New Petanque Group Forming in the "City of Brotherly Love!"

 

 

 

Petanque enthusiast Bill Craig is leading an effort to establish a petanque club in Philadelphia. Here is his announcement and an invitation to join the online group…

    A Meetup group has been recently created for those in and around Philadelphia who are interested in pétanque.  People come together to play every Sunday at Clark Park in West Philadelphia, not far from the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University.  For more details and to sign-up :

 
http://www.meetup.com/PHILADELPHIA-PETANQUE/

The organizers of the Meetup group and several other regular players plan to soon establish a Philadelphia region pétanque club associated with FPUSA.

 

First SW Regional to be hosted by Las Vegas Petanque!

FPUSA SW REGIONAL “One Over 65” DOUBLES

Sunday, March 31, 2013

AT LEAST ONE PLAYER ON EACH TEAM MUST BE 65 YEARS OR OVER ON THE DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT

 

Welcome to the Las Vegas Petanque Club! 

We are looking forward to playing with petanque players from other cities in the Southwest Region on Sunday March 31, 2013. We play on a terrain made of decomposed granite that is relatively flat, mostly hard (no rain!) but with some softer spots and some stones too. In the morning we will offer coffee and cookies, at lunch we will provide sandwiches, and after the games: apero! Note that there is no store around. Let us know if you are spending several days in town ...

~ Download a Registration Form ~ 

Directions to Bruce Trent Park, 1600 North Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89128
Anywhere from the Strip (Las Vegas Blvd) go North on Interstate 15. Merge onto US-95 N via EXIT 42A toward Reno. Take EXIT 81A toward Summerlin Pkwy. From Summerlin Pkwy, take 3rd exit, the Rampart Blvd exit North. Stay on the right. Pass Angel Park golf course, and turn right into the park (before the traffic light of Vegas Drive). In the park, at the T, turn left and park. We play along the tennis courts.

To select a hotel, view http://www.vegas.com/lounge/map.html that has a map with them, or compare with search engines like www.orbitz.com and then check direct with the hotels.

Hotels close by:
JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa, 221 N Rampart Blvd · Las Vegas, Nevada 89145
Suncoast Hotel & Casino, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89145

Off the strip (8-12 minutes away):
Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel, 2101 Texas Star Ln, North Las Vegas
Santa Fe Station Hotel Casino, 4949 North Rancho, Las Vegas, NV 89130
La Quinta Inn & Suites, 7101 Cascade Valley Ct, Las Vegas, NV 89128-0455
Red Rock Casino Resort Spa, 11011 West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89135  -- if you want to be away from the Strip and very close to visit Red Rock Canyon.

Across I-15
Palace Station Hotel Casino, 2411 West Sahara, Las Vegas, NV 89104

Any hotel casino Downtown Las Vegas about 15 minutes away:
Golden Nugget Hotel Casino, 129 E. Fremont St., Las Vegas, NV 89101
Four Queens Hotel And Casino, 202 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, 1 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101

Furthest hotel South on the strip about 20 minutes away:
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

Do not hesitate to contact us should you have questions! We are awaiting for your registration forms so we can organize better our first tournament.

A bientôt ...

SE Regional Doubles - Results -

Another great Tournament day in South Florida even though some people complaint of being on the cool side at times it looked that it was going to rain but never happened.
 There were a total of 20 Doubles Teams from St Augustine, Orlando, Sarasota, Lakeworth Boca and Miami and after the long day of playing the results were as follow:



1st Place - Roger Arpaia and Frederic Penaranda


2nd Place - Marieke & John Rolland


3rd Place - Aaron Kianofsky and Jo Ella Manalan






                              Pictures by: Jose.

P’TIT LOUIS BISTRO OPEN 2013

Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29

HAYNES PARK, RIO RANCHO, NM

(Near Albuquerque)

New Mexico’s First International Open Pétanque Tournament

will be hosted by La Mesa Petanque Club and Rio Rancho Oktoberfest 2013!

Players from around the world will compete.

Event web page

 

SE Regional Triples - Results -

SE Triples in Lakeworth, FL.

