9th Post.....Some Rules...

Start watching Petanque / Boules on You Tube to see the game played at a high level with the rules in operation.

This is the English translation of the official rules of the French Petanque Association....

http://www.irishpetanque.org/assets/fipjp-rules-of-the-game.pdf

For a simpler read ........

The Rules of Petanque 

Nothing quite says summer like the clink of Pétanque balls. Pastis and Gallic shrugs optional!

Pétanque (or Boules) is played in two teams with two sets of differently marked boules.

You can play in teams of two (3 boules each); three (2 each) or one against one (3 each).

1. Draw a circle on the ground (or use a coiled rope or commercial ring ), 50cm in diameter.

2. Toss a coin to decide who starts. A player from team one stands in the circle and throws the jack/cosh

(the small wooden ball) to land 6 to 10m from the circle, and a metre away from any other object.

Team one throws a first boule as close as possible to the jack.

3. A player from team two tries to get a boule closer to the jack. If successful they ‘have the point’

and play returns to team one. If not, they continue to throw until they do and play passes back.

4. Play continues until one team has played all their boules. The other team then throws the rest

of their boules.

5. The team with the closest boule to the jack wins and gets a point for each of their boules closer

to the jack than the other team’s nearest boule.

6. The winning team draws a new circle or places the commercial circle at the opposite end and

throws the jack start the next round. Play ends when one team reaches 13 points.