Boules: the Provençal Gard de jeux championship promises to be very open

Champions 2023, les Beauvoisinois Stéphane Baty, Thierry Soler et Sylvain Héron défendront leur titre. Midi Libre – Geneviève Oliva

Le championnat du Gard de jeu provençal se déroulera à Nîmes sur trois jours, les 27 et 28 avril et le 1er mai. Les candidats à la victoire sont nombreux et la compétition, donc, indécise.

Organized by the Boule des Jardins de la Fontaine club, dear to Jean-Pierre Ferret, the Provençal Gard de jeux championship will take place in Nîmes over three days. Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April, the players will be on track at the Marcel-Rouvière stadium, the competition ending Wednesday 1 May with the Estanque games.< /p>

At stake, three places for the French championship

In addition to the departmental title, three places will be at stake for the French championship on July 5, 6, 7 in Briançon (Hautes-Alpes) and three others for the Regional on July 8 and 9. ;nbsp;June in Saint-Estève (Pyrénées-Orientales).

Times are changing and the Provençal game does not escape this reality. We are a long way from the 1980s when more than two hundred triplets competed for the departmental title in the Jardins de la Fontaine, on the Allée Jean-Jaurès and in an annex stadium in front of galleries of informed spectators.

Long course specialists and pétanque players to make them freelance

The real long distance specialists are now much fewer in number and, often, a few pétanque players come to jostle them, or even freelancing them. Unconditional lovers of the discipline, however, remain logical favorites.

The Beauvoisinois Stéphane Baty, Thierry Soler and Sylvain Héron will defend their title. Among the candidates for their succession, we will cite, among others, the Sigal, Parella, Boiron, Caligo, Bonzi, Serre, Marbat, Jean, Benghezal, Julli, Bernard, Rascalon, Pebernet, Mougenot, Pinero, Bosch, Hébrard and Sanchez teams. .

Saturday April 27: chickens and a game. Sunday April 28: 32nd final, 6th (or framing) and 8th. Wednesday May 1: quarter-finals, semi-finals, final and play-off games for the Regional. Games start every day at 8 a.m. I subscribe to read more