Winter Rankings as of December 6th (Friday)

 

After an eight game losing streak, I finally, on Friday, was able to break the run with a "magnificent" 13-9 victory.  Ahem...

 

13  Pat  Maury

6  Jeff Fred

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13  Pat  Nick

2  Jeff Maury  Fred

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13  Tim  Pat  Nick

0  Jeff  Maury  Fred

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13  Tim  Pat  Nick

11  Jeff  Maury  Fred

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13  Nick  Pat  Tim

3  Jeff  Fred

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13  Nick  Pat  Tim

7  Jeff  Fred

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13  Pat  Tim  Maury

3  Jeff  Nick  Ryan  Abu

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13  Pat  Tim  Maury

3  Abu  Jeff

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13  Jeff  Abu

9  Pat Tim  Maury

Winter Standings as of December 2nd, 2013

13  Pat  Maury

6  Jeff  Fred

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13  Pat  Nick  Deric

0  Ryan  Jeff  Tim  Abu

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13  Pat  Nick  Deric

12  Ryan  Jeff  Tim  Abu

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13  Jeff

11  Abu  Maury

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13  Abu

8  Maury  Jeff

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13  Pat  Tim  Deric

9  Abu  Jeff  Nick

Fred Tops the Winter Rankings

Game play at the Penobscot building's petanque piste has been going rather nicely.  The carpet takes a boule roll/bounce/shot very realistically, and there are plenty of twists, rises, curves in the carpet/floor to give us some interesting boule travel.

 

13  Pat  Fred

6  Jeff  Abu Maury

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13  Fred  Abu

12  Jeff Maury

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13  Pat  Tim

5  Fred  Nick  Jeff

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13  Fred Nick  Jeff

12  Pat  Tim

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13  Abu  Fred  Jeff

12  Pat  Tim  Maury

WINTER SESSION BEGINS AT PENOBSCOT BUILDING

Big thanks to Fred K. for securing us a nice, warm Winter location for petanque playing.  It is in the historical, Penobscot Building, in Suite 427.

Video of Petanque Play at Penbscot Building

Due to the dazzling carpet, we will be using a very shiny cochonnet

 

GAME 1

13  Pat  Fred

12  Jeff Tim  Abu

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GAME 2

13  Fred  Abu

8  Maury  Jeff

 

Maury Tops the Petanque Rankings

13 Jeff Fred

5 Pat Tim Craig

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13  Jeff Maury

5  Abu  Pat  Tim

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13  Tim  Pat  Maury  Fred

1  Jeff TJeff Abu

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13  Maury  Pat  Tim

6  Abu  Craig  Fred  Jeff

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13  TJeff  Pat

7  Jeff  Tim  Maury

Pat Regains the Top Rank after a Brutal 13-0 Victory on Tuesday

 

13  Pat  Tim  Maury  Fred

0  Jeff  TallJeff  Alpha

In a brutal victory, Team Pat destroyed Team Jeff in the rare "Fanny" 13/0 game.  Not much to say on this except that I feel fortunate the "authentic" French pratice of being fannied was not implemented.

