16 Jun 2012 : Well done to everyone who turned up to play (16 teams) the SMK Patanque Competition at the rising sun 'Gelangang Petanque SMKDPB' this afternoon . It started off fairly sunny and dry but quickly got wet and
windy!! Congratulations to Team Form One Students, evening season for winning the the Gold. Well done to our Falcons for winning the Cup!!!
Petanque is played by two, four or six people in two teams, or players can compete as individuals in casual play.
In the singles and doubles games each player has three boules; in
triples they have only two. A coin is tossed to decide which side goes
first. The starting team draws a circle on the ground which is 35-50
centimetres in diameter: all players must throw their boules from within
this circle, with both feet remaining on the ground. The first player
throws the jack 6–10 metres away; it must be at least one metre from the
boundary.A successful pétanque team has players who are skilled at shooting as
well as players who only point. For obvious reasons, the pointer or
pointers play first – the shooter or shooters are held in reserve in
case the opponents place well. In placing, a boule in front of the jack
has much higher value than one at the same distance behind the jack,
because intentional or accidental pushing of a front boule generally
improves its position.A team captain, in an idealized game, requires his pointer to place a
boule reasonably close in approach to the jack (paradoxically, in
competition, the first pointer sometimes aims not to get so close to the
jack that the opponents will inevitably shoot their boule immediately).
They then visualize an imaginary circle with the jack as its centre and
the jack-boule distance as radius and defend that circle by any
legitimate means.
