Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Windy and Cool




Sunday afternoon at Miller Park in Winston-Salem was overcast for most of the afternoon, but the sun did manage to peek out once in a while on our sun court. Wind picked up to probably 10-15 mph towards the end of play making it seem colder than it was. Still, we had ten players despite the fact that rain had been forecast. The rains never came and we played.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Parker!


Bo's photos


Bo's rather artistic photos of Thursday afternoon play at Catawba River Soccer (&Petanque) Complex in Morganton.

Wednesday return to Miller park





After the previous week's excitement of the Lexington Barbecue Petanque Festival tournament, we resumed regularly scheduled play on Wednesday with a dozen players playing on the sun court in Winston-Salem. (Thanks, Mary Jo, for taking pictures. Shirley forgot her phone/camera.)

Tournament postscript





 Beautiful weather on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for our tournament. Then, rain on Monday for our break-down day at Finch Park. Weren't we lucky!?


Tuesday, October 24, 2017

2017 Lexington Barbecue Festival Petanque Tournament Final Day



Consolante:



Above are the final rankings of the 24 teams after four qualifying rounds on Saturday and one more on Sunday morning. Of our 24 teams, two had perfect 5 wins 0 losses records. Based upon point differentials, Bo and Mohamed were seeded number one; Cruz and Noe were seeded number two. Sixteen teams advanced to the Concours; eight teams played in the Consolante.

Spectators trying their hand




Theo

Earl teaching in the parking lot

Parking lot play




















 Results

Champions: Bo and Mohamed

Runners-up: Bill and Ricky
Bronze (tie): Andry and Sidi
Bronze (tie): Cruz and Noe
Consolante Winners: Nelson and Khalid
Consolante 2nd place: Guillaume and Rebekah
Consolante 3rd place (tie): Rick and Maggie
Consolante 3rd place (tie): Jerome and Jeanne

Bo Johns and Mohamed Boulahoual  pulled off an impressive feat of winning the tournament for the third year in a row. Congratulations to Bo and Mo, and to all the winners pictured above.

Thank you to all who came and participated and to those who came and watched and supported our efforts. It's been a real pleasure sponsoring this event for the past five years.
--Gary and Shirley


 P.S.-- After the tournament we adjourned to our house where Mike presented Earl with an apron congratulating him for being the unofficial winner of the chili cook-off on Friday night. Texas-style chili with no beans is unusual here in the Carolinas, but it was much appreciated by Friday night's crowd.

Earl Lovell from Texas

Donnie, Earl, and Mike