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 [...]
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 [...]
STEVE AND LORISSA won all their games in route to a dominating performance in the Summer Melee Doubles tournament at Bryant Park. Thirty players competed in a hot and humid day. The ground was wet from an early morning thunder shower and gradually dried through out the day. But the threat of a huge thunder [...]
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ONE WEEK AFTER landing in Marseille, after taking in a tournament in La Boule Florian, and then playing in La Marseillaise, I went to Aurillac with Alec and Martha to watch the 2009 French Championship of Petanque, Doubles and Singles. The first day was held outdoors in a converted soccer field. On [...]