Yesterday in San Francisco, in a tournament sponsored by La Boule d’Or, the Pétanque Marinière players came and conquered.
In a series of 3 games played after lunch, five of our local players emerged at the top of the heap and took home the big bucks.
The attendance was unfortunately limited.
As the oldest Pétanque club in the Bay Area, La Boule d’Or deserves better and all the local clubs should make an extra effort to attend these tournaments more frequently.
Kudos by the way to Etienne Rijkheer, Antoine and Eva and Minou and Minette who travelled a long way to participate in this event.
Among the players wearing our colors, comrade Tamara Semionovna didn’t appear on the podium with the rest of the top dogs.
But she had a good excuse for that.
Saturday, while doing wheelies on her bike, she fell and injured her elbow.
Taken to Emergency, she was promptly sewn together with fifteen stitches and told to go forth.
In a spirit reminiscent of Stalingrad, she agreed to come to San Francisco and fight for our colors in spite of her injuries.
Just for this, she deserves a medal.
Unusual for a San Francisco winter, the day was warm and enjoyable, and as far as I know nobody was wearing flannel panties.
A Galette des Rois was brought by Jean-Claude Bunand and enjoyed by all.
A great day for pétanque and much glory for our club!
Alain
It was a beautiful day spent with petanque friends. Thank you to La Boule D’Or for giving us a most delightful afternoon of play – and to Jean-Claude Bunand for the most delicious Galette Rois that I have ever tasted – still warm from the oven! Yummm… Christine