The weather cooperated for the SE Regional Triples today at John Prince Park. We had 16 teams today from around the state of Florida, from Jupiter, Stuart, Boca, Sarasota, Oh la la Petanque Club and Boules de Leon as well as our usual cast of characters from the SFPC. The matches were hard- fought and the winners are: 

1st - Jacques Martinez/Elie Ohayon/Francis Cheru  

2nd- Gilles Canesse/Eric Moutard/Daniel Smith 

3rd-Jean Rolland/Bernard Martin/Claude Lauhle 

4th - Alain Girard/Philippe Tripouli/Frederic Penaranda

Thanks to Joella Manalan for the Info.

SE Mixed Triples - Results -

SE Regional Mixed Triples in Boca Raton FL.

  There were a total of 10 Mixed Triple Teams to battle it out at he Boca 2000 Playing grounds on another sunny and hot day of winter and at the end of the day the results were as follow:

1st Place  John Rolland + Marieke Rolland + Gilles Clairoux



2nd Place   Robichaud Michel + Gilles Lachance + Gina

3rd Place   Roger Arpaia  + Christian Cazenave + Denise Magas 

The Final was  not able to be played to 13 points but to as two more ends when both teams were tied at 6, both Teams were Ok with the decision due that was very dark and visibility was poor.

SE Mixed Doubles - Results -

SE Regional Mixed Doubles Tournament - Boca Raton, FL.

Saturday morning started with some early showers that stopped before the Players arrived and left the ground wet for half of the day but continued with temperatures in the 80's. There were a total of 11 Mixed Doubles Teams with 4 preliminary games  and  8 Teams going forward.
there were Players from Canada, Maine, St Augustine, Jupiter, Lakeworth and Boca Raton.


1st Place   Jacques Martinez and Nicole Beloy


2nd Place   John Rolland and Marieke Rolland


3rd Place   Roger Arpaia and Denise Magas

SE "60+overs" Regional Doubles

(Sunday, November 18) The South Florida Petanque Club closed out the 2012 FPUSA tournament season by hosting the Southeast "60 + Over" Regional Doubles.

16 teams competed, and here are the results:

Gold Medalists:
Roger Arpaia & Gerard Galliano (Boca 200 Petanque)

Silver Medalists:

Elie Ohayon & Jacky Martinez (Boca 200 Petanque)

Bronze Medalists:

Jean Rolland & Claude Lauhle (Boca 200 Petanque)

Consolante:  
#1-Joella Manalan (SFPC) & Aaron Kianofsky (Boca)
#2-Armand Lallinec & Joseph Delpuppo (SFPC)
#3-Michel Robichaud (Boca) & Daniel Wachtl ( SFPC)

Thanks to SFPC and all our host clubs for their support of FPUSA and our members. 'Looking forward to another great year in 2013!

Websites for following TEAM USA in World Champs

Event runs Oct. 4-7

The official website of the tournament:

http://www.petanque-marseille2012.fr/index.php?lang=en

The international federation’s website:

http://www.fipjp.com/en/

The Austin, TX, petanque club’s site that is posting updates:

http://heartoftexas.wordpress.com/

Other suggestions?

E-mail me & I will add them to the list.

bleysrose@gmail.com

Women's World Championship Qualifier

Here  is additional info on the tournament weekend. 


Simultaneous with the 2-day Women's Qualifier will be 2 one-day tournaments open to members of any FPUSA club. 


Saturday Sept. 8 melee triples

Sunday Sept. 9 select doubles

Registration is $10 per person for each tournament.
All entrance $ will be distributed to top teams in the concours & consolantes.


Please contact Andre Strong  by Friday Sept 7 if you plan on participating by email (andrelstrong@gmail.com), and register on site by 8:30 the morning of the tournament. 

Awards dinner
At approx. 6pm on Sunday Sept. 9 will be a Down East Lobster dinner, on site, at the Boatyard Grill. Features steamed mussels, 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 lb. lobster, corn on the cob, red potatoes, salad and dessert. Price is $40 tax & tip included. If lobster is not desired alternatives will be available, please let us know in advance your preferences, Boatyard Grill will also be taking orders each morning for box lunches with a variety of sandwiches ($7 - $9). 

