tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368388072024-03-12T21:33:40.395-04:00FPUSA BLOGFederation of Petanque USA welcomes all of its members and interested parties to come to this BLOG-site and enjoy the contributions from FPUSA petanque clubs all across the United States.DanDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03725670317859696872noreply@blogger.comBlogger319125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36838807.post-72911590640538371522014-08-18T11:50:00.000-04:002014-08-18T11:50:15.583-04:00Results from FPUSA's NorCal region 65 +/- event on Aug. 10, 2014A total of 36 players from several Northern California clubs competed in the Aug. 10 event at the La Petanque Mariniere courts in San Rafael. It was an inter-regional event with a mixed doubles format with one player having to be over 65 and the other under.<br />
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1<sup>st</sup> place: <span style="color: blue;"><strong>Patrick Vaslet</strong> & </span><strong><span style="color: blue;">Holly Sammons</span></strong> (Valley of the Moon)<br />
2<sup>nd</sup> place: Jean-Claude Etallaz & Colette Van Der Meulen: (La Petanque Mariniere)<br />
3<sup>rd</sup> place: Mike Cooper & Narin Garrett: (VOMPC)<br />
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1<sup>st</sup> place: <span style="color: blue;"><strong>Eldon Moilanen</strong> and </span><strong><span style="color: blue;">Alwyn Falkenberg</span>:</strong> (Redwood Empire)<br />
2<sup>nd</sup> place: Jean-Michel Poulnot & Claudie Chourré: (VOMPC & LPM)<br />
3<sup>rd</sup> place: Steve Jones & Christine Jones: (Petaluma Valley)<br />
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<br />The Lamorinda Petanque Club will be hosting both the <br /><b>2014 FPUSA Men's and Women's National Triples Championships </b><br />on August 2 and 3, 2014 on their terrain at 480 St Marys Road in Lafayette, California. <br /><br />In addition to being National Championships, these are Qualification Tournaments:<br /><br />The <b>Men's Triples Championship</b> will determine the Official U.S. National Team for the <div>
<b>2015 F.I.P.J.P. Men’s World Confederations Cup Tournament </b>which will be held in New Caledonia in late 2015.<br /><br />The <b>Women's Triples Championship</b> will determine the Official U.S. National Team for the <b>2015 F.I.P.J.P. Women’s World Championship</b>. The venue will be announced when details become available.<br /><br />On Sunday, August 3 there will be a consolante tournament, the <b>FPUSA Federation Cup Select Triples Tournament</b> in which any licensed FPUSA member may participate.<br /><br />Our terrain will be open on Friday, so you can come on down and familiarise yourself with the pistes. Registration and start times for both Saturday and Sunday are contained in the Tournament forms.<br /><br />You will get all the Forms, Rules and other information you need by visiting the 2014 FPUSA Men's and Women's National Triples Championships website.Please click this link to get there:<a href="http://2014qualifiers.weebly.com/"><b>http://2014qualifiers.weebly.com/</b></a><br /><br />This link is also posted on the <a href="http://petpart.weebly.com/fpusa-tournaments.html"><b>Landing Spot</b></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>GOLD</b>:</span> Peter Mathis (VOMPC)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, Mickey Coughlin (Redwood Empire), Holly Sammons (VOMPC)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #999999;">SILVER</span><span style="color: #cccccc;">: </span></b> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Peter Wellington, Narin Garrett, Barbara Hall (all VOMPC)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>BRONZE:</b></span> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">By Vang, May Lee, Thomas Moua (all Fresno Petanque Club)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>4th Place</b>: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Poe Lee, Teng Ly, Colette Evans (all </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">Club Francaise de Sacramento)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Peter, Mickey and Holly edged out </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Peter, Narin and Barbara with a score of 13/10</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #999999;">SILVER</span><span style="color: #cccccc;">: </span></b> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Erin McTaggart (Valley of the Moon Petanque Club)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>BRONZE:</b></span> Colette van der Meulen (La Petanque Mariniere)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">4th Place: Teri Sirico (Petaluma Valley Petanque Club)</span><br />
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<b>Club Francais de Sacramento hosted the </b><br />
<b>FPUSA NORCAL Inter-Regional 60 and Over Tournament (10 teams)</b><br />
at their Mather Field pistes on Sunday, 27th April:<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">GOLD </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> Ed Porto/</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bleys Rose </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(both Petaluma PC)</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 18px;">Fresno Petanque Club hosted three </span></b><br />
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<b>FPUSA SOUTHWEST Inter-Regional Men's Doubles (20 teams)</b></div>
<b style="background-color: white; color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">GOLD </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> Ly Van Nguyen/</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thuan (Tom) Nguyen </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(both Los Angeles PC)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>SILVER</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Peter Mathis/</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ziggy Kessouagni </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Valley of the Moon PC/Petaluma PC)</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">BRONZE</b><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> Phominik Lee/</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kue Lee </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(both Club Francais de Sacramento)</span></span><br />
