FPUSA 2010 National Doubles

Hello Everyone—

I finally managed to squeeze in some time to start posting to our blog. Hopefully, I can periodically report on some of the stories concerning our wonderful sport when I come across them. Let me start by posting a summary of the FPUSA National Doubles tournaments that were held in New York City back in late Sept. Ahhh—I remember it like it was only yesterday.....

—Christophe

FPUSA National Doubles Saturday Sept. 25^th 2010 hosted by New York Petanque Club

On Saturday the National Mixed doublet was held at the beautiful new Paul Ricard petanque courts located in Prospect park, Brooklyn. Thanks to a strong contingent from Maine Boules Club, we managed to gather together 20 teams for the contest. 3 games were played in the morning, followed by a lunch provided by one of the club’s sponsors—P’tit Paris.

After lunch, we took 12 teams forward into the concours, with 8 teams going to the consolante. The final was played right into the evening and finished under the lights from nearby lamp posts and car headlights. Such is the chance we take when booking one-day tournaments late in the year. With entry fees and purse incentives, FPUSA was able to give out $1100 dollars in prize money. Not bad for a mixed doublette.

On Sunday it was 2 separate tournaments, the Men’s doubles and the Women’s doubles. The women’s contest fielded 8 solid teams, while on the men’s side 22 teams competed. After lunch, 4 women’s teams and 14 men’s teams moved on to the concours playoffs. There was $900 available to the men and $200 dollars for the women. Of course the first three places in all tournaments received FPUSA medals as well.

men's and women's action

Overall, it was a great weekend with a nice turnout. Everyone celebrated the end of the tourney with a complimentary aperitif provided by NYPC sponsor RICARD. Goodbyes were said, and then players disappeared into the New York night.

Cynthia & Susan (Maine) win the women's gold... mixed final finishes by the light of the moon.

FPUSA National Mixed Doubles Results: Saturday Sept. 25^th 2010

Concours

1) Richard “Ti” Meas / Lorissa Rinehart LBNY

2) Yngve Biltsted / Leyla Biltsted LBNY

3) Xavier Thibaud / Holly Sammons NYPC / Willits

4) Diane Bianco / Joe Martin Maine / Portland OR

Consolante

1) Erin McTaggart / Mike Menefee Willits

2) Alec Stone Sweet / Narin Garrett LBNY / Willits

FPUSA National Womens Doubles Results: Sunday Sept. 26^th 2010

Concours

1) Cynthia Stroud / Susan Shaw Maine

2) Holly Sammons / Shannon Bowman Lamorinda /Willits

3) Mia Kanazawa / Kate Unkel Maine

4) Narin Garrett / Kate Brideau Willits / LBNY

Consolante

1) Lorissa Rinehart / Erin McTaggart LBNY / Willits

2) Peggy Matsuda / M. J. Campbell Mann Petanque Mariniere / Maine

FPUSA National Mens Doubles Results: Sunday Sept. 26^th 2010

Concours

1) Eric Bertin / Xavier Thibaud NYPC

2) Amadou Thiam / Charlie Kossi LBNY

3) Emile Boujeke / Steve Ginsberg LBNY / NYPC

4) Bill Harris / Nick Mullendore NYPC

Consolante

1) Gilles Ray / Antoine Ray NYPC

2) Jean Pierre Subrenat / Franck Labasse NYPC

PA Open 2010 Amelia Island, FL.

These are the Results from the Petanque America Open that by the way was a complete success with perfect Weather to go with it.

Well organized Tournament by Phillippe Boets, Christophe Chambers and the City and Citizens of Amelia Island that helped everyone feel so welcome

