It was still pretty rough outside so I didn’t think our first petanque match of the season would actually take place at Kailzie Gardens in the afternoon. Checking my emails I found that if the weather was not improved by 12 midday the meet would be postponed till next weekend.
Come midday and the rain had stopped, the wind had dropped somewhat so I presumed we’d be giving it a go. 
Down at Kailzie the Tweed 
About 14 players turned up, so teams of 3 were assigned a piste and so play commenced.
Team C – that was us – won the first of our games, but lost the next two! Hmmm!
At times it was hard to see whose boule was closest to the jack - or cochon as it would be called in petanque’s homeland – so out came the tape measure, as it would determine who was next to play. 
We had a great afternoon of play, with many laughs and much banter, and finally the winners were announced – David, TommyO and the only Frenchman among us – Michel, who were presented with a small trophy.
Looking forward to next week!
Talk again soon.
4 comments:
petanque is something new to me! Looks like a lot of fun.
Lots of fun, Peggy! It's a game played normally in France. In many towns and villages you'll find mostly the men out playing this form of boules on the local piste! I've never seen women play in France! The idea is to get your balls as near to the jack as you can. Measuring is often necessary! We play at Kailzie Gardens and sometimes have matches with teams from other groups!
I can't understand why petanque isn't played elsewhere,such as in Fife, it looks good fun. I wonder if the women in France are just expected to stay in the kitchen!
It IS fun, Katrina. I wonder if there is somewhere near you in Fife? I'll have a nosey around for you! I think you could be right about the French women or maybe they are just glad to have their husbands out from under their feet for a while!
In our membership there are a lot of couples!
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