Friday's Game

 13  Candice  Jeff  Nick

7  Pat  Tim  Maury

Lots of Music, Buzz's Dog Marley, and Pat Returns to Playing



Marley is the Club's Official Mascot

  We had some music in the park.  LINK:  MUSIC DOGS and the RETURN OF PAT

 13  Abu  Maury

6  Jeff  Pat  Tim

Summer Time at the Detroit Petanque Club - Now with Food Vendors!

LINK:   Summer Time Food and Market Vendors at Cadillac Square Park

Campus Martius Park and Cadillac Square Park will be having  (starting June 10th) food vendors in some of the spaces at Cadillac Square Park during the week, and on Fridays, also have Market vendors.  This is good news, lots of foot traffic, more players to watch and participate.  Food...   And I just heard from Mr. Gregory (Head of the Detroit 300 Conservancy) that they will make sure that our club has the space to continue to play and enjoy the space.  So, no worries, lets have fun!

13  Alpha  Jeff  Abu

7  Nick  Fred  Deric

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13  Fred  Nick

10  Deric  Jeff  Alpha

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13  Jeff  Alpha  Candice

7  Abu  Fred  Alix

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13  Jeff  Deric  Abu

9  Fred  Alpha

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13   Jeff  Alpha

5  Nick  Fred

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13   Nick  Fred

11  Jeff  Alpha

Candice Tries out Petanque

Candice was rolling by (on her scooter) when she thoughtfully stopped by our in-progress game to check it out.  As we normally do, we bring the interested right into the game (after a couple of try-out throws).  Candice was really good, and she called her mother over to watch as we played the first, then another game.  True, we didn't win, but we held our own at 5 points - not too shabby when playing against seasoned players (Abu, Fred, Deric). 

 13  Abu  Fred

5  Alpha  Jeff  Candice

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13  Abu  Fred  Deric

5  Alpha  Jeff  Candice

Fanny for Tuesday

Fred and I succeeded in fannying Abu and Nick on Tuesday.  It happens.  I was just really shooting well, and Fred was pointing terrific.  The second game was hard fought with Abu and Nick taking the win (for the sake of time running out!)

13  Alpha Jeff

6  Fred Alix

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13  Alpha  Jeff

1  Fred Alix

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13  Fred Jeff

0  Abu  Nick

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13  Abu  Nick

12  Fred  Jeff

Thursday - May 2nd's Games

13  Alpha  Sam  Tim  Jeff

4  Fred  Abu  Alix

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13 (7) Alpha  Tim  Jeff

8 (2)  Fred  Sam  Alix 

Buzz Returns to the Petanque Club - and he brought a friend



Buzz Crozier rejoined the Detroit Petanque Club, back from Florida with his 4-month French water dog, Marley, in tow



Marley is a Barbet - a French Water Dog - which is quite appropriate for our petanque club



 Not so pretty, Team Abu & Jeff crushed Team Tim & Alpha in both games:

13 Abu Jeff

3  Tim  Alpha

13  Abu Jeff

7   Time  Alpha

Each time Team Tim/Alpha made some headway, either we shot or outpointed them.  But that happens.  If Pat were around he would have coached.  Tomorrow is another day.



Another Good Day to Be in Detroit



Alix has really displayed an expertise in petanque pointing from day one



13  Alix  Alpha  Rel  Jeff

12  Tim  Maury  Sam

Tuesday we were joined by Sam (new Sam, not Old Sam - "Old Sam, where are you?") and Rel (who refused to be photographed on account of not wanted to attract his fans to the area and disturbing game play.  Team-Alix was well behind the more experienced Team-Tim, but the last round (where we sat on 7 points, they were on 9!) wins at 10 points...  we geared up and earned the 3 points for the victory.

Alix Plays Anchor for Team Alpha/Jeff/Alix for the Win

13  Alix, Alpha, Jeff

9 Tim, Maury, Deric

Excellent game play this afternoon as Alix and Alpha showed up around 4 rounds in, to turn things around for the good.  We kept Team Tim/Maury/Deric at 9 points for 8 or 9 rounds while we were only gaining a point per round.   Alix just has a natural feel for pointing the boule straight in, within a couple of inches.  Not an easily beaten point by any experienced thrower.

1st Zanesfield Petanque Club Memorial Weekend Tourneys

The link to the Event page and info is located here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/512744285420057/

if you have any ?'s we can be reached at the above email address. Hope to see some other teams from the Midwest. 

Tuesday - April 23rd Results

Today we were joined by Alix (sp?) who was brought to the piste by her friend, Alpha.  Alix was brought into the game right away, as is our habit, and she played well after just a few throws.  Unfortunately, she and Alpha jumped into my game where I was already down 10 points - so she had to wait for the 2nd game in  order to make headway.

13  Abu  Maury  Nick    2 Alpha  Alix  Jeff  Time

13(8) Nick  Maury  Alpha    6(1) Jeff  Tim  Alix

Monday - April 22, 2013 Results

13  Abu & Maury    7  Jeff

13 (8) Abu & Maury    12 (7)  Jeff & Tim

Thursday's Game Results

6  (Jeff & Abu) to 13 (Maury & Alpha)

13 (Jeff & Abu) to 3 (Maury & Alpha)

Wednesday of the Season Petanque Opener

13  Jeff  Abu    7 Nick  Maury

13(7) Nick  Jeff      11(5) Abu




Day Two of the Season Opener in Detroit



Maury, Alpha, Tim and Jeff played a couple of games, while Pat coached from the side lines



 13  Tim Maury         6  Jeff Alpha 

  7(13)  Tim Maury       4(10)  Alpha Jeff 

Season Opening Game at Cadillac Square Park (Monday, April 15th)

Excellent weather for the season opener, with 70 degrees and sun in Detroit.  Out on the piste today were Tim; Deric; Maury; Jeff; Abu; and Fred.

right away the players were tossing excellent points, with Abu noticibly getting close boules every time!  Fred (also on my team) was throwing great.

We (Abu, Fred, Jeff) won the first game 13 to 4 (against Tim; Deric; and Maury).

The second game (a short one to 7 points) also went well.  Abu left for work, but we (Fred & Jeff) carried on with a 7 to 2 victory.

Not bad!

Pat, avid fan of the game, was out that day, but I'm sure he'll be back with us as soon as he can.

Zombie Apocalypse and We're Still Playing Petanque



While the rest of the world succumbs to the zombie apocalypse, we'll be playing petanque safely inside





Careful footing at the indoor courts - foot-faults have serious penalties




Zombes watch as we play petanque