13  Jeff TallJeff  Maury

8  Candice  Tim  Fred

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13  Nick  Jeff  Abu

6  Tim  Maury  Fred

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13  Nick  Maury  Alpha

4  Jeff  TallJeff  Fred

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13  Maury  Jeff  Nick  Abu

6  TallJeff  Pat  Tim  Craig

Alpha back on the Top of the Rankings

13  Jeff  TallJeff  Tim

6  Pat  Fred  Abu  Nick

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13  Pat  Fred  Nick  Abu

10  Jeff  TallJeff  Tim  Maury

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13  Pat  Tim  Fred

3  Jeff  Maury  Nick  Abu

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13  Pat  Tim  Fred

12  Jeff  Maury  Nick  Abu

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13  Jeff  Merle  Tim  Nick

11  Pat  TallJeff  Maury  Craig

Maury Tops the Club's Ranks with a 59% Win Percentage

13  Pat  Maury

10  Fred  Jeff

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13  Pat  Fred  Kristina

6  Jeff  Maury  Tom

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13  Jeff  Maury  Nick

6  Craig  Pat  Abu

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13  Jeff Maury  Nick

11  Craig  Pat  Abu

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13  Nick  Jeff

8  Fred

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13  Fred

7  Nick  Jeff

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13  Bryan  Nick  Pat

11  Fred  Jeff

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13  Abu  Fred  Jeff

12  Bryan  Pat  Nick

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13  Pat  Tim  Maury

12  Rel  Jeff  Abu  Alpha

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13  Fred  Jeff

7  Pat

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13  Pat

12  Fred  Jeff

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13  Jeff  Nick  Paul  T-Jeff

6  Jason  Fred  Pat  Tim

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13  Pat  Jeff  Alpha

4  Paul  Tim  Abu

LATEST RANKINGS - PAT AT TOP

13  Fred  Jeff  Maury  Elizabeth

4  Pat  Tim  Tall Jeff  Steve

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13   Fred  Jeff  Maury  Elizabeth

12  Pat  Tim  Tall Jeff  Steve

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13  Nick  Maury  Steve

12  Pat  Elizabeth  Tall Jeff

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13  Jeff  Alpha

2  Tim  Abu

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13  Pat  Tim

8  Jeff  Maury  Paul

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13  Jeff  Maury  Paul

11  Sam  Pat   Tim

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13  Jeff  Deric  Steve  Sam

6  Pat  Tim  Fred  Nick

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13  Pat  Paul  Nick  Abu

2  Jeff  Tim  Steve  Tall Jeff

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13  Jeff  Tim  Steve  Tall Jeff

8  Pat  Paul  Nick  Abu

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13  Jeff  Adam  Fred  Deric

12  Pat  Maury  Tim  Abu

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13  Pat  Fred  Maury  Deric

2  Jeff  Tall Jeff  Abu  Tim

Marco Foyot Will be at the Zanesfield Petanque Club Oct 3 2013.

Marco Foyot Will be at the Zanesfield Petanque Club Oct 3 2013.

Twelve Players in Two Games at Cadillac Square

Alpha, Nick, Raphael and Abu playing their doublette

Tall Jeff taking aim

Kristina making the close point

Measuring for closeness

 

13  Pay  Maury  Kristina  Fred

5   Jeff  Tall-Jeff  Tim  Tom

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13  Nick  Abu

9  Alpha  Raphael

Pat and Tim Skunk Tall-Jeff, Jeff and Nick Despite Hypnotism

Tall Jeff using his Mind-Bending Trick to make Pat Throw Badly

Tall Jeff focuses on making Pat Miss

Tall Jeff using his Magneto abilities on Tim

 

 RESULTS OF TALL JEFF'S MIND ALTERING TECHNIQUE:

13  Pat & Tim

0  Tall Jeff  Jeff  Nick

SKUNK

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 13  Pat  Tim

5  Tall Jeff   Jeff  Nick

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13  Tall Jeff   Fred

11  Maury  Tim

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13  Jeff  Jason  Nick

11  Pat  Paul  Craig

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13  Pat  Paul  Abu

10  Jeff  Jason  Nick

PAT bumps ABU off the Top Ranking

13   Tall-Jeff  Fred  Pat  Alpha

12  Tim  Abu  Jeff  Nick  Alix

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13  Pat  Tim  Fred

5  Nick  Jeff  Abu

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13  Jeff  Tall-Jeff  Fred  Paul

7  Pat  Tim  Abu  Maury

After carefully laying out his opponents, Pat A. has finally toppled the long time top ranking Abu from his lofty perch.  Not that it will be easy for him to remain there with so many other player's stats on his coat-tails. 

