Mica and Stephane continue to be enthusiastic hosts at Nevin Park in Charlotte. The exciting new development is that they (along with Shirley) met with Katie Lloyd, Capital Planning for Mecklenburg County Parks & Recreation, to discuss the possibility of expanding and renovating our playing area.
It appears that if we incorporate the area taken up by the grassy medians that separate each of the five old bocce courts that we've been playing on for the past fifteen years, we could have room for eight courts. We could have an area 16meters long by 34meters wide which would allow for regulation size courts with 1/2 meters on both ends and both sides before the retaining timbers.
Eight is the magic number of courts we would need to hold FPUSA tournaments!
Of course, it's not a "done deal," but Katie sounded promising.
Just for fun, I looked up the first play there.
From December 5, 2010, here are the pics:
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| Augustin, Ed, Ann |
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| Shirley |
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| That's Steve Cantt on the right |
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| Me on the right |
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| Sleet!!! |
It was about 34 degrees at game time in Charlotte yesterday with a
wintry mix in the forecast when six of us got together for petanque at
Nevin Park. We were very happy to have two new, first-time players with
us. Dr. Ed Shoaf and his wife, Ann, had been communicating via e-mail
for some time (he's the one who actually discovered the boules area at
Nevin Park and informed CarolinaPetanque). Their schedule finally
coincided with ours for Saturday. It's too bad the weather couldn't
have been a little more cooperative for their first outing.
Nevertheless,
we had fun trying to get a game in before the precipitation started.
We only made it about halfway through the first game before the
rain/sleet/snow began. The Shoafs were good sports and we finished in
the wetness. Please come back again soon, guys, when we can hope for
better weather.
The four CarolinaPetanque
members who showed up (Augustin, Steve G., Shirley, and myself)
continued through the ensuing showers for the next hour or so until the
wintry mix finally subsided. We then played on until near-dark at 5:00
PM. We had good games and no one seemed to let the inclement
circumstances deter their fun. Maybe it's just a mind set? Or maybe
we're "mental"?
