Fou de la pétanque

...in other words "Crazy about pétanque". Although they're pretty far up North, the Portland Petanque Club likes to start their season early, whatever the weather.
Here's the report:

At the Fou de la petanque tourney held this last Sunday, the 22 of us had a good time playing, eating and enjoying the mostly sunny weather conditions. It was a nice turn out for our first event of the year and we certainly made the most of it. With 11 teams pairing up from the random draw, we played 2 games before breaking for lunch, a fine potluck spread as usual, then played the remaining 2 games of the afternoon. Although we had enough time to play a final match between the top 2 seeds, one of the players had to leave so we ended it there. Some of us decided to play a couple more games after the tourney had ended. Obviously we had some more petanque left in us.

Here are the results:

1st place: Joe C. & Matt Sharp

2nd place: Albyn & Sarah L.

3rd place: John H. & Jim L.

Fou de la pétanque

...in other words "Crazy about pétanque". Although they're pretty far up North, the Portland Petanque Club likes to start their season early, whatever the weather.
Here's the report:

At the Fou de la petanque tourney held this last Sunday, the 22 of us had a good time playing, eating and enjoying the mostly sunny weather conditions. It was a nice turn out for our first event of the year and we certainly made the most of it. With 11 teams pairing up from the random draw, we played 2 games before breaking for lunch, a fine potluck spread as usual, then played the remaining 2 games of the afternoon. Although we had enough time to play a final match between the top 2 seeds, one of the players had to leave so we ended it there. Some of us decided to play a couple more games after the tourney had ended. Obviously we had some more petanque left in us.

Here are the results:

1st place: Joe C. & Matt Sharp

2nd place: Albyn & Sarah L.

3rd place: John H. & Jim L.

World Cup Qualification Tournament

Max, Louis and Ed did not win, but they did have a nice uniform! Thanks guys, for wearing our colors.

We've heard nothing but praise for the organization of the tournament.

Pictures are coming in and you can watch them here:
WCQT - Portland

By the way, any club/group that has photos of any event is now welcome to send them to us - the higher the resolution, the better. We'll host them for others to see and download in a very simple way.

World Cup Qualification Tournament

Max, Louis and Ed did not win, but they did have a nice uniform! Thanks guys, for wearing our colors.

We've heard nothing but praise for the organization of the tournament.

Pictures are coming in and you can watch them here:
WCQT - Portland

By the way, any club/group that has photos of any event is now welcome to send them to us - the higher the resolution, the better. We'll host them for others to see and download in a very simple way.

Portland Petanque Club in action

Portland Petanque Club is gearing up full steam for the World Championship Qualifier Tournament on July 21 & 22.
First they topped up part of their terrain with fresh crushed rock and grit. With lots of input from club members.


Then they had a tree planting day, with tremendous help from the Portland Parks & Recreations Bureau. There will be shade at PPC in the future.
By the way, the lawn bowling facilities which PPC partially shares with the Portland Lawn Bowling Club were originally constructed in 1945!
PPC was founded only in 2001, but they're developing very fast, with now around 60 members.

Portland Petanque Club in action

Portland Petanque Club is gearing up full steam for the World Championship Qualifier Tournament on July 21 & 22.
First they topped up part of their terrain with fresh crushed rock and grit. With lots of input from club members.


Then they had a tree planting day, with tremendous help from the Portland Parks & Recreations Bureau. There will be shade at PPC in the future.
By the way, the lawn bowling facilities which PPC partially shares with the Portland Lawn Bowling Club were originally constructed in 1945!
PPC was founded only in 2001, but they're developing very fast, with now around 60 members.