Boca 2000 Open Tournament- May 4th

BOCA PETANQUE 2000.

FORMED DOUBLETTES.

SUNDAY MAY 4TH. 2008.


9:00 AM: INSCRIPTION: $ 10.00 REGISTRATION AND DRAWING OF THE TEAMS.

9:15 AM: PLAY STARTS.

12:00 PM: PASTIS SERVED TO ALL, COMPLIMENTS OF BOCA PETANQUE 2000.
BRING YOUR LUNCH AND DRINKS.

1.00 PM: CONTINUATION OF THE TOURNAMENT AND CONSOLANTE.

FROM THE MONEY COLLECTED: 4 PRIZES FOR THE MAIN TOURNAMENT AND 2 PRIZES FOR THE CONSOLANTE.

FOR ALL INFORMATION: JOHN ROLLAND,

CELL: 954-425-2646.
HOME: 561-392-3141.

Get ready for a great weekend in Sacramento!

The Sacramento club, the Club Francais de Sacramento, is hosting a very interesting combination of tournaments for the weekend of May 17-18.

In an effort to make our tournaments more fun and make it easier for teams to form, our Sport Committee this year combined National Men’s and Women’s Singles with the National Mixed Triples using a one-day tournament format for each in a single weekend.

On May 17th on the CFS courts in Rancho Cordova, the National Singles tournaments for both men and women will run simultaneously, and the next day, May 18th, many of these same players will combine into triples teams for the National Mixed Triples tournament.

Hope to see you there!

Here are some recommended lodging suggestions:

HOTELS in the RANCHO CORDOVA AREA

Fairfield Inn & Suites- phone 916-858-8680 cmpm145@cmpm.net

Extendedstay America Rancho Cordova- phone 916-9635-2363 www.extendedstayhotels.com

Vagabond Inn- phone 916-631-7500 mranchocordova@vagaboninn.com

Hyatt Place- phone 916-635-4799 josiah.kitonga@hyattselect.com

Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova- phone916-1100 www.marriott.com

Day’s Inn phone 916-363-3344 (used to be Quality Inn)

Red roof Inn- phone 916-638-2500 rrirancho@gmail.com
Reid has a 10% discount card for Red Roof Inn and he will mail to anyone who asks.

NW Regional Triples: Random AND Select!

Greeting FPUSA NW members,

On the weekend of May 3-4th, the Valley of the Moon Petanque Club will host this two-day event, designed to give more members a crack at winning a medal. Entry fee for the weekend is $30. Melee only: $15. Select only: $30. (All moneys will go to the respective purse.)

On Saturday, May 3rd, the NW Regional Melée Triples will be held. A gourmet taco bar lunch will be offered, compliments of VOM President, Mike Cooper and US Women's Team Member Antonia Chavez. There will be cash prizes, medals, as well as a consolante.

On Sunday, May 4th, the Select Regional Triples will be held. Again, registration will close at 9am and advanced player registration is required. (Lunch TBA.)

As long as you play in the melee, players may inform the tournament director of their select team as late as the end of play Saturday. So if you can't get on a team, register for the Melee and you might find a team on that day!

If you are planning to play only in the Select, you will need to pay the full $30 entry fee. This is being done as a way to ensure that there will be enough advanced players and shooters in the melee. So, don't hold back. Play in both and double you fun!

See you there!

For more information, please contact Sport Director Ed Porto. edporto@sbcglobal.net

Entry Form

Another fun tournament in Europe!

Robert Pierre, our International Events Coordinator, has found a very appealing tournament, La Pauillacaise, in France for U.S. teams to enter this fall. Just north of Bordeaux, the most famous wine growing area of France, is the town of Pauillac and teams from Algeria, Belgium, Netherlands, and Switzerland, to name a few, will be joining French teams for 4 days of doubles and triples petanque beginning 18 September.

Entry is a pittance, 5 €, but the purse is 5000€ plus portion of entry fees for the men’s concours, probably a formula breakdown. The first day is sightseeing, followed on the second day by tours of the famed Chateau Margaux and other well known ones, then an on the spot doubles tournament that afternoon.

The morning of the third day begins the main triples tournament for men, with women’s and youngster’s tournaments beginning concurrently.

Touting their tournament as “not the Millau Mondial, nor the Marseillaise”, they are out to offer a “petanque lovers” tournament, a more collegial, more fun event with the kind of petanque everyone likes.