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<b>FPUSA SOUTHWEST Inter-Regional Women's Doubles (10 teams)</b></div>
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<b style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">GOLD </b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> Teri Sirico/Holly Sammons (</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Petaluma PC/</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Valley of the Moon PC</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><b>SILVER</b> Chue Thao/Chia Vang </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">(both Fresno PC)</span><br />
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<b>FPUSA SOUTHWEST Inter-Regional Mixed Doubles (30 teams)</b></div>
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<b style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">GOLD </b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> Jer Thao/Chue Thao</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">(both Fresno PC)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><b>SILVER</b> C</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">hong Xiong/</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Xua Yang </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">both Fresno PC)</span><br />
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<b style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">BRONZE</b><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> Fue Vang/May Her</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">(both Fresno PC)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">4th Place </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Thuan (Tom) Nguyen</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">/</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Diana Jacobs </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">(both Los Angeles PC)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"We had 18 entries and all went well until the rains came, but the sun came back out and we finished before dark and had a good time."</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36838807.post-86148874627933528692014-02-18T02:21:00.000-05:002014-02-18T02:24:36.841-05:00<div style="background-color: white; color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; text-align: initial; width: 1219.4068603515625px;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">7 teams competed on February15 at the <span style="text-align: initial;">Sarasota Club de Petanque in Sarasota, FL</span></span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36838807.post-41020879846472238952014-02-05T21:12:00.001-05:002014-02-05T21:15:42.428-05:00SE Regional Triples<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15 teams competed at Boca Petanque 2000 on Febraury 1st. Another good turnout and a good day of competition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fourth place, by score of 13-12: </span><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John Rolland, Francis Cherru, Jacques Martinez</b></div>
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Ed Portohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475413239487221745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36838807.post-36461722839578925682014-01-28T23:25:00.001-05:002014-01-28T23:29:56.249-05:00Southeast Inter-Regional Mixed Doubles<div style="text-align: left;">
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<b style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BRONZE</b><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Jean-Claude Cortes/Pierrette Sucur</span></div>
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Ed Portohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475413239487221745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36838807.post-57588714572998651812014-01-24T18:20:00.001-05:002014-01-24T18:20:20.854-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1st: Claude Laulhe- Bernard Martin.<br />
2nd: Roger Arpaia- Gerard Galiano.<br />
3rd: Gilles Canesse- Eric Moutard.<br />
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18 teams competed. Result supplied by John Rolland. If someone wants to add some more details or photos, please feel free to add comments!<br />
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As a result of the club's efforts, the Amelia Island Boules Club now boasst 130 members, born in every decade from the 1920’s to 2000, and has been the largest club in the U.S. for the past two years. <i>Keep up the good work!</i></div>
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The Women's Team is in Montauban! They will play their first game on Friday, 4 October at 2:00PM. You can follow their progress on the Web by going to <a href="http://www.ffpjp.info/index.php/programme-championnat-monde">http://www.ffpjp.info/index.php/programme-championnat-monde</a> to see the playing schedule and all the tabulated results.<br />
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You will also be able to watch <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xstv1k_web-tv-ffpjp_sport#.UOQa0Xd4yvg" target="_blank">Web-TV FFPJP </a>and catch various games live. Go to <a href="http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/">http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/</a> to figure out the time difference for your area.<br />
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<b>Etats Unis - United States</b><br />
Cragg Christine - <i>Chef de Délégation</i><br />
Garrett Narin - <i>Joueur 1</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Hall Barbara - <i>Joueur 2</i><br />
Stroud Cynthia - <i>Joueur 3</i><br />
McTaggart Erin - <i>Joueur 4</i><br />