New Player: Kristina joins up with the Detroit Petanque Club

13  Fred  TallJeff  Pat

7  Maury  Tim  Kristina

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13  Alpha  Craig

11  Jeff  Paul

Pat slides to Second Place in the Rankings

Excellent games being played - really tight scores.  We've had some visits:  Bob M. from North Carolina; along with local visits from Paul and Tom W. (Jason C's visits are becoming more regular so we won't consider him a guest any more - he's a regular!)

13  Abu  Nick  Alpha

6  Fred  Jeff  Tim

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13  Jeff  TallJeff  Abu

10  Fred  Tim

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13   Abu  Jeff

12   Nick  Fred

This was a good game.  Abu and i were well behind, caught up - and won!

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13  Pat  Tim  Maury

9  Jason  Bob M.   Tom W.

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13  Pat  Tim  Maury

6   Paul  Fred  Jeff  Nick

Paul was pointing immediately like a professional. Good going Paul!

Abu Maintains Lead By Avoiding Playing?

13  Jeff  Jason C.  Tim

11  TallJeff  Pat  Fred

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13  Jeff  Tim  Fred

7  TallJeff  Nick  Pat

Team Pat & Tim Fought Back their Wins

Straggling behind 8 points to Zero, Team Pat/Tim re-doubled their efforts (coincidentally when Abu joined Team Nick/Jeff) to win their games 13 to 11 and 13 to 7 (ouch).

 

13  Pat Tim

11  Nick  Jeff Abu

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13  Pat  Tim

7  Nick  Jeff

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13  Tim  Pat  Abu  Maury

11  Jeff  TallJeff  Nick  Craig

Latest Rankings for Detroit Petanque Club

13  Jeff  Nick  Alpha

9  Pat  Tim  Fred

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13  Fred  Jeff  Alpha

11  Craig  Pat  Tim

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13  Maury  Tim  Deric

8  Jeff  TallJeff  Jason

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13  Craig  Tim

8  Jeff  TallJeff

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13  Jeff  TallJeff

9  Craig  Tim

 



Fred Captain's Team that Nearly Came Back from 3 Points Against 12

In a very exciting Wednesday game at Cadillac Square Park, Team Fred/Jeff/TallJeff was behind Team Pat/Tim/Nick 3 points to their 12.  In a series of carefully orchestrated rounds they gained point by point until they sat at 11 points to Team-Pat's 12.  In the final round, Jeff rolled in a boule for what would be 2 points sitting (and the win) - but a nicely played boule by Pat removed our chance giving them their 13 and victory.

13  Pat  Tim  Nick

11  Fred  Jeff  TallJeff

Abu Tops the Petanque Club Rankings

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3  Pat  Fred  Tim  Nick

3  Jeff  TallJeff  Abu

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13  Jeff  TallJeff  Abu

11  Pat  Fred  Tim  Nick

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13  Pat  Abu  TallJeff  Tim

12  Jeff  Fred  Maury

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13  Jeff  Fred  Ali

3   Pat  Maury  Tim

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13  Jeff  Fred

10  Pat  Maury  Tim

Marco Foyot USA Tour

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Heavy Rain Showers on Thursday Did NOT Keep Us from Playing

13  Fred  Alpha  Nick

9  Jeff  TallJeff

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13  Pat  Maury

9  Tim  Rel

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13  Pat  Tim  Maury  Nick

9  Deric  Jeff  Fred  Alpha

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13  Alpha

9  Jeff  TallJeff

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13  Pat  Tim

7  Jeff Alpha  Rel

Week Ends with Everyone Playing at Strong Levels

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 13  Fred  Nick  Jeff

2  Pat  Tim  TallJeff

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13  Pat  Tim

5  Jeff  Maury

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13  Jeff  Fred  Maury  Sam  Timothy

8  TallJeff  Pat  Tim  Nick

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Games are Really Heating Up - Teams Evenly Picked

Monday's game was well played to the end.  The teams were evenly matched (Pat/ Abu/ Fred/ Alpha) vs. (Tim/ Jeff/ TallJeff/ Deric) - and the score see-sawed a point or sso throughout.   BUT, the final round had the cochonnet knocked far back and away from Team-Tim's mass of boules.  Leaving us with a boule to try and hold against four or five contender boules from Team-Pat who took the game with five points earned.