Hotels and rooms are reasonable, especially if sharing. If you are interested to have more information about this event, and want to explore joining some of FPUSA players who have already expressed an intention to play here, contact Robert (rcpierre@hotmail.com) who is in France as you read this.

This tournament ends in plenty of time for you to arrive back in New York for the WCQT, 27-28 September.

Also, visit the tournament web site

http://www.lapauillacaise.fr/pauillac2008.html

National Doubles Weekend

Florida has more than alligators, it has petanque, too!
Greetings,
It was a huge but very pleasant shock for a Northwest player like me to be transported from tossing boules onto rain soaked courts, dressed in jackets and sweaters, to playing our favorite game in 75 degree short sleeve weather on courts shaded from the sun by live oak and pine trees, but Joe Cortright and I had just that experience over the weekend.

Just last Saturday, on the home courts of the Sarasota Petanque Club, in a county park on the edge of town, a bunch of players, some from the West Coast, and some from the Northeast, joined up with our Sarasota fellow players for the FPUSA National Doubles weekend.

On Saturday, the Mixed Doubles began. It was a long day of matches on very difficult courts, hard surfaced and unforgiving, very smooth, but not at all level. Lots of pointing one or even two feet deflected from the cochonnet just to try to get the boule ending up close to it.Boules made a "thunk" when landing and almost always rolled past the cochonnet in spite of strenuous efforts to keep them in front. A close point was worth gold, and it was devilishly tricky to get another one in. Shots had to be made judiciously since shooting out a close boule holding the point often left the next best boule 2 or even 3 feet away. Many games advanced one point at a time.

(from L to R, Juan, Eliane, John, Marieke, Joe, Mary Jane)

The tournament banquet immediately followed the end of the first day's matches and featured a perfectly roasted prime rib prepared by Sarasota club player-chefs.

The next day it was the men's doubles and women's doubles going on at the same time. Games were again underway and Joe and I tried to do at least as well as he had done the day before, when he and Mary Jane (from the Oakhurst Club) had come in 2nd just behind John and Marieke Rolland.

Players were so intent on reading the terrain and controlling their boules, that the courts were oddly silent, very little talking. One only heard boules clicking as they nudged others on the way toward the jack, and the occasional "crack" of a successful shot. By late afternoon, most players were eliminated and were seeeking out seats to watch the final matches.

The last match of the day for the men's championship was played on the "carré d'honneur", a very hard, sloping court, humped at one end, where the players were often dismayed to see a seemingly perfectly pointed boule almost stop on the jack, but then continue to roll slowly, almost imperceptibly away and out of play.

Juan and Mamary won the men's doubles in a well contested match with Gilles and Jean Jaques, and a couple of very good players from Sarasota took the women's doubles.

(from L to R, Gilles, Jean Jaques, Juan, Mamary, David, Salem)

(from L to R, Raquel, Marieke, Jackie, Monique, Marinette, Renee)

All the players departed greatly appreciative of the wonderful hospitality and well organized efforts of our fellow Sarasota friends and players.

See the link below for a complete photo view of the weekend.

Joe Martin with assistance from Juan Garcia

Results
National Mixed Doubles

1st Place John Roland and Marieke Roland

2nd Place Joe Cortright and Mary Jane Campbell

3rd Place Juan Garcia and Eliane Matt

National Women's Double

1st Place Jackie Plessas and Monique Rouillon

2nd Place Marieke Roland and Raquel Garcia

3rd Place Renee Bax and Marinette

National Men's Doubles

1st Place Juan Garcia and Mamary Coulibaly

2nd Place Gilles Canesse and Jean Jacques Rouillon

3rd Place Salem and David Bloom

Click on this Link to View the Pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Juankydotcom/NationalDoubles2008SarasotaCP

National Tournaments in Sacramento

Greetings FPUSA Members,
This is a preliminary notice to you all that Le Club Francais de Sacramento will be hosting a National Tournament weekend on Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18 at Mather Field Park, just off US Hwy 50 in Rancho Cordova, CA.
On Saturday, May 17th, two tournaments will be held concurrently: National Men's Singles Championship and National Women's Singles Championship.
On Sunday, May 18th, the new National Mixed Triples Championship will be held for the very first time. Your team can be comprised of two men one women or two women and one man.
I hope that as many of you as possible will be able to make the trip and enjoy the weekend with your fellow members of our far-flung petanque community. It should be a great time!
Who knows? Maybe some of our East Coast (and MidWest!) members will join the fun -- including our current Men's and Women's Singles Champions, Jean-Pierre Subrenat of La Boule New Yorkaise and Cynthia Stroud of the Maine Boules Club.
You can expect gracious hospitality and good organization from Le Club Francais de Sacramento, who always do a stellar job. CFS will be providing lodging and event information in the coming weeks, but don't hesitate to reserve these dates on your calendar or to book your flight. Accommodations are very reasonable and convenient in Rancho Cordova, and I am sure that CFS will have a good recommendation for you.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact either myself, CFS Petanque Director Kevin McGill or NW Counselor Jose Gonzales.
Thank you all and Enjoy Petanque!
-Ed