CONCOURS A

1) Jean Michel Laulhé / Stéphane St. Croix

2) Ben Gauthier / Mario Gagné

3) Alain Brunette / Yanick Laulhé

4) Eric Bertin / Xavier Thibaud

5) Marc Vendrine / Jean Blanchet

6) Bernard Martin / Jean Pierre Hueaud

7) Peter Mathis / Roger Arpaïa

8) Juan Garcia / Mamary Coulibali



Concours AA

1) Art Zuev / Paul Iskin

2) Yngve & Leyla Biltsted

3) Yves Chenette / Pascal Hénault

4) Joseph Hassoune / Jean-Pierre Hemery



CONCOURS B

1) Jeannot Ruperti / Franck Labasse

2) David Spangenberg / Peggy Matsuda

3) Joel Acchiardi / Joe Drago

4) Stephen Johns / Fernando Triana



CONCOURS BB

1) Robert Pierre / Michel Ribet

2) Jon Claessens / Corey Milliord

3) Andre Strong / Cynthia Stroud

4) Gina DeJoy / Susan Shaw



CONSOLANTE A

1) Gilles LaChance / Michel Robechaud

2) Michel Crouzillat / Raymond Fulconais

3) Jean Dagorn / Dan Feaster

4) Armand Lallinec / Jean Birocheaux



CONSOLANTE AA

1) Daniel Smith / Augustin Vigoureux

2) Howard Ando / Jane Wilkinson



CONSOLANTE B

1) Felix LeGrand / Michel Cardon

2) Reginald Argentieri / Eric Moutard

3) Patricia Lallinec / Régine Maistri

4) Verena Rytter / Claudie Chourré

CONSOLANTE BB

1) Uijin Park / Lauren Gioscio

2) Richard Taranto / Kirsten Taranto

Reported Results by Christophe Chambers. Petanque America.

New Florida Clubs

I recently noticed that we have three  new Petanque Clubs on the East Coast of Florida and the Two of the latest Clubs from the North East Area, one from Amelia Island and the Other from ST Augustine.

AMELIA ISLAND BOULES


PHILIPPE JUBIN

2112 EGRET LN

FERNANDINA BEACH FL 32034

904-206-1159

pjubin@live.com

http://ameliaislandboules.blogspot.com/


 

 

BOULES DE LEON 

DANIEL SMITH

18 SARAGOSSA ST

ST AUGUSTINE 32084

904-810-9882

boulesdeleon@yahoo.com


JUPITER PETANQUE CLUB

                                                                                                     

STEPHANE SOILLEUX                                    

PO BOX 3324

TEQUESTA, FL 33469

561-254-1153

jupiterpetanque@gmail.com

http://www.jupiterpetanque.com/

FPUSA on steady growth path!

(click on the graph to enlarge it)

FPUSA membership is experiencing steady and respectable growth, now at over 1500 players, a high mark for the organization, according to FPUSA Secretary, Frank Pipal.

The graph clearly shows that more new players are joining us each year than are being lost to attrition. The number of clubs is increasing also, with a gradual trend toward filling in some areas of the country that have been missing out on how much fun the game of petanque is.

Adding new players, new clubs, and new venues for tournaments are sure ways to keep our organization on track to set new records.

If you are a member of the FPUSA, then you deserve a pat on the back for welcoming these new players and helping us to continue growing! Thank you!

FPUSA Team shines in World Championships!

Those who have been following the World Championships that concluded a couple of weeks ago (October 7-11) know of the results: France won both the triples competition and the shooting contest. The team from Madagascar was second and Spain and Mauritania were collectively in 3rd place. A new world record in the shooting was set by Claudy Weibel of Belgium (66 points out of 100 possible).

And, the Turkish federation with only a couple of months notice, pulled off a very well organized event. You'll remember the championship had originally been awarded to Taiwan but earlier this year, it was determined they would be unable to fulfill their commitment to host it and Turkey, thankfully, took it on.

Opening ceremony

Our team of four was captained by Jean-Pierre Subrenat, and the three others were Xavier Thibaud, Eric Bertin (all NYPC), and PJ Malette, well known Bay Area player. Steve Ginsberg, also NYPC, had signed on as coach.

Our team was one of the 48 best teams from around the world who gathered in Izmir for a few days of games to sort out the best-of-the-best.

With coaches and delegates and spectators, there were about 500 of us, not counting the large staff of Turkish volunteers and those from the FIPJP.

The teams sought out practice grounds in the dual purpose park containing trade fair pavilions and an amusement park with a roller coaster and bumper cars, etc. There were dirt areas and a practice court had been constructed outside.

Jet lag aside, our guys were feeling good, looked sharp in their uniforms, and one could just sense they were going to play well together.

The large hall had been configured with 24 courts and the concrete floor had been covered with about an inch of coarse and fine gravel. Indeed, there were some spots where a previously tossed boule had blown the gravel away, leaving bare concrete and a boule would descend from its plombée to land directly on bare concrete and then go soaring off the court.

Here's what they played on, gravel over a concrete floor!

Each team played a total of 5 qualifying games (3 on Friday, 2 on Saturday) using the Swiss System which arranges matches according to how well teams are playing, better teams end up being matched with better teams, worse teams with others that are not playing so well.

