A surprise visit from Ohio

Jeffrey from Akron, OH picked up pétanque recently, but seems to have a knack for ball games. Since he has hardly anyone to play with in his hometown, he often trains just by himself.
So before he hit the road to Sarasota, FL to visit family, he checked out our Petanque in the USA map, contacted us and re-arranged his 17 hr road trip in such a way that he could play a few games with us this afternoon in Winston-Salem.
He kicked some serious butt, and we're not sure we want him to stop again on the way back ;-)
He has already staked out the Sarasota Club and he's bound to show up there as well.

Keep going Jeff! And welcome again any time.
Folks in the Akron area, click here.

A surprise visit from Ohio

Jeffrey from Akron, OH picked up pétanque recently, but seems to have a knack for ball games. Since he has hardly anyone to play with in his hometown, he often trains just by himself.
So before he hit the road to Sarasota, FL to visit family, he checked out our Petanque in the USA map, contacted us and re-arranged his 17 hr road trip in such a way that he could play a few games with us this afternoon in Winston-Salem.
He kicked some serious butt, and we're not sure we want him to stop again on the way back ;-)
He has already staked out the Sarasota Club and he's bound to show up there as well.

Keep going Jeff! And welcome again any time.
Folks in the Akron area, click here.

Petanque in Toledo, OH

An extensive, well researched article about pétanque in The Toledo Blade of today.

Petanque: Bocce with a French accent
Slideshow

With interviews, a graphic explanation of the game, and a slideshow with beautiful photos.
I don't think they'd appreciate us copying those, so below are other pictures of this small but passionate pétanque group. They were enthusiastic participants in our Petanque 100 project.
Thanks very much to Liliane, Pierre and their friends. If it wasn't for your playing regularly in a public place, most likely the newspaper would have never found out about you and there would have been no article!
How about a Toledo delegation at the Detroit Open?

Petanque in Toledo, OH

An extensive, well researched article about pétanque in The Toledo Blade of today.

Petanque: Bocce with a French accent
Slideshow

With interviews, a graphic explanation of the game, and a slideshow with beautiful photos.
I don't think they'd appreciate us copying those, so below are other pictures of this small but passionate pétanque group. They were enthusiastic participants in our Petanque 100 project.
Thanks very much to Liliane, Pierre and their friends. If it wasn't for your playing regularly in a public place, most likely the newspaper would have never found out about you and there would have been no article!
How about a Toledo delegation at the Detroit Open?

Anyone in Akron, OH?

From Jeffrey - now in Ashtabula, soon in Akron:

Is it possible that there are enough petanque players in Ohio to form a group or at least a rallying site on-line?
I am interested in gathering names or any information from Ohioans who wish to promote the game or expand their player list. I am in NE Ohio and have been playing for 2 years now.
I know there must be other Ohio petanquers. Let's see if we can make ourselves known to each other for local tourney play, eh? Perhaps we can form an e-group for messaging.
Call or email me & I will compile list of players for distribution amongst ourselves.
Thanks, -Jeffrey
rabotnik909@yahoo.com 440-813-5578

Anyone in Akron, OH?

From Jeffrey - now in Ashtabula, soon in Akron:

Is it possible that there are enough petanque players in Ohio to form a group or at least a rallying site on-line?
I am interested in gathering names or any information from Ohioans who wish to promote the game or expand their player list. I am in NE Ohio and have been playing for 2 years now.
I know there must be other Ohio petanquers. Let's see if we can make ourselves known to each other for local tourney play, eh? Perhaps we can form an e-group for messaging.
Call or email me & I will compile list of players for distribution amongst ourselves.
Thanks, -Jeffrey
rabotnik909@yahoo.com 440-813-5578