Quantity does not necessarily mean quality, and yesterday at La Petanque Marinière, even though we were few, we had talent.
Shama and Christine C. were tallying the entries, and at 10:00 am when we started playing, we were a grand total of 28 + 2 dogs. Fourteen (14) doublettes. La crème de la crème if I may say.
It was decreed that we would play 2 untimed games in the morning and 3 games in the afternoon.
Fate assigned Jerry Wilkinson as my partner, and I couldn’t have asked for a better person. We made a good team, and in the morning, we won one game out of 2. In the afternoon we won 2 more games for a grand total of 3 out of 5. Jerry shot well and I pointed decently. Not too bad for a tired Tamalou!
Since there were no elimination games, I had to play steadily throughout the day, and I didn’t have much of a chance to take any pictures. I managed just a few, “a la sauvette”. Sorry about that.
At 4:00 pm it was all over, and Shama and Christine gathered all the data to anoint the best players. As usual, the number of wins and the number of points determined the winners.
If you have not yet noticed, we are witnessing the emergence of a new star. The one and only Ann Krilanovich and I sensed it right away when she first strolled into our field less than a year ago. Congratulations and a big hug dear Ann!
Final results:
1st place: Hellen McGill & Ann Krilanovich
2nd place: Eddy Pay & Larry Cragg
3rd place: Delio Cuneo & Beth Caetano
4th place: Joe Danielson & Lynn Bell
And that’s the way it was in our glorious Marin County, Sunday, October 9, 2022.
Alain
PS: Watch a few pictures of this event and the beaming faces of the winners in a new little album.