Canadian Petanque Court

Here are some Pictures of our Friend Claude Lopez that came down to sunny Florida some weeks ago to enjoy the weather and play Petanque, in what it looks like clearing a path to practice our favorite sport, but don't take my word for it.
Come back we miss You! Claude.

Petanque - Guinness World Records - USA

Follow this link for further information:

http://www.petanquealliance.com/

Joe Zajac from the Michigan Petanque Club is organizing the Guinness World Records Attempt on May 23-25th 2008 in Rochester, Michigan. The event will be held during the tremendously popular Rochester Heritage Festival where he and other participants will attempt to pass the German record of 40 hours 9 minutes, and continue onward towards playing the longest Boule Marathon for 48 hours straight.

Guidelines from London (headquarters for Guinness World Records) lay out a modified doublette configuration with a third "alternate" player standing by for a maximum of 2 hours rest time. (more details will be posted to the World Record Attempt website: http://www.petanquealliance.com/

Joe is looking for some Crazy dedicated petanque players who are willing to give up two days of sleep for this cause.

Here are some additional guidelines:

1. Any FPUSA member is welcome.
2. Space is very limited as the World Record Attempt will be occuring in the midst of a very popular and busy event (Heritage Festival), so first come first serve. Juan, Mario, Loi and Mamari are filling a court already...
3. Hotel not needed, obviously, for the entire time as everyone participating has to do the whole 48 hours (Friday & Saturday rest periods (5 minutes (bankable) per hour for rest/breaks) will be spent on the courts). Sunday night accomodations/celebration is in the works...
4. There might be a small participation fee requested to help pay for a GUINNESS RECORD shirt for the teams to wear (there's gong to be plenty of media present) - These kinds of details to be determined later.
5. Local sponsors will provide food (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
6. Participating Record Breaking Teams will get to determine a portion of the written entry for the Guinness World Record Book.
7. During the Record Attempt, there will be a score/point tally for all games resulting in various contests and prizes!

If you have any questions contact Joe Zajac for more Information, and check out the website: www.petanquealliance.com and the blogsite: Petanque World Record for the latest developments.

Petanque in the USA

POINT

SHOOT

I would like to share with You the most complete and up to date Map (work in Progress) of all the small Clubs across the USA that get together to enjoy the Game of Petanque.

Philippe from Petanque America has been working on this Map for some Years now and is a MUST SEE!.

Click on the Link Below.

http://petanque.us/map/

No Excuses

SE Regional Melee Triples - Results -

After a rainy Night and a bit cold for our taste we all showed up for what was going to be the first FPUSA SE Melee Triples Tournament. To my surprise I asked John Roland why was he setting up the lines to separate the Courts when he replied "this is an FPUSA Event", most of the Players had no idea this was a "Medal" Tournament but just another "let's get together and Play tournament" (including me of course).

When the dust settled, the winners were:

1st Place

John Rolland

Michel Cazenave

Elie Ohayon

2nd Place

Aaron Kianofsky

Regis Argenteri

Alex Canesse

3rd Place

Marc Vedrines,

Marieke Rolland,

Marc Mailloux.

SE Regional Triples - RESULTS -

We started the Day with with the temperature in the upper 50's but it nicely warmed up to the mid seventies by the afternoon.

There were some Players from Sarasota, Lakeworth, Boca, Miami and Canada and after a little Speech by Boca 2000 Club President John Roland and explanation of the Court Rules by Gilles Canesse we were underway for the 2008 SE Regional Triples Tournament.

The Playing was done after 5:00PM with Undefeated Team Roger, Juan and Mario in the final VS Christian , Gerard and Michel.

1st Place

Juan Garcia

Mario Olivieri

Roger Arpaia

2nd Place

Michel Casenave

Chistian Casenave

Gerard Galiano

3rd Place

Jean Jacques Rouillon

Gilles Canesse

Yannis

How to Play Petanque Video

Here is a three minute video made by our friends in Washington, D.C. a few years back, showing how our favorite game is played. Those who are curious about the game will find this video a good introduction.

