Petanque Boules Games- Free - Make new friends, play, be outdoors

Petanque Social play. Beginners welcome. Ages 8 to 80+. Everyone gets to play. Petanque is a strategy and skill game similar to Bocce. The game goes by the name Boules in France. There is equipment (boules) you can use and we will teach new folks the game. Play starts at 1 pm on Sundays at Miller Park in Winston-Salem. If you are new to petanque, then come at little early and get a short lesson before regular play starts. We would love to meet you. Please call if you have a larger group to assure we have enough equipment and folks to teach.
The Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden Pentaque Courts are located at 1105 Hobbs Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410. Contact John at [email protected] for more info or to confirm play times.
We are affiliated with Carolina Petanque. Playing Petanque at locations throughout the Carolinas. There is no cost or requirement to join. Everyone is welcome.
Overview of game... In pétanque the objective is to score points by having boules closer to the target than the opponent after all boules have been thrown. This is achieved by throwing or rolling boules closer to the small target ball, officially called a jack but known colloquially as a cochonnet, or by hitting the opponents' boules away from the target, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground. The team closest to the target ball gets a point for each ball (boule) they have closer than the opposing team.