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Petanque is a resounding success…vive La France!!
Josh Guttman | July 16, 2007
Up at 9, showered and dressed by 9:30, campaigning in front of Petanque tournament registration table by 10. To summarize the day, the Bergen Carroll-sponsored team, Les Trois Chapeaux, gained last-minute entry into the competitive field of 80. Our record of 0-3 was unimpressive, but we fought a good fight and gave some experienced Boule rollers a run for their money. The scores of the matches were 11-7, 11-3 and 11-4, though the third was by far the most competitive and went neck-et-neck for 40 minutes, until two big rolls sealed our fate. Our opponents, who seemed to be an accurate cross-section of the field, were a mix of serious, and sometimes slightly snobby, Petanque players from the NY/CT/NJ region and local hooligans. We fit into the latter bunch. By the third match, though, we picked up several of the finer points of Petanque strategy, which should lift us a notch in competition next year. Pictured below is Les Trois Chapeaux as well as a dejected and beaten Brooklyn Eagle (I think he heard Bergen Carroll knocking on his door).
More photos from Petanque 2007 here.
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