tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150131542024-03-13T20:30:05.723-04:00Petanque AmericaPetanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.comBlogger798125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-51803156183431405402015-05-01T20:06:00.000-04:002015-05-01T20:06:13.644-04:00Amelia Island Boules Club, Team of the WeekNews4Jax did a nice report on the Fernandina Beach Club (Jan 28, 2015)<br />
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The first movie ever in which petanque is more than a sideline. With famous actors such as Gérard Depardieu, Edouard Baer, Atmen Kelif, Virginie Efira and more. A comedy, to boot, which will hopefully make it even more appealing to the general public.<br />
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In the south of France, North African immigrant Mokhtar Boudhali, better known as Momo, makes a living with menial jobs and by hustling boules games for money with his best friend, coach and mentor, Jacky. The announcement of a major international petanque tournament, organized by a celebrity, will change Momo's life forever, as it could give him the fame he deserves and always dreamed of. But he first has to come to terms with himself, and face prejudice as an outsider. Thanks, in no small part, to Caroline, the girl he meets in the process, he succeeds. A friend, passion for the game, ànd love make him invincible.<br />
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And kudos to Marco Foyot, who coached the actors during the shooting, summer of 2012. <br />
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Trailer # 1</b>, the typical sandbagging scenario:<br />
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<b>Trailer # 2</b>, when Momo has become a star:<br />
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<b>EuropaCorp, the movie's producers</b></a><br />
<br />Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-14501632386228949452012-10-14T22:07:00.000-04:002013-05-02T02:02:29.168-04:00Radio Bleu Provence about petanque in America<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfybZcJMhnyd39gv7FBFAb-Kpu-_ql-pqsAovB6-AnsV4H4RCk07fUGP8uAnunycIvqKU34pQjPA0ji9Ar3ASUtX4t9Iy19KEqBc69iEK9ysSTiLtahKBbQ04UtI_e-2S9GBuMBQ/s1600/FranceBleuProvence-Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfybZcJMhnyd39gv7FBFAb-Kpu-_ql-pqsAovB6-AnsV4H4RCk07fUGP8uAnunycIvqKU34pQjPA0ji9Ar3ASUtX4t9Iy19KEqBc69iEK9ysSTiLtahKBbQ04UtI_e-2S9GBuMBQ/s400/FranceBleuProvence-Logo.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the occasion of the World Championships in Marseille, they wanted to know how petanque is doing in ... America (<b>in French</b> of course).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Great people to deal with. What struck them most is how we promote the "icebreaker" spirit of the game, i.e. that folks who have never met can be high fiving, even bantering and hugging, within minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 30 min interview, by phone from Amelia Island at 3:00 AM EST, was edited and cut into 5 x 3 min. segments, then broadcast one a day, Monday to Friday Oct 1 to 5. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here they are, in five mp3 sound files:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://petanque-america-open.net/bleuprovence1.mp3" target="">Part 1</a></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- petanque in America, how and why.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://petanque-america-open.net/bleuprovence2.mp3">Part 2</a></span></b> - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the USA team in Marseille, the PA Open,and new friendships.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://petanque-america-open.net/bleuprovence3.mp3">Part 3</a></span></b> - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the links with petanque and Provence, and making friends.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://petanque-america-open.net/bleuprovence4.mp3">Part 4</a> </span></b> - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">about Fernandina Beach, old Florida and its French heritage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://petanque-america-open.net/bleuprovence5.mp3">Part 5</a></b> - more about the Open, and the "everyone plays together" formula.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Some of the dates in the history of Petanque America got mixed up in the editing, but it doesn't affect the story.</span>Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-33813836602727165432012-09-29T15:52:00.000-04:002012-09-29T15:52:36.568-04:00"La folie petanque" - Petanque madness (in the world)A beautiful 53 min. documentary starting in - of all places - Los Angeles!<br />Hopefully visible soon with English subtitles as well :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtvzx9_la-folie-petanque-un-film-de-bruno-evenou_sport" target="_blank">La Folie Pétanque, un film de Bruno Evenou</a> <i>par <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/france3provencealpes" target="_blank">france3provencealpes</a></i>Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-43290950755122645252012-09-02T21:01:00.000-04:002012-09-02T21:01:00.112-04:00Balls of steelWherever they are, petanque players are a creative bunch.<br />
The reason is simple: because the game is so inclusive, you'll find people with all imaginable professions. Such as <a href="http://www.arborsmith.com/" target="_blank">Richard, an arborsculptur</a> in Williams, Oregon. Who also knows a thing or two about making movies!<br />
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Brooklyn - July 15 - 10th anniversary!<br />
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There ain't nothing like a huge petanque street party:<br />
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Now on YouTube, without annoying advertising, the fabulous group "Message", zouk music from Guadeloupe: <br />
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<b>May 10:</b> 20 teams - 8 states & France<br />
<b>May 29: </b>40 teams - 11 states & also Belgium<br />
<b>June 15: </b>50 teams - incl. a team from the Netherlands<br />
<b>July 22:</b> 62 teams - 16 states<br />
<b>Aug 10:</b> 72 teams - 18 states and 3 teams from Canada.<br />
<b>Sep 4: </b>87 teams - 19 states, and Slovakia.<br />
<b>Sep 9: </b>92 teams - one from Germany<br />
<b>Oct 14: </b>117 teams - also from Israel and Mexico! <br />
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<b><a href="http://petanque-america-open.net/" target="_blank">Petanque America Open 2012</a></b>Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-75231457953406373042012-05-10T21:06:00.002-04:002012-05-10T21:06:55.183-04:00Redwood Empire Boules ClubThey've been around for years ... , and now also on the net.<br />
With 6 play locations in the NW tip of California.<br />
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We'll welcome the sailors with open arms. And treat them to a wonderful petanque tournament / festival along the river. What better way to celebrate friendship.
