Le Cubitus wrote:
Merci Sylvestre… et merci Kate 🙂
Je t’en prie, Le Cubitus.
Are you coming along to the pub for the soiree Vendredi?
If so, I could tell you all I know about Petanque Clubs in Victroria.
Par exemple, my husband was a consultant on a project for Pyrenees Petanque Club last year, which involved us telephoning and doing surveys with the residents of the Pyrenees, to find out why they did or didn’t play petanque and what they thought of it….
some of them actually thought Petanque would be a good sport to play when they were too old to bend over for Bowls any more 😮 😮
BUT… I really think that city teams of petanque don’t suffer from so much of an image problem as the country clubs.
Ballarat’s annual Petanque Championship & BBQ is on next month, and we usually have about 30-40 people there, age mix between 20 and 60 (though admittedly the 20 year olds are mostly children of my Alliance Francaise friends who wish to take the championship from their parents, which has happened several times).
In Melbourne, from what I know, I suspect the average age group could be between 40 and 50 (but still better than 60 year olds 😉
Though many petanque teams in Victoria are growing fast in members, they’re still looking for new ones, and Kevin Ward, a guy we know from Petanque Victoria, says people are always welcome to just contact a club and be a guest player for a day to see if they like it before joining up….
Bonne chance!
Kate
, le il y a 18 années et 9 mois.
