HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

 Eight of us spent a cold, windy afternoon at Griffith Park (Georgia Taylor Recreation Center) in Winston-Salem last Saturday.  The terrain was a little soggy from recent rains and, mostly, from frost heave rising up then melting.  Nevertheless, we had a lot of fun and played for several hours.

Carolina Petanque in France

Gary,

Carol and I just played with the Petanque Club today - they play every Monday and Thursday, 1:45 until dark - YEAR ROUND!  I played last week both days - this was the first day for Carol to play.  

We play on the  nine courts of which Carol sent pictures.  They started promptly at 1:45pm, (all who wanted to play had already dropped one ball in a 20 Liter/5 Gal bucket) - the leader spread the balls out single file along a barrier, divided up into teams just like we do - every other ball is a team playing against the alternating two.  We played about 45 minutes each match.  Someone signaled with a whistle that we should be finishing up - those who finished quickly played a second/partial game while waiting.  No scores are kept.  We threw all balls in the bucket each time and repeated the matches. Carol and I lost track of the number - we think we played 5-6 matches.  I counted 36 balls one round today (9 even matches).  Met a lot of people and had fun.

Wish you and Shirley could fly over and join the fun!  

Tom

Maggie's pictures

Our friend and fellow member of Carolina Petanque, Maggie Sweeney, took quite a few pictures at the Super Boule Party we had at Terry and Sue Wien's home on High Rock Lake in Lexington.  Here are a few examples of her work:

Rick and Maggie were also able to attend this past Sunday when we again played at Terry and Sue's beautiful terrain.  Once more, Maggie managed to get a few pictures and has been kind enough to share some of them.
 

Thanks, Maggie!

Progress

We stopped by Miller Park to check on the construction project to rework the bocce courts and create a new dedicated petanque area.  There's a lot going on.  Exciting days!

Nicest day of 2015?

We had a great turnout at Terry and Sue Wien's home in Lexington, NC.  There were fifteen players taking advantage of 2015's best weather to date.  I played in shorts and a Carolina Petanque t-shirt!  Okay, I did add a Carolina Petanque sweatshirt as the sun started to set.

Players from across North and South Carolina came together and had a great afternoon and evening (they have lighted courts!) of play.  Thanks, Terry and Sue!