to take the Hery Open. In a drabby, drippy day at Bryant Park, the eventual winners took a first game drubbing from team Ernesto-Steve-Lucien (13-3). They didn’t lose another game.
Qualifying last to the finals, they outplayed the top-seed Ti-Yngve-Mo [...]

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New York Petanque, Inc is hosting the 2009 Hery Open. Started in 2004, this annual tournament is in its 5th edition. It was was renamed last year in honor of our best player, arguably the best in the country, Hery Rakotoarivony, who returned home to Madagascar.
It is a one-day triples tournament, Sunday, June 21, at [...]

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