Either click on the screen shot above or this link to view the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9BpxOsOY4

Enjoy!

National Doubles Tournament

Sarasota Club de Petanque is going to Host the National Mixed Doubles on March 29th and the Men's and Women's Doubles on March 30th.
Here is some Info sent in by Christian Bousquet, Sarasota club member:

Hampton Inn, 5995 Cattleridge RD [corner bee ridge and cattleman next to I-75, phone: 941-371-1900
Directions to Lakeview Park: Turn left on Bee Ridge ,right on Middlesex,left on Maunaloa,right on Lago, on the first curve is Lakeview park, continue alongside the park until the next parking lot on the left.

Comfort Inn, 5778 Clark Road [Next to I-75] phone # 941-921-7750
Direction to Lakeview Park:Turn Right on Gan, Right on Proctor , over I-75,next flashing lite left [at Baptist Church],
Lakeview park is 1 mille on the right

These two are about 5 minutes from Lakeview park . Lakeview Park's address is 7150 Lago Street if you want to Google or Mapquest it, or you can use these map views of the Area and Courts.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Juankydotcom/SCP

Read on for the registration forms and dinner information.

HERE ARE THE DOUBLES REGISTRATION FORMS AND INFORMATION!

This information supplements Juan’s posting above and describes the “doubles festival” of tournaments; the National Doubles for Men; for Women; and the National Mixed Doubles all held on the Sarasota Club de Petanque’s courts in Lakeview Park, Sarasota.

These tournaments are open to all FPUSA members who renewed their licenses in January.

Registrations and entry fees must be in the tournament director’s hand by March 22, along with money and reservations for the Saturday evening dinner.

To download the tournament entry forms which also contain club contact information and information about the dinner, click on these links:

http://www.usapetanque.com/pdf/2008 NAT MENS DOUBLES FORM.pdf
http://www.usapetanque.com/pdf/2008%20NAT%20MIXED%20DOUBLES%20FORM.pdf
http://www.usapetanque.com/pdf/2008%20NAT%20WOMENS%20DOUBLES%20FORM.pdf

Questions? Contact Gilles Canesse 941-365-5487 or 941-724-1845 or gillescanesse@yahoo.com

Carolina's OPEN TOURNAMENT

Petanque America our Friendly Boules Distributor has Announced on their Website an Open Tournament on the Grounds of the newest Club of the FPUSA, CAROLINA PETANQUE based in the Winston-Salem area.

Saturday, May 17

Miller-Park, Winston-Salem, NC

Select doubles (teams of two players)

Start at 10:00 AM

Fee $ 15 per player

For more information contact Philippe Boets:

Petanque America

Phone: 800-682-2557 or 336-454-4129

Fax: 336-454-4131

Or visit his Website

http://www.petanqueamericaopen.blogspot.com/

http://petanque-america.com/index.html

FPUSA World Championship Participants

FPUSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - USA JUNIORS TRIPLET

2007
JAPAN

PATRICK SAMMONS
BRENDAN COHEN
WOLFGANG KURZ
HALLIE COHEN

2005
CANADA

ALEX CANESSE
PATRICK SAMMONS
JESSE NEICE
OLIVIA SAMMONS

2003
CHECH

NO USA TEAM


2001
FRANCE

PJ MALLETTE
ART ZUEV
DAVID NGUYEN

1999
THAILAND

ALEX CAFFEY
VANESSA STECK
ALIE MUCKENFUSS
PJ MALLETTE

1997
SWISS

NO USA TEAM


1995
SPAIN

NICK CHOKSI
JONATHAN DEUTSCH
STUART HOFFMAN

1993
MAROCCO

NO USA TEAM


1991
SWEDEN

NO USA TEAM


1989
TUNIS

NO USA TEAM


1987
BELGIUM

NO USA TEAM

FPUSA World Championship Participants

FPUSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PARTICIPATION - USA WOMEN'S TRIPLET

2006
FRANCE

JOSS KRAUER
MARIEKE ROLLAND
ANTONIA CHAVEZ
ERIN MCTAGGART

2004
SPAIN

COLLEEN CHRISTENSEN
TONI MALLETTE
ELIZABETH OGAZ
JOSS KRAUER

2002
CANADA

MARIEKE ROLLAND
BETH KRUMHOLZ
KAREN SEMERAU

2000
FRANCE

JANET TROUSSIEUX
MARGEURITE CANABOU
YVETTE GHIONE

1998
SWEDEN

DOLORES BUSH
THAHN NGO
MARIELOS REGNARD
SYLVIA MARQUEZ

1996
FINLAND

JANET TROUSSIEUX
DOLORES BUSH
DOLLY EBOLLITO

1994
LUXEMBOURG

DOLORES BUSH
SYLVANA GUILLEMENOT
LEYLA BILTSTED

FPUSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PARTICIPATION - USA WOMEN'S DOUBLET


