Saturday play in Morganton

Friday evening in Lincolnton

Saturday lunch at Timberwoods

New signs for Indoor Petanque

New shirts by the Greensboro group

 Shirley and I went to Lincolnton on Friday for an overnight stay in anticipation of playing with the Morganton group on Saturday.

There was a pottery exhibit in Lincolnton at the Lincoln Cultural Center that Shirley wanted to see, so we went there and then had dinner afterwards downtown at the City Cellar.

Saturday was bright and sunny for 1:00 PM play and we enjoyed several games with the Morganton folks. 

--Gary

 

New game in town!

 

Heidi, Ed, Mike, Dana, Marc, Jeff, Max, Tracie, Al, Shirley (not pictured), & Ben (not pictured)

Gardening accident!

There were eleven players yesterday in Morganton at the Collett Street Recreation Center for the inaugural session of Indoor Boules.

 Jeff Stark, along with Petanque America, arranged the event, and it is my understanding that they plan to make it a regular Wednesday morning session.

If we can generate interest at any other venues, perhaps we'll be able to attract participants who've never tried petanque and have crossover players between indoor and outdoor play.

Indoor play will, of course, become more attractive as winter weather arrives in the Carolinas, especially in the western parts of our states where outdoor play is not always practical.

--Gary

Tanger Gardens on October 4, 2023

 

Rhoda and Holly

Jude

Karen, Kyle, and Judy

 

I think we had around 19 players for Wednesday morning petanque in Greensboro. Several new players joined in for a few games. Welcome, Rhoda, Jude, Kyle, and Jessica. Hope to see you often.

New players at Miller Park

 

Bob

Marco plays as Katie looks on

Shane and Eric

We were happy to have FOUR new players yesterday at Miller Park (2500 Queen Street, Winston-Salem, NC).

Eric and Shane were pitching horseshoes when Shirley and I arrived at the park. So, Shirley walked over and invited them to join our group for a while.

Then, about the time we were ready to begin play, Marco and Katie walked up to me and asked if we were going to be playing petanque. They had driven over from Hillsborough (near Chapel Hill), about an hour's drive.

They had found our group by searching for "petanque" on the internet and decided to come play. As time passed, we learned an amazing fact from Marco. As it turns out, he's step-brother to our friend  Artem Zuev!

Artem

 Maybe, if it works out, Artem might be persuaded to play with Carolina Petanque when he's in the area?