When I came to the Marin pétanque field yesterday morning, an old famous quote jumped to my mind: “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco”.
And yesterday, was one of the coldest summer days I ever spent in Marin. But I came prepared and probably had the last laugh.
After a few days of oppressive heat, the contrast was shocking, for it was darn cold. And it stayed that way for most of the day except, for an hour or two of timid sunshine in the afternoon. It reverted to polar conditions after 5:00 pm when I had the good sense to leave.
As Christine Cragg wrote to me later:
“The returning fog and dropping temperatures began affecting shooting on both sides, but with Sonoma at 12 (I believe) and Fresno at 11, Sonoma was out of boules, and Fresno managed two points to take the win. By then the sun was gone, the fog was trying to move back in, and I think Chan and I were the only two people who weren’t shivering from the cold.”
Twenty-two teams came to fight and fight they did. As a spectator, I tried my best to take some interesting pictures, but I am not sure that I succeeded. There is nothing harder than to be interesting and amusing. Just ask Donald.
Since I left relatively early (around 5:00 pm) Christine took all the pictures of all the winners and forwarded them to me.
Concours
First place: Kham Chounlamany / Chan Xiong
Second place: Hans Kurz / Erin McTaggart
Third place: Kevin Evoy / Sandra Shirkey
Consolante
First place: Richard Bell / Lynn Bell
Second place: Krystal Pulsipher / Suzie Lee
Alain
PS: For best results, always watch pictures in full screen.