At the end of these 5 matches, our U.S. team was ranked a very strong 18th out of the 48 teams in the competition! Rarely in our 30 years of sending teams to the worlds has our U.S. team ranked so high in the qualifying matches. The chemistry and camaraderie was there; it was enough to make one very proud of these players.

In these 5 games, we won against Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Russia, and lost against Thailand and Portugal. Steve's spot on coaching provided valuable strategic insight and all our players logged time in the matches.

All the qualifying games were timed as is necessary in the Swiss system (1¼ hours plus 2 ends), and in the game against Russia, we were down 5-8 after the 1¼ hour time limit, but in the next two ends we pulled ahead 9-8, and got our 3 wins that was needed to qualify for the concours. A nail biter for us!

Based on the Swiss ranking, our team was in the top 24 and had made the Concours! These top 24 teams were put into the Concours pools ( 8 pools of 3 teams each) and played each other. Lose twice and you are out of the concours though teams losing twice are given another chance by being put into the consolante (called the Coupe de Nations), which is where our teams usually are placed right away since most of the times we go, we are in the lower half of the team rankings.

As it happened, our Concours pool included Morocco and Portugal, and we ended up losing twice and were sent into the Coupe de Nations, where unfortunately for us, we lost to Djibouti, a strong team that got to the Coupe de Nations semi-finals. So then we were spectators which meant we were able to enjoy watching the best teams progress.

On Sunday, the matches concluded with some of the best petanque playing many have ever seen. These players in the worlds are able to make a very high percentage of their boules count in the game, with only the occasional stray point or missed shot. And, many of their shots result in a carreau, so they will shoot a far away boule holding the point knowing there is a good chance their boule will sit in the same spot (sur place) or at least hang around for the point.

Our team and entourage, Top row L to R, Eric Bertin (shooter), Eric's brother who came along, Steve Ginsberg (coach), me (Chef de Delegation), Robert Pierre, FPUSA International Events Coordinator. Crouching, L to R, Xavier Thibaud (middle), Jean-Pierre Subrenat (pointer), PJ Malette, 4th player.

In the final for the world championship, it was France against Madagascar. They went back and forth on the score, but it ended up 12-12. In the last end, the jack was pushed out to 12 meters. France held a not too close point, Madagascar shot their last boule, knocking out the French boule. Their boule rolled very close to the jack giving them two points because they had another not so close boule. Philippe Suchaud made a clean shot on the Madagascar boule at 12 meters, leaving Madagascar with the winning point, but France had one more boule and Henri Lacroix pointed it in to win the game! The crowd erupted in cheering and the French team ran to each other hugging and kissing. It was a spectacular game!

After the awards ceremony with the winner's nation's flags being raised and medals looped over heads and bouquets of flowers presented, the 45th World Championship concluded.

That evening there was a gala dinner at a restaurant on the waterfront featuring an entire roasted lamb and pasta and much hugging between the players of the various teams, and trading of team shirts with one another, sometimes peeled off one player to be put on by another.

The New Zealand team doing a very fine "Haka" dance at the Gala Dinner as part of that country's bid to host the 2012 World Championships.

Monday morning several hundred players and delegates made their way by taxi to the Izmir airport for the flights home.

Quite an experience to be around so many excellent players but all enjoying the same camaraderie that you and I experience when we meet for casual play on our courts.

The next Worlds is in 2012, maybe you will want to start sharpening your game now.

FPUSA National Doubles, Sep 25-26, 2010

New York Petanque Club is hosting 3 doubles championships the weekend of September 25,26! The Mixed Doubles is on Saturday and both the Men's and the Women's Doubles follow on Sunday.

Since converting their tree shaded area in Brooklyn's Prospect Park into one of the more challenging petanque terrains in the country last year; the club has hosted numerous tournaments and offers FPUSA players a full weekend of the best petanque with the best players! Surely that includes you, too!

Here are the forms with all the information. Click on the images to enlarge them. Any questions contact info@newyorkpetanque.com

Hope to see you in the big apple in September!

FPUSA National Triples Champions!

(Lto R 2nd place winners, Philippe and Piere Agnesse and Joe Cortright, and 1st place champions Tim Channel, Mike Stasack, and Ryan Baker)

With perfect weather in the 70's and 80's on the home courts of the Portland Petanque Club, 13 triples teams started their series of games on Saturday, August 21, games that would ultimately lead to four winners in the concours and two in the consolante by late afternoon on the next day.

