Phil's Pétanque Pages
International Mailing list for Pétanque Lovers
There is a mailing list for the lovers of pétanqe. Its' aims are to give the opportunity to talk about pétanqe, to promote bigger international competitions and to give the results of the bigger competitions. There currently 40 participants.
Anyone can join the list and send messages to other subscribers via a single address. The list is maintained by Jukka Poyry, and is intended to be in English, but a bit of Dutch creeps in from time to time.
Details of the list and how to subscribe ( No charge ) can be found on Jukka's site.
Updated - 2nd June 1998
New Piste at Dog and Bull in Croydon
Planning permission has been granted ( after some objection from the council ) for the construction of a petanqe piste at the Dog and Bull in Surrey Street, Croydon.
The Dog and Bull is a Youngs pub, what a combination ..... Petanque and superb beer. Details and dates are not available at the moment, but I will include them as I here more.
Great news Youngs, I hope it goes well.
I am told John Young ( one of the leading lights in the brewery) plays petanque, mainly in Belgium.
Updated - 11 May 1998
Loss of Piste at Tower Bridge
Friends at Wapping tell me that the piste between the river and the Tower Hotel was concreted over to allow access to pleasure boats. No advance notice appears to given by the local Council The loss of the piste is a real tragedy.
Updated - 11 May 199
Cyber Boules
The bouleakadamien ab. of Stockholm are running a 1998 WORLDWIDE BOULE FESTIVAL cyber boules competition.
The prize for the 2 winning teams is a trip to Stockholm to play a final game on the 17th July 1998. Full details are given on their website. Entry is free.
It is really a lottery, but it's a bit of fun and someone has to win. A report on the 1997 competition is included separately on this site.
dated - 1 March 1998
Any news, comments, queries or encouragement email me at phil.day@dial.pipex.com