Santa Fe Petanque

Great time, the weather was warm. sunny too. Patrice’s brother Mike picked up the game fast. Sunday was fun too. Great to see Carl back in the afternoons. I got a call from the Sandy we met in ABQ.

Lew, John, and Mike went down to ABQ for a tournament, and made friends with a great group of new “Ami”s. It is a French speaking group of about 20. While I can’t remember all the names, Marco, Bruno and Luc were especially good players, and three guys all named Paul were gracious hosts, making us all feel welcome. Lets do it again soon.

Hi,

This is John Geer (Lew Geer’s son). Lew is on vacation in France right now and was able to join a few petanque games in the park. Below are the pictures from his escapades that he wanted me to share with you. It looks like he left out the one where he got in a fight because his opponent wanted to use a tiny cannon.

Best wishes,
JG

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We start at 9 am and it is cool, but in the sun it is hot. Between throws, we huddle in the shade. Lew is going to Paris and Normandy soon, and hopes to play with local clubs. Watch for photos. We flew the flags and had croissant and coffee.

Village tournament in France

This video shows how a club in a tiny village with around 500 inhabitants manages to organize a one day tournament with 84 teams. Actually they could have handled a lot more, but the weather forecast called for thunderstorms that day.

The parking lot next to the church, a chalk line marker and wooden beams. That’s it. Obviously, this is not the first time, and they have it down to a tee.

Also noteworthy: (at 1:06) the new French FFPJP membership cards that get scanned in a reader. An amazing mix of tradition and technology. And burgers (aka “steak américain”) for lunch!
Lempaut is in the Tarn department, SW of Castres. Thanks to Joël of La Boule Lempautoise.

by Petanque America @ 8:17 PM 0 comments

Bonjour cher Lewis,

Merci de votre message amical que je vais transmettre à notre Club et serions contents de vous recevoir à Paris pour une partie de pétanque… internationale.

Notre club est Auteuil Paris Pétanque situé à côté de Roland Garros et notre site Web est : app75016.com mail: app75016@orange.fr

Avec nos meilleures salutations  ( Pastis or Ricard ? )

Bruno Stefani +33 6 32 42 18 27

Le 31 juil. 09 à 22:50, Lewis Geer a écrit :

We desire a connection with your Petanque club. Can we list your web site on ours?

www.sfpetanque.com

Please consider a link on your site for our web URL and Petanque America.

If anyone from your group comes visiting to Santa Fe, please feel welcome to come and play with us. We are a social group, playing on relaxed courts, with good humor, wine and pastis.

We may have members visiting you in Paris some day as well.

Nous désirerions prendre contact avec votre groupe afin d’établir sur internet a link URL entre vous, nous et Pétanque America.

www.sfpetanque.com

Si membres de votre groupe visitent Santa Fe, ils sont bien sur les bienvenus.

Nous sommes un groupe aimable et social qui joue avec jovial sportivité et bonne humeur.

De même, nous pourrions vous rendre visite à Paris