Pétanque: Dylan Rocher and Cindy Peyrot, a world record attempt and international tournaments during the Mondial de Montpellier 3M

Le carré d'honneur sur la place des Grand-Hommes. Midi Libre – LF

A world record attempt followed by two internationals, men's and women's, are planned from Friday to Sunday on the grounds set up at the Odysseum shopping centre in Montpellier.

As with each edition, the Mondial de pétanque Montpellier 3M attracts a lot of people and great champions of the discipline. After a year of absence, the event is back in the Hérault capital for its seventh edition. "This is an important moment because the people of Montpellier were deprived of the World Cup for a year in 2023 due to an error on our part combined with a lack of help from the French federation’ ;quot;, explains Laurent Lanotte, member of the organizing team.

A world record to beat

Time for spectacle and entertainment first with a world record attempt on the square of honor installed on the Place des Grands-Hommes in the heart of the Odysseum shopping center. Friday from 8 p.m., 10 champions (Dylan Rocher, Henri Lacroix, Mickaël Bonetto…) will try to do better than 876 balls fired in an hour, a record held by Béziers.

Saturday and Sunday, the Men's International will take place on the same site with 352 men's triplets including the highly anticipated one made up of French pétanque star Dylan Rocher accompanied by his renowned partners Diego RIzzi and Stéphane Robineau. For victory, they will compete with Henri Lacroix, David Doer and Laurent Matraglia or even the trio of the French team Ludovic Montoro, Mickaël Bonetto and Christophe Sarrio.

During these two days, the International Véronique Foppolo reserved for the 128 women's triplets will also be played on the square of honor and the adjoining fields with the presence of champions like Cindy Peyrot and Marie -Christine Virebayre to name but a few.