Eight teams came up from Atlanta to RendezVous French Retaurant in Asheville, owned by Michel Baudouin, to play against a select group of players comprised mostly of Carolina Petanque members on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
The Asheville group has advised that this type competition is to occur on an annual basis in the spring of each year, ideally to rotate venues between Asheville and Atlanta. However, there has been some discussion that the spring of 2024 event may once again be held at RendezVous since the Atlanta Petanque League currently does not have a dedicated venue from which to host.
Here were the Asheville teams playing on Saturday:
Representing Asheville:
Rick Sweeney, Sue Daniels, & Danny Daniels
Bill Cooke, Michel Baudouin, & Dan Fitzgerald
Dana LeJune, Robin, Al Davison
Marc Quilici, Kathy Cline, & Tracie Jeffries
Juan Hernandez, Tess Whitlock, & Preston Meyers
Mike House, Dawn Pollard, & Jon Blood
Max Sewell, Ben Loera, & Martin Fletcher
Kirk Edwards, Bo Edwards, & Uijin Park
I don't have all the names of the Atlanta players, but here is a list of the team captains:
Gary Montgomery
Tricia Domingo
George Hougeir
Phil Desormeaux
Kevin Tull
Cindy Tull
Jay Williamson
Nico Philippi
After four rounds of play on Saturday, the Asheville group had won 17 games and lost 15. So, they are up by two games going into Sunday play.
Here are some pictures by Shirley:
And here are some by Sandy Boone:
There were four more rounds of play on Sunday. This time the results were different. The Atlanta teams rallied to win Sunday's play by a margin of four games 18 to 14. That gave them the overall victory by a score of 33 to 31. Thus allowing them possession of the CUP for a year.
Congratulations!
Here are Sandy Boone's pictures from Sunday play:
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