Ken Returns from the Rhineland

It was quite a nice day out on the piste in Royal Oak. The temperature held at around 58 degrees and the Michigan Petanque Club had a fairly decent showing.

Dan, Joe, Don, Ken, Cyrille, and Jeff played about 5 or 6 games before calling it quits. Two "shots on the iron" (One for Jeff, and one for Don) were witnessed by all, and together with Don's superb pointing, the Downriver Boys are becoming quite a formidable pair.

Ken (Team LaChance) showed us excellent pointing as well, which is strange for a man who hardly practices. One might even think that his "week in Germany" was in actuality a ruse to conceal some kind of "Boule Boot Camp Training with Marco Foyot in Marsailles" - we'll never know for sure... What was amusing was to finally see Team-Z on the same team as Team LaChance - a rarity for sure - and the pair did very well - perhaps their Petanque Trash Talking inspires greatness.

This session can also be well-noted for less calls for the TURTLE. Perhaps as the days get colder, the need to hasten matches outweighs the need to determine who has the point on close boules.

Lastly, I reviewed the Marco Foyot video "Ma Methode" last night, and after tossing a "practice boule" (Orange) across the "piste" (Carpet) at home a few dozen times, I can safely say that "I am NO Foyot"