The evening before an "apero" followed by a potluck featuring Wisconsin style brats grilled by club president Tim Larson had welcomed the players for the draw and casual play and a chance to learn the courts.

By about 4pm on Saturday we had all our games in and the results were used to seed the pools for the concours and the consolante the next day. Eight teams were placed in two 4 team pools, and the other 5 teams formed the round robin consolante.

Sunday morning, while enjoying a really tasty continental breakfast of complimentary mini-pastries from La Petite Provence, announcements and welcome remarks were dispensed with and play began.

Teams in pools began their quest to win two games in row and assure their progression out of the pools and into the Semi's and Finals. But, as we know in this zero sum game, a winner also means a loser, so those teams who lost their first game struggled to win one more so they could also advance. But, teams losing twice were then spectators for the afternoon. Being a spectator was a pleasant enough way to spend the afternoon watching the continuing games with such good teams competing.

In the Semi-Finals for the concours then, we had the local team of Pierre and Philippe Agnesse and Joe Cortright matched up with the New York Petanque Club team of Jean-Pierre Subrenat, Xavier Thibaud (both on the FPUSA team going to Turkey for the "worlds" in a couple of months, and Thierry Juillard.

The New York team uses the plombée very impressively to great effect and their flat shooting style yielded more than a few carreaux. However, the Portland Petanque club's team came out ahead 13-8, also very impressive.

In the other semi-final, it was the Seattle Petanque Club team of Greg Conyers, Lee Harris, and John Hunt, against a team comprised of Eugene club players Mike Stasack (EPIC president) and Ryan Baker, and Tim Channell, founder of the Fresno Petanque club. They eased to a 13-2 victory over the Seattle boys.

The Final for 3rd and 4th place was therefore between the the New York players and the Seattle team. It was a close game but the New York players pulled off a 13-11 win to take 3rd place and win medals and prize money.

So our final for 1st and 2nd Place was between the Portland club and the Eugene/Fresno players. In a long game with many great plays, and to the surprise of many spectators, the Eugene/Fresno team emerged the victors (13-11) and National Triples champions for 2010!

The consolante meanwhile had been continuing on. The top two teams in this tournament and who finished "in the money" were, in First Place, our own Tim Larson, Wally Peppel, and Shaughn McClurg (Congratulations!!) and taking second a Seattle/Lamorinda team of Jimmy Flour, John Chanthavisay, and Jean-Marie Letellier. Also, congratulations!

By now, delicious aromas from the buffet catered by La Provence were wafting over the courts and a couple of dozen players and guests queued up for for the chicken, and salmon entreés, accompanying salads, specially selected wines, and wonderful mini-pastries. Such fun!

Awards and photos followed and while most player were ready to return home or to their motel rooms to "vege out", a dedicated group were out on the courts again while there was still light enough to see the cochonnet and play another game or two.

The combination of camaraderie and good food and drink is what draws us to the sport and keeps us coming back. Most of us would agree petanque is a wonderful addition to life.

(L to R, Joe Martin, Tournament Director, and 3rd place winners, Thierry Julliard, Xavier Thibaud, and Jean-Pierre Subrenat)

The full on buffet!

FPUSA National Triples, August 21-22, Portland, Or

The Portland Petanque Club is pleased to host the FPUSA National Triples Championship, August 21-22, 2010, on their home courts in Portland, Oregon. This is familiar ground to many out of town players who for some years have enjoyed playing for national doubles, triples, and WCQT titles on the varied terrain of its 18 courts.

The tournament for FPUSA players begins, as usual, with casual play on Friday afternoon, the 20th, then qualfying pool play on Saturday and eliminations and a consolante on Sunday, followed by an on site catered buffet dinner and the awarding of medals and prizes.

Souvenir T-shirts have been designed and ordered and can be purchased at the tournament.

Deadline for receipt of entry is August 17.

Any questions, please contact Tim Hruska-Larson, PPC Club President. Hope to see you!

For pdf downloads of the information:

1. Announcement

2. Entry form

3. Dinner reservation

4. Hotel information

A week's worth of petanque in Canada!

Our good friend and player, Roger Arpaia, of the Boca 2000 club who coordinates activities for the week long Festival of Petanque of Salaberry de Valleyfield in Quebec, about 50 miles SW of Montreal, tells us that we players have only two weeks to register for the kick off tournament, the Ben Gauthier International Triplette.