Maine Boules Club will be providing free coffee & pastries each morning and bottled water during the day.
MBC does not have a website but you can follow the club at MAINE BOULES CLUB on Facebook to see what the terrain looks like and for updates on weather predictions, photos, results etc.

Results: FPUSA’s NW regional triples melee on Aug. 12

FPUSA Northwest Regional Triples Melee Results

August 12, 2012 at La Petanque Mariniere courts, San Rafael, CA

The event drew 54 players in 18 teams of triplettes from across the Northwest region.

The final results and prize money:

Concours

1st place: Kevin Evoy/Phim Nielsen/Tamara Efron: $73.00 each

2nd place: Paul Moua/Pierre Bremont/Christine Cragg: $41.00 each

3rd place: Steve Jones/Jean-Michel Poulnot/Simone Furlan: $31:00 each

Consolante

1st place: Steven Paulsen/Patick Vaslet/Helen McGill: $31:00 each

2nd place: Yor Lee/Larry Cragg/Christine Jones: $20.00 each

3rd place: Alain Gusella/Antonia Paulsen/Nan Walker: $13.00 each

Antoine Lofaro served as the event's sole umpire and credit for smooth organization is due to Verena Rytter, Bart Zachofsky and David Riffo.

For color commentary on the event, see the blog by La Petanque Mariniere’s digital scribe, Alain Efron, at his site:

http://cochonnetmarin.com/site/Whats_new_1.html

FPUSA NW Region results for Mixed Triples and Singles

FPUSA NW Region Mixed Triples winners

(Lto R) Philippe, Isabelle,& Pierre Agnesse, Jen Sliker, Wally Peppel, & Joe Martin, Nicole & Mickey Coughlin, Doug Colleton)

Over the weekend of July 28-29, 2012, the Portland Petanque Club hosted the FPUSA NW Region Mixed Triples and Men's and Women's singles.

Participating clubs included those from Oregon (EPIC, Rogue Bouligans), Washington(SPC, Edmonds, Walla Walla), and Northern California (REBC), all included in the FPUSA NW Region. 

The tournament began with a Friday afternoon "apero" and the drawing to place the 14 mixed triples teams into the Saturday morning qualifying games. 

Saturday, the matches got underway and after a break for lunch, the afternoon the 8 team concours and 6 team consolante commenced. By about 6pm the winning teams emerged. 

Mixed Triples

1st Place- Mickey and Nicole Coughlin and Doug Colleton (all REBC)

2nd Place- Joe Martin, Jen Sliker, Wally Peppel (all PPC)

3rd Place- Pierre, Isabelle, Philippe Agnesse (all PPC)

4th Place Shaughn McClug, Celia Crittenden (both PPC), J. Prince (REBC)

A well attended catered dinner at the club followed and players stayed until dark playing pick up games.

Sunday morning, both the Men's and the Women's singles commenced with 24 players in the men's and 8 in the women's.

Singles games go the fastest, so by 4:30PM, we had our winners.

In the Men's Singles, it was:

1st- Thai Nguyen (PPC)

2nd- Joe Martin (PPC)

3rd- Mickey Coughlin (REBC)

4th- Tim Larson (PPC)

And for the Women's Singles:

1. Celia Crittenden (PPC)

2. Jeed Chaiboonruang EPIC)

Challenge Robert Pierre August 25 & 26, 2012 NYPC

Dear Club Presidents and All,

As a few of you are already aware, we wanted to make sure that neither you nor your members will miss the opportunity to spend two days with the best player of the moment in the world!

Dylan ROCHER
... Not yet 21 years old, he has a fantastic bio. Here are a few (but not all) of his achievements:
-World Champion Young 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007
-French Champion Cadets 2005
-European Champion Cadets in doubles and triples 2006
-French Champion Juniors 2008
-European Champion Junior 2008
-Ligue Champion senior 2009
-Millau Tête à Tête champion 2010
-Champion Mondial La Marseillaise 2010
-French Champion doubles 2011
-European Champion Senior Triples 2011
-European Champion Espoirs Triples 2011
-Champion Mondial La Marseillaise 2012
-French Champion Mixte double 2012
-Finalist Europetanque d'Azur 2012
-Selected to represent FRANCE at the incoming World Championship 2012

We are offering you a chance of a lifetime to be with and compete against a Pétanque phenomenon.

