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

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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.

Friday's Game with Photos and a Violin

Photographer: Rita T.

13  Pat Tim

11  Fred Jeff

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13  Pat  Tim  Abu

11  Fred  Jeff  Alpha  Nick

We were accompanied by a barefooted violinist 

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Detroit Petanque Club's Point System Updated & Corrected

After some careful examination, I found the old club spreadsheet to be lacking in some important data crunching features.

Here is the updated club's score table.

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As you can see there are some interesting statistics going on here, namely Winning-Percentages and Point-Spread Averages.

The Winning Percentages show how likely it is for a particular player to win his or her game.

     Nick leads the pack at a 67% win percentage, followed by Abu (at 62%) and then Alpha (54%)

     Win Percentage =  (Wins x 100) / Total Games

But winning is only half the battle, you also want to measure how "well" you've won, in essence, the point spread average.  Winning 13/1 is a better point value than winning 13/12, likewise losing your game 1/13 is much worse than losing 12/13.  The point values (see below) are awarded for those spreads.

     Abu tends to win his games with a bigger point spread 2.04 (and his losses are more narrow margins).  He's followed by Me, Nick and Alpha (close averages 1.96; 1.95; 1.94 respectively)  Sam has a 1.93 but since he has only 3 games in the sampling, his average doesn't have enough data points (yet) to note it as statistically sound.

What does this mean?  Well, clearly, if you had a team composed of Abu, Nick & Alpha - then you'd have quite a powerhouse, statistically speaking.  It also means that players can think of themselves in terms of not only how often they win, but how well they win.  As for team composition, we can also try out forming teams that are statistically more evenly matched (of those that show for game play - obviously).

Latest Scores - and a Tournament in Royal Oak on Saturday (June 8th)

 13  Pat Nick  Tim  Abu

8  Jeff  Fred  Deric  Mark  Candice

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13  Pat  Abu  Alpha

1  Jeff  Alix  Mark

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13  Pat  Alix  Alpha

12  Jeff  Candice  Abu  Mark

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13  Abu  Nick  Candice  Tim

7  Jeff  Deric  Pat

The Alliance Francaise of Michigan is running a petanque tournament on Saturday (June 8) 1-5pm at the VFW Park in Royal Oak (on the baseball diamond, corner of Lincoln and Wilson).

There is a $25 entry fee per Adult (Kids 8-16 are free)

The day includes Instruction/Practice, 3-Game Tournament, Championship Round.

There will be prizes, snacks, drinks, and dessert.

Space is limited, so you must register by today:  (248) 538-5440  or  infor@frenchinstitute.org (you can pay via credit card)

Team Pat Wipes Out - Again! Team Tim Unbeatable!

 13  Jeff  Nick  Tim  Alpha

2  Pat  Candice  Abu  Fred

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13 (7)  Pat  Nick  Fred

10 (4)  Jeff  Alpha  Candice  Tim

Petanque Going Full Force at Cadillac Square Park

13  Nick  Fred  Jeff

7  Pat  Tim  Abu

Tuesday's game was a real strong one for Team Nick/Fred/Jeff - we put Team Pat/Tim/Abu away with masterful pointing and shooting.  Pat demanded a re-match for today (Wednesday) - so we'll see.

13  Nick  Fred

10  Jeff  Deric  Candice

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13  Pat  Maury  Tim

4  Jeff  Abu  Fred

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13  Tim  Jeff  Candice

6  Pat  Maury

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13  Pat  Maury

10  Tim  Jeff  Candice

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13  Jeff  Abu

5  Nick  Fred