LAPC Newsletter

Our pétanque friends in the southland have issued their latest newsletter.
Please stop by and check it out.

Michel-Schlumberger

The American Wine Blog Awards have just been announced and Michel-Schlumberger is winner of "Best Winery Blog."

Michel-Schlumberger is based in the Dry Creek Valley. Its Benchland Blog, written by a handful of the winery's employees, is an attempt to describe where the winery is and why it matters, its "human terroir," as it likes to say. Recent postings include everything from a sales trip to Washington, DC to how effective owls are at killing gophers, never a vineyard's friend.

It provides useful insight into all the parts that go into running a successful wine operation, which, as anyone in the trenches of the business will tell you, is not as glamorous as it looks, Benchland's bloggings on petanque and fashion notwithstanding.

NorCal Cup results

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMEMORATIVE CUP TOURNAMENT

It was a bit chilly yesterday, and questions arose as to whether it would clear up, but all in all it turned out to be a great day for pétanque. Congratulations to the winners and to all of those who helped put the tournament together.
In addition, La Pétanque Marinière would like to welcome our newest member, Tom Fair.

Tournament results:

Concours:

1^st Place Tino Lofaro/Erin McTaggart – plaques and perpetual trophy

2^nd Place Jean Etcheverry/Emily Etcheverry – plaques

Consolante:

1^st Place Jean-Claude Etallaz/Genevieve Etallaz – bottles of wine

2^nd Place Jean-Claude Bunnand/Yvette Ghione – bottles of wine

NorCal Commemorative Cup

DATE CHANGE

Due to inclement weather over the past few days, the date of the

Northern CA Commemorative Cup has been moved to

Sunday March 8

All games start at 10:30 a.m. Remember to set your clocks AHEAD one hour.
Bring your own lunch.
Select Mixed Doublettes (1 man & 1 woman). Plaques, but no cash prizes.
In the event that a minimum of 16 competing teams for the entire tournament is realised, a consolante round will take place.
Apéritifs will be served after awards ceremony.

FPUSA has a new look

Greetings boulistes,

We have a new website with a new look! www.usapetanque.org

It is the same web address, and our new webmaster, Dan Danielson, president of the Chicago club and board member has generously offered his time and considerable skills to help us continue what Jan Claire began years ago when he designed a site for the FPUSA.

With a different perspective our website has a different look, though, for now, the same information. As before, if you have comments or items you'd like to see on the site, please contact Frank, our always capable secretary who somehow manages to keep mountains of work reduced to mere molehills. Frank will coordinate with Dan to keep our website functioning with the latest information.

Thank you Jan, and thank you Dan. Two great friends of the FPUSA.

Joe Martin