You can check videos of him in action :

Shooting => http://youtu.be/t7uHuuxqO48?t=19s

French Championship Mixed Doubles July 2012 (He shot 30 boules, missed ONE, touches ONE, hits 30 with a large majority of carreaux) => http://bambuser.com/v/2830206

Program:

Friday 24th Exhibition at Bryant Park, NYC, between 3:00 PM and 6:00PM where Dylan will delight the audience with his skills

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th Double Tournament at the NYPC courts in Prospect Park. Concours + Consolante, numerous prizes for all.

For more details, please go to our website:
http://newyorkpetanque.com/2012/05/challenge-robert-pierre-august-25-26-2012

For Hotels: A few hotels in Brooklyn, but none are in walking distance from the terrains. We recommend that you also check some hotels outside of the Lincoln Tunnel, in NJ. Close enough from the courts, and cheaper than in Manhattan. The following websites are just for your information and help:
http://www.ascendcollection.com/
http://www.qualityinn.com/
http://www.sleepinn.com/
http://www.daysinn.com/

See you all.

Results: FPUSA's NW regional doubles on June 24

FPUSA.SmugMug.com/REBC

FPUSA NORTHWEST REGIONAL MEN’S & WOMEN’S DOUBLES RESULTS

June 24, 2012 at Redwood Empire Boules Club, Fort Bragg, California

Report from REBC's Dan Feaster:

This is new link to tournament photos:

FPUSA.SmugMug.com/REBC

 

Men’s Concours

First Place: Mickey Coughlin (REBC) Dan Feaster (REBC)

Second Place: Peter Mathis (VOMPC) Steve Paulsen (VOMPC)

Third Place: Bleys Rose (Petaluma Valley) Tom Parkinson (REBC)

Men’s Consolante

First Place: Jean-Claude Etallaz (La Pétanque Marinière) Jean Claude Bunand (LA Boule D’OR)

Second Place: Hans Kurz (VOMPC) Michael Cooper (VOMPC)

Third Place: Frank Menhams (REBC) Obe Brown (REBC)

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Women’s Concours

First Place: Holly Sammons (VOMPC) Shannon Bowman (VOMPC)

Second Place: Antonia Paulsen (La Pétanque Marinière) Verena Rytter (La Pétanque Marinière)

Third Place: Christine Cragg (La Pétanque Marinière) Teri Sirico (petaluma Valley)

Women’s Consolante

First Place: Barbara Howard (REBC) Nan Walter (REBC)

Second Place: Carolina Jones (Lamorinda) Beth Lysten (Lamorinda)

In addition, on the preceding Saturday, REBC and the Noyo yo yos co-sponsored an open, select doubles event to honor a prominent North coast petanque player.

Skip Wollenberg Memorial Tournament Results

June 23, 2012 at Redwood Empire Boules Club, Fort Bragg, California

Concours

First Place: Hans Kurz (VOMPC) Michael Cooper (VOMPC)

Second Place: Peter Gealey (REBC) Larry Kellogg (REBC)

Third Place: Holly Sammons (VOMPC) Shannon Bowman (VOMPC)

Fourth Place: Kevin McGill (Sacramento Petanque) Helen McGill (Sacramento Petanque)

Consolante

First Place: Peter Mathis (VOMPC) Steve Paulsen (VOMPC)

Second Place: Ron Hock (REBC) Mike Stewart (REBC)

Third Place: Joe Martin (Noyo Yoyos) Charles Reinhart (Noyo Yoyos)

A total of 27 teams competed in each event. Both events were held on courts alongside the new C.V. Starr aquatic Center in The seaside city of Fort Bragg.