1992
SWISS

JANET TROUSSIEUX
ANNE MARIE FRENAY

CHRISTINE CONTE

1990
THAILAND

MAITE LOMBARD
DOLORES BUSH

GISELLE HILL

1988
SPAIN

NO USA TEAM

FPUSA World Championship Participants

Yngve Biltsted sent this in and I thought it was very interesting and informative.

FPUSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - SENIORS TRIPLETS -


2007
THAILAND
ALEC STONE SWEET
NGHIA NGO
XAVIER THIBAUD
INGVE BILSTED

2006
FRANCE
HANS JEPSON
RICHARD (TI) MEAS
KHALID MESBAH (NO SHOW)
ALEC STONE SWEET

2005
BELGIUM
HANS JEPSON (NO SHOW)
RICHARD (TI) MEAS
NGHIA NGO
ALECSTONE SWEET

2004
FRANCE
MAX LEGRAND
MAI NGUYEN
LY VAN NGUYEN
CHRISTIAN TRIAY

2003
SWISS
HANS JEPSON
RICHARD (TI) MEAS
NGHIA NGO
ALEC STONE SWEET

2002
FRANCE
JEANNOT ZANELLA
THAUN NGUYEN
MAI NGUYEN
CHISTIAN TRIAY

2001
MONACO
ALBERT KALLANIAN
JACQUES AZADIAN
LEVON BOGOSIAN
LOUIS TOULON

2000
PORTUGAL
HANS JEPSON
RICHARD (TI) MEAS
JEANNOT RUPERTI
INGVE BILSTED

1999
LA REUNION
HANS JEPSON
RICHARD (TI) MEAS
JEANNOT RUPERTI
RAYMOND NIELSEN

1998
SPAIN
LOUIS TOULON
MAX LEGRAND
GERARD CANABOU
FRNK BARSOCHINI

1997 THE LAST YEAR OF TWO TEAMS PER COUNTRY

1997
FRANCE
GERARD CANABOU
GERARD MARTIN
FELIX LEGRAND

HANS JEPSON
RICHARD (TI) MEAS
JEANNOT RUPERTI

1996
GERMANY
RAYMOND NIELSEN
JEANNOT ZANELLA
CHRISTIAN TRIAY

HANS JEPSON
RICHARD (TI) MEAS
JEANNOT RUPERTI

1995
BELGIUM
RAYMOND NIELSEN
JOHN KRAUER
ANDREW LOI

CHRISTIAN TRIAY
THAUN NGUYEN
PATRICK FRAIGOUN

1994
FRANCE
MAX LEGRAND
JEANNOT ZANELLA
CHRISTIAN TRIAY

JEAN JACQUES GUILLEMENOT
SYLVANA GUILLEMENOT
GUISEPPE DRAGO

1993
THAILAND
RAYMOND NIELSEN
ALAIN GILOT
FELIX LEGRAND

MAX LEGRAND
LOUIS TOULON
CHRISTIAN TRIAY

1992
ITALY
RON NGO
NGHIA NGO
TRUNG NGO

FELIX LEGRAND
ALAIN GILOT
PIERRE AGNESSE

1991
ANDORRA
RAYMOND NIELSEN
NGHIA NGO
RON NGO

JEANNOT ZANELLA
ALAIN GILOT
MAITE LOMBARD

1990
MONACO
JEAN JACQUES GUILLEMENOT
SYLVANA GUILLEMENOT
GUISEPPE DRAGO

RAYMOND NIELSEN
NGHIA NGO
RON NGO

1989
SPAIN
JEANNOT RUPERTI
LUCIAN BANIAN
GEORGES FAYOL

GERARD CANABOU
FELIX LEGRAND
PIERRE AGNESSE

1988
ITALY
JOSEPH ARDAGNA
STEVE O'DONNELL
ROBERT MCTAGGART

DAO GIAN VAL
RAYMOND MIELACY
MARCEL PARNELL

1987
ALGERIA
ALBERT KALLANIAN
JEAN ONANIAN
FERNAND HAMPARTZOUMIAN

MARCEL BABAYAN
JOSEPH ACCHIARDI
BOB MORRISON

1986
FRANCE
HANS JEPSON
SAMUEL MEYER
JOSEPH CONCALVES

CAMILLE PONTOIS
MARCEL DIDIER-JEAN
FERNAND HAMPARTZOUMIAN

1985
MOROCCO
ALBERT KALLANIAN
JEAN ONANIAN
RAYMOND CARATO

1984
HOLLAND
ALBERT KALLANIAN
JEAN ONANIAN
MARCEL DIDIER-JEAN

GEORGE ALACHOYAN
PAUL DERSAIN
CAMILLE PONTOIS

1983
TUNIS
ALBERT KALLANIAN
RAYMOND CARATO
MARCEL DIDIER-JEAN

1982
