Petanque-Kaohsuing Taiwan

2009-07-23T12:17:00.001+08:00

The World Games boules competition got underway in a humid 228 Memorial Park yesterday with a number of Taiwanese athletes in action.

In the first matches of the day, Taiwan’s men’s duo Chen Hung-wen and Sun Chia-yi got off to a good start against their French opponents and took a 5-0 lead, only to lose 10-7.

Later on, Chen and Sun lost 13-0 to Thailand, before finishing off the day with a 13-6 victory over Israel.

Meanwhile, in their women’s doubles opening fixture Chen Szu-an and Yang Tai-hua were on the end of a 13-1 drubbing by a Thai pairing. Chen and Yang later lost 13-3 to France and also 13-2 to Spain, before drawing 12-12 with Canada in their final match.

2009 World Games Petanque results

2009-07-23T11:49:00.001+08:00

Rank by Gold	NOC - Country	Men				Women				Mixed				Total				Rank by Total
Rank by Gold	NOC - Country	G	S	B	T	G	S	B	T	G	S	B	T	G	S	B	T	Rank by Total
1	FRA - France	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1
2	THA - Thailand	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
3	BEL - Belgium	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
4	ISR - Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3

Invitational Sports not included.

World Games Tickets go on sale April 1st 2009

2009-04-01T12:34:00.003+08:00

Today tickets go on sale for the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung , Taiwan
Tickets for Boule sports Lyonnaise/Petanque/Raffa 228 Memorial Park July 20-22 2009. 218 tickets are available for $100NT that's about $2.94 US dollars a ticket

Today's training

2009-03-21T22:12:00.003+08:00

Today we had our 2dn training session sadly to say only I K.P. and Hawi Ekai Wang showed up for it , but we got in two games before lunch time. So I hope more of you come next week. Also I'm thinking of moving the training day to Sunday afternoon. But some people informed me that some people are going to Hong Kong to watch the Rugby 7's next weekend. I wish i was going

Kaohsiung Petanque Starts 2009 season

2009-03-20T21:33:00.001+08:00

Welcome To The Kaohsiung Petanque Club
The Kaohsiung Petanque Club 's training on Saturday March 21st at 10am to 12pm
Anybody can become member of the KHHPC.
membership annual fee of NT500
You will receive:
A KHHPC t-shirt
Tournament fee of NT350
Join tournaments with other clubs
Follow-up of members’ posting (on the web site)
Numbered membership card
Sponsored participation to spical events (open Bar,Wine& Cheese Degustation, Parties,
We play on weekends morrings and afternoons at various locations in Kaohsiung city on world class Boulodromes (except for rainy days) And if you or your friends or bussiness colleagues!We can plan an exciting day or just a different kind of activity with friends, come play and relax wile playing this wonderful game of petanque in a great atmosphere.A coach certified by THE CHINESE TAIPEI PETANQUE & SPORT BOULES ASSOCIATION will be on hand to introduce you to the game of petanque. Each training session will be 3 hours; the coach will teach you the rules and the tactics of the game. And everyone can enjoy lunch and drinks after the training. The Price per- person is NTD 2,500 The price includes learning the game and a set of OBUT BOULES imported from France and food and drinks.Games can be organized at your convenience from Monday to Saturday from 11 am to 6pm
For any request you can contact Kevin at petanquekaohsuingtaiwan@gmail.com or check our website.
www.khhpc.webs.com

12thAsian Petanque Championship Rusults

2008-11-13T07:43:00.007+08:00

Last week the 12TH Asian Petanque Championships,were played in Kaohsiung Taiwan from Nov.2nd -6th. This was the first time Taiwan held a international play in petanque. It was a very good tournament. It was promoted as a warm up to The 2009 World Games being held in Kaohsuing Taiwan in July 2009. So due to that fact it was promoted that way it was hard for people who were looking for info on the web before the tournament. So here is the results of the tournament

Men Triples:1st Place: Thailand 22nd Place: Thailand 13rd Place: Chinese Taipei 2, Vietnam 1
Women Triples:1st Place: Thailand 22nd Place: Thailand 13rd Place: Philippine 1, Vietnam 2
Men Doubles:1st Place: Thailand 12nd Place: Vietnam 13rd Place: Thailand 2, Vietnam 2
Women Doubles:1st Place: Thailand 22nd Place: Thailand 13rd Place: Vietnam 1, Vietnam 2
Men Shooting:1st Place: Sanya Phanphueak (Thailand)2nd Place: Han Liqiang (China)3rd Place: Thach Duong (Vietnam), Naoki Haraguchi (Japan)
Women Shooting:1st Place: Pacharin Sanjumnai (Thailand)2nd Place: Thongsri Thamakord (Thailand)3rd Place: Nguyen Thi Hien (Vietnam), Vicki Heo Boon Huay (Singapore

Asian championship program

2008-10-31T11:03:00.005+08:00

Here is the program for 12Th The Asian Championships, I'm still getting e-mails seems like the the organisers have not let players know
about the details. or that they have a web-site

