Mid America Select Triples-- Day 1

Kirk's announcements

Amber, John, and Jane Gantt- Ghostbusters

Kaye Taliana, Bob Robertson, and Ronnie Thompson

Tracie Jeffries and her dad

Thanks, Jane!

Lunch break

Sue and Danny Daniels w/ Don E. Baker from Ohio

Rusty Reed (Deep Gap, NC)

After play refreshments at Judge's Riverside

Our evening meal

Courtesy of Michel Baudouin and Bill Cooke

Fit for a king!

Michel owns BOUCHON and the new RENDEZVOUS in Asheville

 BOUCHON


If you didn't attend the Mid-America Select Triples in Morganton over the weekend, you missed a great time. Even though our attendance was not what we had hoped for, with the fact that it was triples, a two-day commitment, the same weekend as the U.S. Petanque Open in New York City, and the same weekend as the U.S. National Mixed Doubles in Fresno all contributing factors-- the eleven teams who did play all seemed to have a wonderful time.

Kirk did a great job as tournament director, and both he and Bill Cooke were first-time umpires as well, both having recently passed FPUSA certification testing for Club Umpires. I actually got to play this time around.

--Gary

Friday practice

The local Morganton paper gave us some free publicity with an article about the upcoming tournament-- and those to come in the future. The front-page picture of Bo (photo: Memo Garcia) was, unfortunately, captioned with the blurb that should have accompanied the picture of Shirley on page 3. Still, nice write-up about our efforts to start and grow petanque in western North Carolina.

With Morganton's venue in play (16 courts) and Asheville's ready for play (8 courts at the coming-this-fall French restaurant, Rendezvous), we hope petanque is here to stay in the area.

10/4/2018, Catawba River Sport Complex, MoSrganton

Smoothing and packing the terrain for upcoming tournament.

Our work crew.

Stopping just long enough to pose.

We drove over to Morganton to begin the preparation of the terrain for the 2018 Mid-America Select Triples tournament.

9/30/2018, Miller Park, Winston-Salem

Sunday afternoon play.

9/28/2018, Miller Park, Winston-Salem

Friday evening play.

9/26/2018, Miller Park, Winston-Salem

New restroom progress.

Wednesday morning play.