May the best win!<br />
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Video clip of l'Etoile's visit to Cannes and Monaco last summer. Gives you a pretty good idea of the atmosphere on board:<br />
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The ships are here to celebrate the <b>450</b>th anniversary of French Captain Jean Ribault's arrival in Florida in 1562.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.fbfl.us/index.aspx?NID=738" target="_blank">Fernandina Beach events</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.coj.net/commemorate450.aspx" target="_blank">Jacksonville events</a></span>
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<br />Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-33525266532242861002011-12-21T13:43:00.003-05:002011-12-21T13:54:10.186-05:00Petanque in Santa MonicaRight at the beach, in one of the busiest spots of California's coast. Kudos to Mark Greenberg and his friends of the Los Angeles Petanque Club.<br />We can never stress it enough: to Promote Petanque, Play in Public Places! <br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZGQlxevHin4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-11154422550022873502011-12-06T19:50:00.005-05:002011-12-06T20:11:15.083-05:00Interview with Marco Foyot<a href="http://www.boulistenaute.com/uploads/img4eccb380ba610.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 497px;" src="http://www.boulistenaute.com/uploads/img4eccb380ba610.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>"Admired by many, hated by others, but passionately observed and followed by all..."<br /><div><br /></div><div>Thus starts an in depth interview with champion Foyot at Boulistenaute.com, right after he returned to France after winning the Petanque America Open.<div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://www.boulistenaute.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=15016">Original article in French</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boulistenaute.com%2Fmodules%2Fnews%2Farticle.php%3Fstoryid%3D15016">English translation by Google</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Noteworthy passages:</div><div>- the Canadian players he met in Amelia Island have invited him for a tour in Canada.</div><div>- "in Florida I barely won from a Russian team that played extremely well." </div><div>(meaning our friends Artem & Paul!)</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-81947202695798421652011-11-20T05:53:00.001-05:002011-11-20T05:56:47.431-05:00Fresno Petanque on ABC<object id="otvPlayer" width="425" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=kfsn§ion=&mediaId=8426103&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&configPath=/util/&site=" ></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed id="otvPlayer" width="425" height="285" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=kfsn§ion=&mediaId=8426103&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&configPath=/util/&site="></embed></object>Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-46553837567537978582011-11-20T01:52:00.002-05:002011-11-20T02:03:37.419-05:00Open 2011 ResultsHere they are. As always, we like to spread it out, so almost one in 4 teams goes home with something. 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<br /></a>Just like <a href="http://petanqueamericaopen.blogspot.com/2009/01/cannes-1962_06.html">Elke Sommer</a> and <a href="http://petanqueamericaopen.blogspot.com/2009/03/cannes-again.html">Robert Mitchum</a>. Timeless!Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-18750840656571306002011-08-21T15:08:00.021-04:002011-09-20T02:10:22.236-04:00PA Open 2011 - Teams update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5S9IpQ6eK33AYEOmFAhG-ikqlXujFZf4scfWoW7sVWQxrGgw6cAAoBmYETl1p9gpxp9uvlNLP85LboKVD3ftcfaCpOcb-360aVSnGR9NhA5v_4jdOHVzyf8cwPewFor4yuOb3w/s1600/Teams-States10.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5S9IpQ6eK33AYEOmFAhG-ikqlXujFZf4scfWoW7sVWQxrGgw6cAAoBmYETl1p9gpxp9uvlNLP85LboKVD3ftcfaCpOcb-360aVSnGR9NhA5v_4jdOHVzyf8cwPewFor4yuOb3w/s400/Teams-States10.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654320014705439314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Sep 19: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br />Registration is closed for now. You can email us to go on the waiting list, in case a team cancels. </span><br /><br />Sep 12:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">127 </span>teams, and one more state (WV).<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Registration will be closed any day, and we'll open a waiting list.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Sep 9:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">118</span> teams, one more state (<span>OR</span>) ànd at least two players flying in from <span style="font-weight: bold;">France</span>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Sep 3:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">106</span> teams, one more state (CO) ànd a team from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Belgium</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Aug 29:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">97</span> teams, two more states (NM & IL).<br /><br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="Apple-style-span">Aug 23: </span>85</b> teams, one more state (PA) and two teams from the <b>Netherlands</b>.<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b><div><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="Apple-style-span">Aug 22: </span></b>10 more registrations today<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="Apple-style-span">, </span></b>and one more state, New Hampshire.<br /><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="Apple-style-span"><br />Aug 21:</span> </b>with almost 3 months to go, <span style="font-weight: bold;">72</span> teams have formally signed up, from <span style="font-weight: bold;">13 states</span>. And from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Canada, Germany </span><span>and</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Israel</span>. At this pace, we will easily reach the target of 128 teams by end September.</div><div><br /></div>Petanque Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522856865238296944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15013154.post-50397981111383761882011-08-11T19:33:00.006-04:002011-08-11T19:57:18.457-04:00Petanque, a people connectorHere's a short interview of Matt Curtis, Communications Director for the City of Austin, TX. He plays with our friends of <a href="http://heartoftexas.wordpress.com/">HOT Petanque</a>. I've watched it several times and find it striking how he conveys the essence of the game in roughly 90 seconds. No wonder he's in communications!
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