12 th Asian Petanque Championship
2nd–7th November 2008 in Kaohsiung , Taiwan

Sunday 2 November
13 ： 30 Athletes check in at hotel
18 ： 00 Welcome Dinner at hotel
19 ： 00 Team Drawing at hotel
20 ： 00 the annual meeting of the APSBC at hotel
Monday 3 November
09 ： 00 Opening Ceremony at court
10 ： 00 Shooting
12 ： 00 Lunch at court （ Buffet ）
13 ： 30 Shooting
19 ： 00 Dinner at court （ Buffet ）
Tuesday 4 November
09 ： 00 Double
12 ： 00 Lunch at court （ Buffet ）
13 ： 30 Double
19 ： 00 Dinner at court （ Buffet ）
20 ： 30 Night of the contestant at KMFA ※KMFA is Kaohsiung museum of fine arts

Wednesday 5 November
09 ： 00 Triplettes
12 ： 00 Lunch at court （ Buffet ）
13 ： 30 Triplettes
19 ： 00 Dinner at court （ Buffet ）
20 ： 00 Triplettes
Thursday 6 November
09 ： 00 Triplettes
12 ： 00 Lunch at court （ Buffet ）
13 ： 30 Triplettes
16 ： 00 Final & Medal Ceremony at court
Friday 7 November
10 ： 00 Athletes check out at hotel

Asian Petanque Championship Web site

2008-10-22T14:34:00.008+08:00

Well The Asian petanque Championship organisers just put up there web site today in English better late then never I guess! So for all the info on the events check it out

www.royal2006.com/2008petanque/about.htm

Asian world championships Terrain photo's

2008-09-05T08:09:00.008+08:00

Here are some photo's of the terrain , it looks like there can be 12 maybe 20 games played there at any giving time when it's finished

Asian world championships Terrain

2008-09-04T21:06:00.003+08:00

Today I got the chance to play a little on the new courts for the Asian world championships in November and The World Games in July 2009 benign held in Kaohsiung Taiwan.The surface is very hard dirt and clay with a dusting of very large gravel.
when shooting the ball stops dead where it lands , and leaves very large divot's in the gravel. When pointing the ball stops dead as well, there is a lot of friction on the surface

-Tu tires ou tu pointes ? - French Morning NY

2008-08-13T10:19:00.001+08:00

-Tu tires ou tu pointes ? - French Morning NY

Here's a pice I found on the web in French from
French moring . com. It seems petanque in new york is getting alot of coverage
thees days. I hope this and othe articals will help promote petanque in the USA

Hong Kong Petanque will have a training session on August 31st

2008-08-08T12:34:00.003+08:00

On Sunday August 31st Hong Kong Petanque will be having a training session, it will take place on Lama Island in HK. So if any one is interested in going let me know as I'm planing on going my self

Petanque PC game

2008-08-06T14:23:00.005+08:00

With all the rain we've been having here in Taiwan the past six weeks ,it's hard to go out and play some petanque. So my daughter found this game on the web. she remembered it from last summer when we were in St. Remy, it's a short drive to Le Paradou we visited a place where the make satons and there web sit has this game you can play on-line

FT.com / Home UK / UK - Petanque In New York

2008-08-03T10:34:00.001+08:00

FT.com / Home UK / UK - Petanque In New York

The Brooklyn Paper: La Brooklynais

2008-07-12T10:25:00.001+08:00

The Brooklyn Paper: La Brooklynais

The storming of Smith street
For the past seven years in my home town of Brooklyn N.Y. a stretch of Smith street has been turned to a little patch of the south of France
where people gather and play the french game of Petanque eat drink dance and just have a great time,But this year I wont be able to attend so I and members of Kaohsuing petanque here in Taiwan will raise a Glass to you
Have a great time

Bastille Day Petanque

2008-07-10T09:07:00.003+08:00

We will meet this Sat. 7/12 at Jeni park on the left bank of the Love River

at 3:00pm so bring some friends and something to drink and eat and we will play and party

Tel. # 07-356-2328

12th Asian Petanque Chapionship

2008-04-18T19:38:00.009+08:00

The 12th Asian Petanque Championship will be held on November 3rd to 6th in the southern port city of Kaohsuing Taiwan in Jenai Park along the banks of Kaohsuing's Love River. This event is a warm up to The World Games 2009 in Kaohsuing Taiwan.

[smap×smap]PETANQUE(高田純次、大竹まこと),木村拓哉

2008-04-17T13:33:00.002+08:00

Here is a petanque clip from a Japanese TV show I saw in Taiwan last November. In Japan they love everything French and go all out to introduce something in a good way
[smap×smap]PETANQUE(高田純次、大竹まこと),木村拓哉

Petanque Championship 2008 April 20th on Lamma Island Hong Kong

2008-04-09T19:22:00.004+08:00

Some news from the other side of The Taiwan straight from The Hong Kong Petanque Club.

For the third year in a row the HKPC invites all players at all levels to join in and play on April 20th ,this will be there first official tournament. It will be held at the Hong Kong International Boulodrome Of Tai Peng on Lamma Island