Raising the profile of petanque
Around 20 people were gathered on the terrain at the back of West Worthing Tennis and Squash Club in Titnore Lane, Durrington, for the club’s session on Thursday.
The aim of petanque is to throw hollow metal balls, known as boules, as close to a smaller ball, the coche, as possible.
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Hide AdThe current form of the game originated in 1907, in La Ciotat, southern France, and is played casually in France by around 17 million people.
But in the UK, petanque has a much lower profile, something that Bob is keen to change.
“I have been playing the sport for around three years and started after someone suggested it to me,” he said.
“I played ‘pretend’ petanque in the garden, as you do, but I had no idea that there were any rules and quite fancied the idea of playing properly.
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