There are two types of rankings going on, the POINT SPREAD AVERAGE for those that want to see who has been winning their games with the widest point spreads (or losing games with the slimmest); and then there is the WIN PERCENTAGE rankings.

13  Pat  Abu  Fred  Alpha

8  Jeff  Tim  Deric  Tall-Jeff

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13  Alpha  Tim

2  Nick  Rel

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13  Nick  Rel

11  Alpha  Tim

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13 (7)  Fred

9 (3) Jeff

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13  Pat  Alpha  Fred  Maury

12  Nick  Rel  Jeff  Tim

Latest Results Even During Rainy Days

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13  Pat  Maury  Deric  Sam1

6  Jeff  Fred  Abu  Sam2

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13  Pat  Tim  Abu

9  Jeff Maury

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13  Maury  Sam  Fred  Deric

4  Jeff  Mark  Alpha

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13  Jeff  Mark  Alpha

6  Deric  Maury  Fred

Sam, Bocce Player, Shows Us His Supreme Skills

 While setting up to play today (Wednesday) Sam came over as an interested bocce player to try out petanque.  We immediately conscripted him into the game and fortunately he was on my team because he was terrific.  He shot away boule after boule with ease.  I recall, years ago, when our club played in a competition against bocce players and the bocce players outperformed us handily.  If you're ever up in Lake Orion, at the Palazzo di Bocce, if you look in the trophy case, you'll see a big silver cup they won in that competition.

Sam surprised us all with his bocce expertise translated into expert boule shooting

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 5  Tall Jeff   Jeff  Tim  Abu  Sam  (Abu filled in for whem Sam left)

13  Pat  Fred  Maury  Nick

 



Father and Son Take the Piste and Show their Genetic Sports Prowess

Father and Son at the Petanque Courts (Maury B. and Tom B.)

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 13  Jeff,  Jeff  Tim

10 Fred  Pat Nick

 

The game started off with us (Team-Jeff) absolutely slaughtering our competition, perhaps going for the 13/0 skunk.  But then Team-Pat inched their way up the ladder, earning themselves 10 points rapidly before taking the 13/10 loss.

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13  Jeff  Fred

4  Tom B.  Maury B.  Tim

Tom B. shows his father some very professional petanque pointing

Maury B., recently celebrated his birthday, and a long-time anniversary of his working at his firm.  He brought his son, Tom along to the courts to play a game or two and show us that his sports skills were handed down genetically to his son as well.

Long Time Player, Jeff, Returns to the Piste for Excellent Pointing

 We haven't seen Jeff for years, but he's been practicing with his own set of boules and it showed today when he put in point after point with his "rapid backspin" style of boule throwing.

Tim takes advantage of the new food court at Cadillac Square Park

Team-Pat Catches Up Quickly

Richard "Buzz" Crozier Passed Away This Past Saturday

This past Saturday (June June 22nd) I received a call from Deric who resides in the same building as Buzz.  He told me that Buzz passed away as a result of injuries from falling.  We had only just seen him the week previous, he was crossing Woodward with Marley in tow going into Campus Martius.  Always a soft-spoken gentleman, we will miss Buzz.  Regards to his wife, Timmi Crozier.

Very recent photo of Buzz and Marley.  This was about two or three weeks ago (early June).  Buzz came by to watch us.

He was always invited to participate, because we all know that the game of petanque is available for people of all stages of mobility.

Mark Weisgerber and Buzz Crozier.  Buzz had regained his strength and was playing standing for a season.



Buzz Crozier started playing petanque with the Detroit Petanque Club in 2009.  At the time, he was still in his chair.

You can also see Hal D'Darpini, Tom Cipollone,  Tim Clabuesch, and Eric Cetnar in this photo.  Eric passed away recently too.  I'm glad we had a chance to meet them.

Pizza party with the club.  Buzz thoughtfully provided the food for the party.  He was always very generous.