Sunday, April 14, 2024

Great day at EoT

 










We had a great afternoon yesterday at East-of-Texas BBQ in Winston-Salem. We were there from noon until 6:00 PM!

It was mostly our regular Carolina Petanque crowd for the first part of the afternoon, but we had a dozen or more young, first-time players--most of them freshmen at Wake Forest--in the latter part of the day.

It's amazing how welcoming and enthusiastic the management and staff of EoT have been to our group.

 Though they only have one court, we managed to divide it into two serviceable areas through some creative placement of a 10 ft 4x4, but you'll have to come early and be prepared to stay a while if you want to play.

Right now we plan to schedule play on Thursdays at 4:00 PM--subject to change somewhere a long the way--so call Preston or Shirley if you have questions or need updates. The court is always available during normal business hours, so feel free to participate in impromptu play whenever you can get a group together.

By the way: food, snacks, beverages, beer, wine, and cocktails are all available, so make it an outing!

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Indoors in Winston-Salem




As the outdoor season winds up, Shirley and I expect to discontinue scheduled club indoor play at the end of April--not that anyone wishing to do so  could not play. Just check with Marvin or Shawn at Hanes Hosiery Community Center.

--Gary
 

2024 Mixed Doubles USA National Championships

 



















































2024 USA National Champions


Qualifying Rounds















Elimination


 




1/2 Finals


Finals


Consolante AAAAA


 







1/2 Finals


Finals



Consolante BBBBB








1/2 Finals


Finals (tie for 3rd place)



Carolina Petanque had 12 players:

Michel Baudouin/Laura Cooper

Bill Cooke/Shirley Jones

Nick Verdile/Carol Verdile

Terry Wien/Sue Wien

John Wilson/Tina Currie

Marc Quilici/Kathy Cline

Congratulations to all the players. HUGE win for Marc & Kathy!!! Kathy won 2 National titles in one weekend!

And another special point out--John & Tina won Consolante AAAAA, making Tina a two-time winner of the Consolante for the weekend!