Petanque players came from Oregon as well as the Northern California cities of San Francisco, San Rafael, Sonoma, Petaluma and sacramento. Even France was represented! The North Coast communities of Ukiah, Willits, Sea Ranch, fort Bragg, Mendocino, Little River and Albion were well represented in the first FPUSA event ever held in fort Bragg.

Eight NW clubs were represented: Redwood Empire Boules Club, Club Francais de Sacramento, Lamorinda Petanque Club, Boule d’Or (San Francisco), La Petanque Mariniere (Marin), Valley of the Moon Petanque Club (Sonoma), Petaluma Valley Petanque Club, Rogue Bouligans (Williams, OR).

2012 USA Team Sposorship Pkg

2012 USA Team Sponsoring Package:

Thanks to Teri Sirico this is one the the ways to get the 2012 USA Team to the Pan American Championship in Istres, France and to the World Petanque Championship in Marseille, France at the end of September and Begining of October.

Thanks to Teri Sirico for Developing this Package.

FPUSA NW REGION MIXED TRIPLES AND SINGLES

Here are the entry forms and announcements for the FPUSA NW Region Mixed Triples and Men's and Women's Singles being hosted by the Portland Petanque Club the weekend of July 28-29, 2012.

The Portland Club is experienced in hosting title tournaments and our volunteers are known for working diligently to help competitors have a fulfilling weekend complete with great camaraderie and good food in a very pretty city known for its hospitality.



Looking for a partner try this new site: http://portlandppf.weebly.com


We hope to see many NW Region players on our courts the last weekend in July!


Click on an image to enlarge

Posted by Tish Harris, 



SW REGIONALS DOUBLES PLACINGS: Held 5-26-12 in Los Angeles, Ca. 
18 teams competed!

1st: Tom Nguyen, Thom Thai (Los Angeles).
2nd: Artem Zuev (Los Angeles), Karim Kamal (not sure of your club sorry!).
3rd: Paul Yang, By Vang (Fresno Petanque club).

Consolante:
1st: Didier Pellerud (not sure of your club), Michel Ribet (San Diego).
2nd: Elena Chardonnay, Hoa Lam (Los Angeles).

It must have been a great tournament!




SW Regional TRIPLES, held in Los Angeles Petanque Club. 5-27-12. 
14 teams played for the honors.
1st: Didier Pellerud, Michel Ribet (San Diego), Eric Vigouroix (sp?). Sorry guys, not sure of your clubs.
2nd: Paul Yang, By Vang, Nicolas Kau Yang, Fresno Petanque club.
3rd: Tom Nguyen, Thom Thai, (Los Angeles Club) Karim Kamal, not sure of your club.

Consolante:
1st: Patrick Montoya, Mark Haagenstad, Jacob Knight. La Mesa Petanque Club
2nd: Munif Aamir, Jared Gearhart, La Mesa Petanque Club, Elena Chardonnay, Los Angeles Petanque.


This must have been another super tournament!  Congrats to all the winners, well done!

Challenge Robert Pierre at NYPC

Dear NYPC members and friends,

We are extremely excited to welcome World Champion Dylan Rocher during our Challenge Robert Pierre on August 25 & 26 2012 !!!

The tournament format will be a select doubles and is limited to 32 teams. There will be $1,000 to the winners and the entrance fee of $100 per team will include breakfast and lunch for both days.

Please print, fill out and mail out the entry form attached and confirm your registration after mailing out at thierry.julliard@gmail.com

See you there!

Thierry NYPC

How To Get There: from Union Square in Manhattan, take the Q and exit at Church Ave in Brooklyn and walk along the baseball/football fields => see the map for the 32 min commute!

RECAP:

What: Challenge Robert Pierre Select Doubles with World Champion Venue Dylan Rocher

When: August 25 & 26, 2012 Game starts at 9;30 AM

Registration Fee: In Advance ONLY, $100 per team, Max 32 teams (includes breakfast/lunch both days)

Prizes: $1,000 to the winners + Many prizes

FOOD AND DRINKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

A SHOOTING CONTEST WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE DURING BOTH DAYS

Disclaimer: Your registration for the tournament will be valid ONLY when you have received a confirmation back from us. (NYPC)