The sublime game, of French/Belgian decent, played world wide has now found it's way to North Brooklyn under the shade of three oak trees in McCarren Park williamsburg/Greenpoint. As in resent years the popularity, good press and not to mention the Bastille Day Bar Tabac Petanque tournament has opened alot of eyes to the joy of Petanque. There are of course places to play in Manhattan and clubs to join, but time has come for some Brooklyn Boule. In McCarren park there are Bocce courts next to the running track but alas it's surface is not suited (in my opinion) to Petanque, as well as feeling like your playing in a coal bunker. So to the trees we go, three beautiful American Oak trees are nestled in the mid-south east of the park. The trees cover an area large enought for one game and three is a smaller stretch next to that for a rougher terrain. They are NOT perfect "pistes" but challenging patches of playable surface, so hard to find in our beautifully manicured urban city parks. To share the surrounding areas with such activities as Baseball, Frisbee, Kickball and on the odd occasion Medieval Sword Fighting only enhances the communal aspect of park life.
I have started this blog to create some interest and hope that players of all levels can embrace the idea of playing in Brooklyn, maybe leading to having our own "Washington Square like Petanque Piste".
Please feel free to post information, pictures, ideas or thoughts............
Or contact me at tdfinearts@aol.com
BROOKLYN BOULE
Tristram Drew
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