Alliance Francaise DuPage and Chicago Petanque Club are getting together and hosting an AFTERNOON OF PETANQUE.
What. AFTERNOON of PETANQUE
Where. Memorial Park, Wheaton
When. Sunday 17, noon to 3pm
Why. Just for fun and to meet new petanque folks.
Bring your OWN PICNIC LUNCH, snacks to share, boules if you have them (we have plenty of extra loaner boules to use). Open to everyone, from beginners to experts. Learn a great game and have a fantastic time. See flyer.
Petanque and BarBQ Buffet Down-on-the-Farm. BYOB.
Saturday, June 2nd. Fun, Food, Friends all day. Enjoy a hayride. Kids welcome. Feed apples to the horses. Enjoy a day in the country. Petanque all day. To help us in planning, please RSVP now and get on the VIP list for more info. CPC members FREE. $12 for non-members.
BURGERS for PETANQUE Club Fundraiser WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14th.
It’s time once again for a PETANQUE DINNER at WENDY’S. We’ll chow down burgers, talk petanque, do some season planning, and hear some exciting news.
PLUS, 15% of all WENDYS public sales between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14th will be donated to our CHICAGO PETANQUE CLUB. So, be sure to attend this gala event and bring your appetite and all your friends.
Meeting and dinner time 6:00 p.m. at WENDYS at 901 W. North Avenue (at 9th Ave) in Melrose Park. This is an excellent fundraiser to support petanque in Chicago.
Happy HolidaysChicagoPetanque Club!
Well, today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year; with just over nine hours of daylight at this latitude. Although it’s an unusually balmy 46 degrees outside, I guess we’ll say that play is officially over for the 2011 petanque season.
Now even though I wasn’t there for every game, I did manage to collect data on what was going on (I’ve got a mole on the inside!). Thought I’d share a few tidbits with you.
For one, we enjoyed a longer than usual petanque season this year with over six months of play! Our first “officially sanctioned” outing was on April 9th and the last one was on October 22nd. I think we can partially credit the extended season to the membership making an effort to keep Ziggy playing up to the November tournament. Congratulations Ziggy by the way!
June and July were our busiest months with four outings each month, and the July 9th Bastille Day BBQ atMcGuanePark reeled in a record turnout of eighteen petanquers! We averaged eight people per event otherwise. A perfect number considering 13 of our 20 outings were inForest Park where there are only two terrains.
Perhaps the game at McGuane was the only casualty of the season. We only had five games there and there weren’t enough attendees to keep the Wednesday night games going this year. On the other hand, we did manage to work in a game out inWheatonwith ten people in attendance; christeningIllinois’ only full-blooded petanque terrain.
For next year, we’re already looking at “The Hoedown inHebron” spring road trip, the annual spring picnic, the Bastille Day BBQ and a Labor Day weekend event; seems not everyone is jetting out of town anymore on those holiday weekends.
Winter starts tomorrow, so time to practice shooting with a pair of rolled up socks in your hallway at home. Have a great winter and we’ll see you in the springtime! Thanks for sending in those club dues!
Ian
Here’s exciting news that will help get us through the winter. One of our newest members, Billy Aylesworth, has a very cool terrain built on his 300 acre farm in Hebron IN.
The terrain is about 10 years old and consists of 6 inches of compacted screened limestone held in place by railroad ties. Billy says that it can easily handle 2 games at the same time. See photos below..
The really exciting news is that Billy has offered to host a CPC event next spring. I’m thinking “BOULES AND POTLUCK FEAST ON THE FARM”. Think of a PETANQUE WOODSTOCK.
DanD
Site of the Spring 2012 Chicago Petanque Woodstock
Billy's terrain on his farm
BURGERS for PETANQUE Fundraiser THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd
It’s time once again for a PETANQUE DINNER at WENDY’S. We’ll wolf down burgers, talk petanque, hear about Ziggy’s plans for the 2012 World Championship and plan future club events.
PLUS, 15% of all WENDYS public sales between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov 3rd will be donated to our CHICAGO PETANQUE CLUB. So, be sure to attend this gala event and bring your appetite and all your friends.
Meeting and dinner time 6:30 p.m. at WENDYS at 901 W. North Avenue (at 9th Ave) in Melrose Park. This is an excellent fundraiser to support petanque in Chicago.
The Chicago Petanque Club giving a demo to the folks attending The French Connection at Cantigny Park on August 14th 2011. Fun time for all, with beautiful weather. Even the “tall dude” was playing.
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