To our amazement, we have learned that there are 72 gravel courts which are the site every year of a days long series of competitions, 23 July through August 1st.

There are several classes of tournaments to accommodate players of all skill levels and qualifications. No doubt some of the 9 different tournaments are for holders of Canadian federation licenses, but Roger emphasizes their welcome extends to Americans, too, so there will be spots for all entrants. Entry fees and prizes vary according to tournament. Camping is available, too.

This is as close to a "petanque immersion" as one can imagine, don't you think?

Complete information is available on the petanque club's website:
http://www.clubpetanque.suroit.com/

Roger can be contacted for details and questions: rarpaia@hotmail.com

Fresno Petanque shows off the game!

In this video featured on a local Fresno TV station June 10th, Tim Channell, FPC board member and former president of the club, introduces one of their junior players who will be on an FPC team competing on the LPM courts in Marin, July 17&18, for a spot on the U.S. junior worlds team next year.

The player, PengSue, shows he is no slouch and can point with the best.

We congratulate the efforts of this fine club and its players for promoting the sport to their community and getting their youngsters involved at perhaps the perfect age!

"Teach The Trainers" a grand success!

Englemann Cellars, site of the TTT

This past weekend, May 19-23rd, was the occasion of the FPUSA Teach The Trainers program in Fresno, California. Skillfully organized by Tim Channell of the Fresno Petanque Club, and conducted by Victor Nataf of the FIPJP (the international petanque federation) the 32 FPUSA players from around the country met for 3 full days of instruction and hands on training on the courts to show them how to design programs for younger players and for adults new to the game.

Gary explaining a drill to Frank

Going through the line doing one of the drills.

There was plenty of classroom instruction at the local Fresno winery (Englemann Cellars) that had donated its facilities for our use, and lots of outside activities demonstrating different drills and exercises useful to teaching new players basic skills and strategy. The focus of the training was to enable those of us who attended to understand and consider the elements necessary to construct a program of training sessions that would enable a new player to progress through the game. Indeed, our final exam was to layout a training session on some element of shooting that would fit into a one year program of instruction.

Victor using the big screen to illustrate his points.

Assuming all passed this exam, each will be issued a certificate showing them as Level 1 Instructors in Petanque.

After the class sessions each day, there was a reception allowing us to taste that winery's products, followed by dinners, catered and also at a local restaurant.

Dining "family style" at a local Basque restaurant

Needless to say, one great value of the TTT was the opportunity for those attending to network, often with others whom they were meeting for the first time, to compare thoughts and plan for a continued relationship in the ongoing process of developing and spreading awareness of the sport of petanque.

Victor receives a plaque in appreciation of his work with us. (photo courtesy Philippe of PA)

The generous support of time and money from both the FPUSA and the Fresno club for this first time effort guaranteed that the TTT was a grand success. The follow up will be for our Certified Trainers to begin the process of conducting training in their communities.

(photo courtesy of Ken Lee)

One of those attending, Ken Lee of LPM will soon have additional photos on his LPM blog

http://petanque-marin.blogspot.com/

Video link to the Fresno local TV broadcast of the event. Try it soon because it won't be up for long.

http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/Fresno-the-Chosen-City-for-Petanque/sTUQXtY9dEi5tBpPJ6Ha1w.cspx

Calling all Juniors and Women's Qualifier teams!

Here is a heads up, a preview, from La Petanque Mariniere and Ed Porto about the Qualifier tournaments for the Junior and Women's teams to be hosted by our great club in San Rafael, CA during the weekend of July 17-18, 2010.

Women's Qualifier

Saturday: qualifying games

Sunday: pools and elimination

Juniors' Qualifier

Saturday and/or Sunday formats will depend on turnout.

Saturday "Open" Select Doubles Tournament

Space may be limited depending on turnout in the main events, so advance reservations may be required.

Format will depend on number of teams.

Sunday "Open" Select Triples Tournament

Space may be limited depending on turnout in the main events, so advance reservations may be required.

This tournament will include teams from the main events who do not qualify for their respective pools and playoffs.

Format will depend on the number of teams. The tournament will be completed in time so that everyone can watch the Qualifier finals.

Lunches will be available and/or included in the entry fees. Details to be announced by La Petanque Mariniere.

There will be a very reasonably priced court-side BBQ on Saturday evening after the games are completed. Details and reservation forms to come.

