LPM annual lamb picnic

Annual Lamb Picnic and Panaché tournament Open to ALL.
Sunday September 14

Registration ends at 11:00 a.m. !! Casual games before lunch.
Games will start after lunch at 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Menu: BBQ Lamb, white beans, salad, cheese & bread.
Free for Members in Good Standing, $13.00 for non-members.
Friends, family and guests are welcome.
Tournament entry fee $5.00 per person. No Cash Prizes
Wine awarded by raffle drawing.
Raffle for a $200.- Gift Certificate to Petanque America!!
1 ticket for $3.-, 3 tickets for $8.-, 5 tickets for $12.-
Reservations are required by the evening of Thursday, Sept. 11.
Contact Christine Cragg at 415.302.5069 or petanque.marin@gmail.com
Please… if you are on the road and running a little late give a Christine 415.302. 5069 or Ken 415.987.5861 a courtesy call . We will do what we can to include you in the tournament.

Pétanque in Texas

It's not too often that one hears about pétanque down in Texas. For that reason and since, Christine Cragg, the President of La Pétanque Marinière is from Texas, it seemed only appropriate to mention it here. Only a short forty minute drive from Austin and two hours from Kerrville, Lakeway City Park appears to be another wonderful venue for pétanque.Sam Chapman
August 26, 2008

The Lakeway City Park is a 64 acre park in the city of Lakeway, Texas. Free for Lakeway residents and open for a small fee for non-residents, the park has something for just about everyone...more

new designs in boules

Have you ever experienced the confusion of trying to keep track of your boules when playing with those who had boules of similar designs? Some people have even gone to the extent of coloring in the lines to make them more unique in comparison. Well, worry no more because La boule Obut has just released two new lines of pétanque boules, "Sunfolies" and "Tatou" and they are in stock now, at Pétanque America...more

sonoma wine classic

SONOMA WINE COUNTRY CLASSIC
August 23 & 24, 2008
$$ BIG PAYOUTS $$
Saturday August 23rd Singles
Sunday August 24th Select Doubles
Join us At the Henry Maysonnave Memorial Courts
In Depot Park, Sonoma, Home of the VOMPC, for
one or two days of exciting Petanque.
The annual Sonoma Wine Country Classic is being enhanced this year to add a Singles Tournament on Saturday, in addition to the traditional Doublet on Sunday. The Entry Fee is being raised to $20 in order to enrich the payout. The format will be 3 games before lunch and a 16 Team single elimination Concours in the afternoon. The remaining teams will play in the Consulante. There will be three prize winners in each category with payouts determined by the number of teams/players.
Sample payout…IF 30 Teams = 1st Place = $400, 2nd $200, 3rd $100
…Consulante = 1st Place = $200, 2nd $100, 3rd $50
Tournament Registration ends at 9:30 a.m. Each Day
Play begins at 10:00 a.m.
You may play one or both days
Saturday...BYOL or Sandwich orders taken at sign-in $6.00
Sunday…Catered lunch $10.00

los angeles pétanque

NEW ZEALAND AND THE OVER-60 CHALLENGE
By Tiaré Ferrari

“The Kiwis are coming! The Kiwis are coming!” had been Carol
Marcus’s solitary mantra for months it seemed, and now they
were finally here. The New Zealand pétanque teams had arrived
from “down under” to challenge and beat the west coast
pétanque teams in Sonoma, Oakhurst, and Los Angeles...more

pétanque blogs

If your club has a blog, please let us know. We will list it in the pétanque blog section in the side bar so that people can check out the activities of clubs all over the world.

pétanque superheroes

Hilarious!

The game ‘petanque’, or boules, now has it’s own comic heroes. They were designed by Doodle.nl and can now be purchased on products as shirts, sweaters and baguette bags. You can see them all at here in this webstore. Larger versions of the characters are here.

winkley memorial open

It was a picture perfect day for as equally a beautiful event yesterday, as we celebrated the life and one of the favorite pastimes of Bob Winkley. Bob was a member for the last three years, but in that time, accomplished a great deal for the club. He was a board member and resident handyman. His wife Marilyn commented that he appeared to be on his way out at the time he joined, and that playing pétanque and doing all the things he did for the club, was enough to afford him a little more time. We are all fortunate to have been the recipients of such an extension and know that La Pétanque Marinière is a richer organisation because of his presence.

Click here to watch the slideshow from yesterdays' panaché tournament.

As an added attraction, our very own Swiss Miss, Verena Rytter, serenaded us as we enjoyed the roast chicken picnic.

pétanque "in wine country"

The NBC program "In Wine Country" recently visited the Clos du Val winery in the Napa Valley. If you like a little wine with your boules, this looks like a wonderful place to enjoy them both.

pétanque-on-hudson

Playing petanque at Croton Point Park

by Alex Myers
The Journal News • July 13, 2008

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - More than four decades later, Jean-Luc Portal still can recall fondly the weekly competitions in his hometown village of Alzonne, located in the south of France. At the age of 9, the now 52-year-old Somers resident often had to be picked up by his father at 1 a.m. after a long day and night of bringing older men to their knees...more

winkley memorial open

On Sunday, August 10, 2008

In Memory of Bob Winkley
Our dear friend and club member

La Pétanque Marinière will Host a Luncheon
(Roast Chicken, Salad, Vegetable, Cheese & Bread)
Bring your own plate and utensils
Followed by Panaché tournament

Tournament fee $5.00

Proceeds from tournament entry fees will go to

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES or
Doctors without Borders

Bottles of wine will be awarded as tournament prizes

Tournament registration closes @ 11 am sharp
Tournament begins after lunch

Casual games played in the morning

Lunch will be served at 11:30

Reservations are required for Club Hosted Lunch!!
NO LATER than Wednesday, Aug 6

For reservations contact: Claudie Chourre 415.456.1778
Or Alain Efron 415.479.5820 / aefron3@comcast.net

cosby on pétanque

kiwi updates

USA Tour 2008: NZ Seniors

The Seniors won their second competition in the USA. Playing the against the Oakhurst Petanque Club. they won 81 - 34. Morning session results: Mixed Triples 27 - 18; Mixed Doubles 18 - 6. Afternoon session results: Mixed Triples 30 - 0; Men's Doubles 2 - 6; Womens Double's 4 - 4.

The NZ Seniors have been defeated in their final competition against LA. They played 5 rounds and were trailing by 13 points (21 - 34) early in the third round. They battled on to reduce the deficit to 6 points going into the final round. Unfortunately they lost the last three games in round 5 resulting in a 48 - 57 victory to LA. Trevor said that despite the result the team thoroughly enjoyed the occasion.

Report from Diane Findlay

ballot petition fails

Ballot petition fails to block county public safety complex

Rob Rogers

08/01/2008

A proposal to let voters choose the site of a $109 million public safety complex at the Marin Civic Center has failed because organizers did not collect enough qualified signatures to place the measure on the November ballot...more

pétanque in beijing?

Looking at this foto, it could appear that we may see Pétanque in some future Olympic games... perhaps they are in the bush league...

Thanks to Bart Zachofsky for sending in this foto.