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Green and Gold: A Blast!
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...
Merci Pour La Petanque!
What to do with a rambunctious group of 30 Sixth Graders on a cold January afternoon? Because they are about to dive into their studies of French language and culture, the answer, of course, is PLAY PETANQUE! That is just what happened last Thursday when this year's...
2025 Annual Meeting
On January 12, the club held its Annual Meeting at the Innis Arden Clubhouse. This year's event was a luncheon, catered by the Furi Restaurant in Edmonds, whose Chef Yang prepared a delicious Chinese buffet for the 75 members and guests who attended. Board member...
Profiles in Petanque: Jeanna Holtz and Tom Delaney
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...
Profiles in Petanque: Monte Underwood and Jeri Lockhart
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,...
Edmonds Petanque Raises $13,000 for City Food Bank
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...
“Ghoul Boules” in Edmonds
"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...
Profiles in Petanque: Elizabeth Roberts and Howard Heflin
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...
Cross Sound Cup: A One Point Squeaker
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...
Nothing Stops Petanque!
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...
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