BROOKLYN BOULE: Founding Fathers Day.....

Friday, May 30, 2008

Founding Fathers Day.....

Brooklyn Boule, having been created by Fathers and the "first" Petanque club in Brooklyn, I might add; give an early Salute to all the other Petanque playing Fathers out there. And hope, that you will get one of these fine coat racks to hang your berets on after a fine Fathers Day of Boule playing.....I pulled this image off of French ebay, cleaver those French...... more to come, sorry I've been busy (and sulking a little). The sun is shining, we're still out there, Wednesday and Sunday, and there is a Brooklyn Boule Petanque Picnic on he horizon; if anyone is interested in coming, please let me know. All the best and enjoy the good weather (finally) .... All hail the Fathers of Petanque and the Best of Brooklyn Boule...... T

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Pétanque

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 a lot 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 ( now more, thanks to the all the groups and support for the park), are nestled in the mid-south east of the park. The trees cover an area large enough for one game and there is a another, that is in the light at night, shade by day and lit in the eve. They are NOT perfect "pistes" or man-made courts, 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, Kickball, Frisbees, kites and boomerangs; and on the odd occasion Medieval Sword Fighting. Only enhances the communal aspect of park life and the people around us.
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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".

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