Malette Pierre - <i>Coach</i><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36838807.post-81321388557388517012013-09-18T10:03:00.002-04:002013-09-18T10:58:14.308-04:00On September 7th and 8th, 2013, 14 doubles teams and 9 Mixed Triples teams gathered in Blue Hill, Maine to compete in the Federation Petanque USA Northeast Regional Select Doubles and Mixed Triples tournament. The tournament was hosted by the Maine Boules Club, whose home is located in the Boatyard at Webbers Cove.<br />
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Select Doubles Concour results<br />
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First place: Mark Kindschi (MBC) and Mia Kanazawa (MBC)<br />
2. Kate Brideau (LBNY) and Lucien Rakotojaona (LBNY)<br />
3. Guy Rabarijaona (LBNY) and Rafik Blida (LBNY)<br />
4. Special mention must be given to Team Julie Jo Fehrle (MBC) and Dindy Royster(MBC) (who awed everyone with her pointing skills)<br />
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First place: Frank Bianco (MBC) and Russ Dischinger (MBC)<br />
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First place: Joseph Hassoune (LBNY), Kasia Sliz (LBNY), Rafik Blida (LBNY)<br />
2. Ernesto Santos (LBNY), Kate Brideau (LBNY), Guy Rabarijaona (LBNY)<br />
3. Max Mattes (MBC), Kate Unkel (MBC), Jetsun Penkalski (MBC)<br />
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First place: Frank and Diane Bianco (MBC),Marty Dischinger (MBC)<br />
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Some of you have been waiting patiently for
information and registration for the upcoming Men's and Women's Qualification
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Juanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14026206901999810344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36838807.post-68235770442556903682013-08-12T15:56:00.001-04:002013-08-12T15:56:15.667-04:00FPUSA's NW Regional Select Triples event Aug 12, 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Here are results from the event in San
Rafael, CA., hosted by La Petanque Mariniere: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Concours:</span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">First place:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <strong>Gilles Karpowicz/Carlos Couto/Pierre
Palaneado</strong> – $70 each player<br />
Second place: Pao Lee/Chan Yiong/Kise Lee – $50 each player<br />
Third place: Mickey Coughlin/Nicole Coughlin/Holly Sammons – $30 each
player</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Consolante:</span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">First place:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <strong>Paul Moua/Ly Pao Nhia Yi/Poe Lee</strong> –
$30 for each player<br />
Second place: Jean-Claude Etallaz/Carolina Jones/Etienne Rijkheer – $20 each player</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A total of 15 teams of
triples competed in the day-long event directed by Verena Rytter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Players
represented a number of club in the Northwest region including La Petanque
Mariniere, Valley of the Moon Petanque Club, Redwood Empire Boules, Lamorinda
Petanque Club, Petaluma Valley Petanque Club and Sacramento Petanque Club.</span></div>
bleysrosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06971692312576884420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36838807.post-11821096072029286332013-06-18T10:31:00.000-04:002013-06-18T10:35:26.700-04:00FPUSA's NW Regional Men's & Women's Singles Event June 16, 2013<h3>
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The tournament hosted by the Lamorinda Petanque Club at their courts in Lafayette, CA, attracted eight women and 20 men from seven different clubs as far away as Portland, OR.</h3>
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The results: <br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Women's
Singles: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Concours</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gold -
Barbara Hall of Valley of the Moon Petanque Club</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Silver - Nicole
Coughlin of Redwood Empire Boules Club</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bronze - Teri
Sirico of Petaluma Valley Petanque Club</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Consolante</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">First place -
Janet Kirtland of Portland Petanque Club</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Second place -
Carolina Jones of Lamorinda Petanque Club</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Men's
Singles: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Concours</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gold - Poe
Lee of Club francaise de Sacramento</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Silver - Yor
Lee of Club francaise de Sacramento</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bronze - Carlos
Couto of Lamorinda Petanque Club</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fourth place -
Paul Moua of Club francaise de Sacramento</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Consolante</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">First place -
Bee Moua of Club francaise de Sacramento</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Second place -
Bleys Rose of Petaluma Valley Petanque Club</span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: FR;">Third place - Paul Kos of La Boule d'Or</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Etienne Rijkheer, organizer of the tournament and a FPUSA board member, said the event was especially notable for the playing erformance of 10-year-old Noah Sonet of the Lamorinda Petanque Club who competed in his first regional
tournament.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">"He gave a focused and competitive
performance," Etienne observed. "He was narrowly
beaten in the Consolante by the eventual winner Bee Moua with a score of 12 to
13."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here is link to photos from the event:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bfobrien/sets/72157634168564607/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/bfobrien/sets/72157634168564607/</a> </span></div>
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