Tuesday, June 2, 2026

5/23/2026 Mid-America Select Doubles











 










The Memorial Day weekend Carolina Challenge Petanque Tournament(s) continued on Saturday at Miller Park in Winston-Salem with the FPUSA Mid-America Select Doubles. There were 26 teams competing.

Three qualifying rounds resulted in the seeding of 16 teams to the Concours bracket while 10 teams were slotted into the Consolante bracket.

CONCOURS

CONSOLANTE

 
CONCOURS
Juan & Marc




Ignacio & Goyo

Michael & Robin

CONSOLANTE

  

Rick & Jeff

 
Michel & Valerie

Guy & Cathy

5/22/2026 Panache day at Carolina Challenge

 

Chef Baudouin at the grill
















from Guy Diebold

From Guy Diebold

From Guy Diebold

Marc pretending to help Michel


4th place: Steve, Mamy, Mike

3rd place: Grace, Bill, Cherri






2nd place: Cathy, Scott, Mary Jo







1st place: Dan, Bo, Scott


The Carolina Challenge weekend kicked off on Friday at Miller Park in Winston-Salem with 48 players participating in five rounds of triples panache. Scores were maintained individually. At the end of the five rounds, seeds #1, #2, and #3 went into the finals against seeds #4, #5, and #6 to determine FIRST and SECOND place.

Similarly, seeds #7, #8, and #9 were pitted against seeds #10, #11, and #12 to determine THIRD and FOURTH place.

The results:

 

 

In addition to Shirley's pictures shown above, I have "borrowed" some team pictures from  Atlanta's Argentina Lamas' Facebook post that I thought you might enjoy.

Argentina Lamas


 

Gary, Tina, Seth

Robin, Cherri, Cathy

Guy, Tina, Fred

Valerie, Goyo, Ed

Kirk, Jenn, Tina

Bo, John, Jane



Tina, Dan, Jane

Bill, Steve, Mike
Kirk, Rom, Cathy

Maggie, Tina, Rick

 


--Gary