Tag: petanque
“There, it’s the parenthesis”… In La Ciotat, we sent the news to the 100th anniversary of the pétanque club
We could have done a report on vacation departures, but you know bomb threats. Or a subject on mushroom picking, but climate change, you got it. Or even an article…
Pétanque, snowshoeing, medieval dance… What are your weirdest “sport” options at your university?
From Greek spear in Marseille, pétanque in Corsica or even snowshoeing in Clermont-Ferrand… The list is long of the most original and bizarre sports options. Between tutorials and long lectures,…
A Sétois invents pétanque balls… oval
Perhaps you know square boules, the surprising variation of pétanque, practical for hitting irons on sloping grounds. But now there is another alternative to traditional balls: oval balls. It was…
collapsed roofs and hailstones “as big as petanque balls” in eastern France
Ripped roofs and trees across the road. Of severe thunderstorms swept across eastern France on Tuesday evening. Five departments were even in red vigilance until 10 p.m. : the Doubs,…
Marseille redo the accounts, the city is indeed the one with the largest number of pétanque courts
To say that pétanque is serious business in Marseille is an understatement. After the “infamous” study by Insee published last week which ranked Marseille in third position (behind Toulouse and…
No, Marseille is not the city with the most pétanque courts
Petanque is no longer a prophet in his country. According an INSEE studyidentified by Provence, the city with the largest number of public pétanque courts is… Toulouse. The National Institute…
Mayor Benoît Payan faces petanque Ban Ki-Moon, the former UN Secretary General
It almost looks like a Kamoulox. But no matter how hard we looked, we did not find Kad and Olivier in front of the town hall of Marseille, but the…
He invents a luminous jack to prolong the game of petanque until the end of the night
What is small, round and green and that we throw on the pétanque court? Answer: the Cocholed sure ! This luminous jack that works with a small LED bulb –…
Between the Breton ball and the puck, petanque wants to make a place for itself
Almost every municipality has its own tournament. In Brittany, we do not laugh with the Breton ball. Often compared to Lyon ball, “the game of big balls” has had its…
Up to two years in prison against four supporters in the case of explosive petanque balls
It was not a game. The police had found in full demonstration of support for Maxime Beux, Corsican supporter flabbergasted in the Marne on the sidelines of a Ligue 1…