Petanque - Group 5
Group Leader: 
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Following the success of the original and then the next two petanque groups, resulting in a waiting list of interested players, I offered to run a fourth and fifth group to meet on a Thursday afternoon and a Saturday morning respectively at Brevis Bar, Sol Park in Moraira.
Group 4 and Group 5 function as totally separate groups and the day and times they play have in the main been governed by the periods available to new groups. At its inception, in February 2011, Group 5 was formed from the waiting list of members who had expressed an interest in playing petanque but were unable to join the then existing three groups plus others who subsequently expressed an interest in playing. The list of members was reviewed at the end of 2011 such that there are now vacancies in this group.
If you are interested in playing and joining this group, please click on my photograph (at the top of this page) to email me.
What is petanque?
Pétanque (in French) is a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls (boules) as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet or Jack.
The object of the game is to throw your balls - usually in an arched back-spin - so that they land closer to the small object ball (the jack) than those of your opponent, or to strike and drive the object ball towards your other balls and away from your opponent's balls.
The really only essential is a set of steel boules (three minimum), which should have identical markings (groves). A set of boules can costs anywhere from 8 euros upwards and can be purchased from most Chinese shops.
| Petanque for beginners |  |
The three main pointing throws |
| The simple rules of Petanque |  |
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| Pétanque official rules | |
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