SWISS
ALBERT KALLANIAN
JEAN ONANIAN
RAYMOND CARATO

MARCEL BABAYAN
RAYMOND KOPOYAN
GEORGE ALACHOYAN

1981
BELGIUM
ALBERT KALLANIAN
JEAN ONANIAN
RAYMOND KOPOYAN

MARCEL BABAYAN
BERNARD SAVONA
GEORGE ALACHOYAN

1980
FRANCE
CAMILLE PONTOIS
RAYMOND TIRIKIAN
JEAN FRENAIS

1979
ENGLAND
LOUIS TOULON
RENE DI MAIO
MARCEL PARNELL

1978
BELGIUM
LOUIS TOULON
RENE DI MAIO
MARCEL PARNELL

1977
LUXEMBOURG
LOUIS TOULON
RENE DI MAIO
MARCEL PARNELL

LOUIS LOUVGNY
JEAN LEVEAU
MAURICE RAVICCHIO

1976
MONACO
ANDRE MARTIN
MICHEL GUERRE
JEAN MENOUKIAN

JOHN KRAUER
JACQUES BISCAY
GERARD CANABOU

1975
CANADA
ALFRED LEVITT
FERDINAND ROBIN
REMY LE FLOCK

ANDRE MARTIN
MICHEL GUERRE
JEAN MENOUKIAN

SE Regional Triples - Boca 2000 -

SE REGIONAL.

MARCH 8TH AND 9TH 2008.


BOCA PETANQUE 2000.


SATURDAY MARCH 8TH: MELEE “ TRIPLETTES “.

INSCRIPTION: $ 10.00 IF PLAYERS ARE REGISTERED AND FEE PAID BY MONDAY MARCH 3RD 2008, AFTER THAT THE FEE WILL BE $ 15.00 BY PLAYER.

9:00 AM: REGISTRATION. BRING YOUR LUNCH AND DRINKS.
12:00 PM: LUNCH AND CONTINUATION OF THE TOURNAMENT AND CONSOLANTE.


SUNDAY MARCH 9 th : SELECT “ TRIPLETTES “.

INSCRIPTION: $ 75.00 IF THE TEAM IS REGISTERED AND FEE PAID BY MONDAY MARCH 3 RD 2008, AFTER THAT THE FEE WILL BE: $ 90.00 BY TEAM.

9:00 AM: REGISTRATION.
12.00 PM : LUNCH PROVIDED FOR ALL PARTICIPENTS COMPLIMENTS OF “ BOCA PETANQUE 2000 “.
1:00 PM: PLAY RESUMES.

PRIZES DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF TEAMS REGISTERED, ALSO FPUSA MEDALS.

FOR ALL INFORMATION: CALL JOHN ROLLAND,

CELL : 954-425-2646.
HOME: 561-392-3141.

Coupe des Ameriques - Results-

Coupe des Ameriques 2008

Last weekend we had "The Coupe de Ameriques" Petanque Tournament at the Boca 2000 Courts in Boca Raton, FL.

We had some Players from Canada and a New York Team. The Dream Team of Roger Arpaia, Claude Lopez and John Roland took the Gold Medal after two Days of Playing without a loss; I spent some time talking to Claude Lopez. He is in from Canada on Vacation and assured me that he no longer plays much Petanque at home but you could not tell, he is still a Master at the Game. I just enjoy watching him play.

In Second Place with the Silver Medal were Alex Canesse, Ben Gautier and Super Mario. I can say that they make a Great Team together.

In third Place with the Bronze Medal were Guy Labourie, Raymond Maestri and Gérard Reuther, the Team from The South Florida Petanque Club in Lakeworth, FL. , our neighbors to the North.

For more Pictures of The Tournament follow the Link below and Enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/Juankydotcom/CoupeDeAmeriques