Last Saturday, March 29, Edmonds Petanque Club launched the 2025 season with the annual Green and Gold Tournament. Through the day, doubles teams comprised of one "Green" (less experienced) player and one "Gold" (more experienced) player competed in a series of four...
Jeanna Holtz “Who knew they played petanque in Edmonds?” So says Jeanna Holtz. Born in Seattle, Jeanna grew up in Edmonds and attended Edmonds Junior High School when it was located at 4th and Daley near the Civic Center Playfield, which is now home of the Edmonds...
Monte Underwood Two guys are making snow angels in the gravel. Wondering why? Stay tuned. Monte and his partner have just finished playing a Sunday afternoon game pf petanque at the Civic Field, coming from behind to beat two seasoned players. It’s a high-five,...
On Wednesday, October 23, members of the Edmonds Petanque Club met with board members of the Edmonds Food Bank to present the club’s 2024 donation of $13,000. These funds were collected earlier in the fall during the annual Edmonds Petanque Club Food Bank Tournament...
"I was working in the lab late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight" A blazing sunset welcomed about 20 petanquers to Civic Field, Friday, October 11, 2024. The event? Vampire Petanque aka The Fandango Festival and Ghoulish Petanque. Inspired by Mari Dever...
Elizabeth Roberts Elizabeth’s motto is “Be the change.” She does this well. For instance, recently, she took the initiative to figure out why the lock was stuck on the cable securing the pétanque rings at the courts. She came up with a combination that worked. Thank...
Edmonds' Cross Sound Cup Team First Row: Joanie, La, Tu, Jeanna Second Row: Cris, Saurabh, Joan, Melanie, Bill, Ron, Brien, John, Mari On Saturday, September 14, the Edmonds Pétanque Club’s Cross Sound Team traveled to Port Townsend intent on capturing the Cross Sound...
The Set-Up Team wrestled a club canopy into position so that Registration could begin The picture looked bleak at 7:00am; but the Games Would Go On! Michelle and Bob have a word about wet weather pointing strategies. Also how to stay dry. There was some talk of...
Mari Dever I love where Mari, and husband Paul live, tucked into a cozy corner of Edmonds. Mari greets me coming through the garage from the backyard where she has been gardening with Paul. You know that digging, planting and maintaining their yard and...
Jim Klein Jim began playing pétanque about three years before he retired from Boeing as a software engineer. Jim’s history with Boeing began at a time, he said, “when everyone was getting a computer on their desk.” He thrived in taking care of tech problems. He also...