Awards ceremonies and aperitif at the courts will follow the games on Sunday.

La Petanque Mariniere is gearing up to make this a great weekend - for all our Qualifier participants, for those who would like to compete in either or both of the "open" tournaments, and for those who come as spectators and supporters.

Hotel Information for the Women’s World Qualifier and Junior World Qualifier July 17 & 18, 2010

Hotels are listed in order of their proximity to the Courts.

1) Embassy Suites 101 McInnis Pkwy San Rafael, CA 415-499-9222 www.embassysuites.com (location San Rafael)

2) Four Points Sheraton 1010 Northgate Dr San Rafael, CA 415-479-8800 www.fourpoints.com (location San Rafael)

3) Villa Inn 1600 Lincoln Ave San Rafael, CA 415-456-4975 www.villainn.com

4) Colonial Inn 1735 Lincoln Ave San Rafael, CA 415-453-9188 reservation: 888-785-2111 www.colonialinnmarin.com

5) Courtyard by Marriott 2500 Larkspur Landing Circle Larkspur, CA 415-925-1800 reservation: 800-321-2211 www.marriott.com/SFOLL

6) Marin Suites Hotel 45 Tamal Vista Blvd Corte Madera, CA 415-924-3608 reservation: 800-362-3372 www.marinsuites.com

7) Best Western Petaluma http://www.bestwesterncalifornia.com/hotels/best-western-petaluma-inn/

New York Petanque Club Open!

The New York Petanque Club has updated its June 19-20tournament to be a doubles and it is sure to be a great success. More information is on their website, click here.

John Rolland Annual Select Tournament

$5,000.00
John Rolland Annual Select Tournament

 

Boca Petanque, 16700 Jog Road

November 20th and 21st 2010

Open only to the 1st registered 24 "Doublettes" Entry Fee $100.00 per Player.

 Includes Dinner (Prize Ceremony)

 Sunday Night the 21st , (guest $20.00) also Breakfast every morning, coffee, pastries... Lunch Available: Mergez, Hamburgers, Salad...

Schedule: Friday the 19th.

Drawing of the Teams: 7:30PM at a local Restaurant. (information will Follow at a later Date)

Saturday the 20th: The Games start promply at 9:00 AM.
There will Be 4 pools of 6 teams with 5 Games on Saturday.
Main Tournament: 1st and 2nd of the Pool, 1st Consolante 3r and 4th of Pool, 2nd Consolante 5th and 6th of Pool.

Optional

Friday the 19th: From 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM Shooter Contest. Cost $5.00 at 4: PM: 1st 6 Qualified Shooters will Play: 1/4, 1/2 and Final.
 PURSE: $100.00 + all inscription Money. (split: 50% of the Purse to the 1st  + Trophy, then 30%, 10%, 10%.

3 to 5 Games on Sunday: 9:00 AM


Tournament Prizes

For the 24 "Doublettes"

Tournament Prizes 

1st  $2000 + Trophy
2nd $900
3rd $400
4th $400
5th $200

1st Consolante Prizes

1st  $500
2nd $200

2nd Consolante Prizes

1st  $200
2nd $100 


Please make check payable to: Boca Petanque 2000.
Send Check and Entry Form as soon as Possible to:

John Rolland
5788 Wind Drift Lane
Boca Raton, FL. 33433

Organized by: John Rolland, Claude Laulhe and Alain Brunette

SPONSOR: BISTRO RESTAURANT, YIANNIS OWNER

SE Regional Triples - Sarasota, FL.

We just had the SE Regional Select Triples on April 24th and the following day April 25th the SE Regional Melee Triples. The weekend was perfect and the rain stayed away until the end of the second day of play.
The playing ground changed from one day to another, softer and slower on Saturday and hard and faster on Sunday, just to keep it interesting.
 The Results are as Follow:

SE Select Triples

1st Gilles Canese, Salem Touati, Juan Garcia


2nd Eric Moutard, Marcel Kallanian,Christian Bousquet



3rd David Bloom, Brenda Green, John Hayes


SE Melee Triples


1st Eric Moutard, Marcel Kallanian,Salem Touati



2nd Gilles Canese,Juan Garcia, Stephane Sollieux


3rd David Bloom, Richard Goodin, Christian Bousquet


4th John Hayes, Joan Sollieux, Jacques Bajard




SE Regional Triples - PICTURES