the essential
It brought together some 144 triplets, or 432 players or 216 doublets.
There were 133 in 2022, 115 in 2022, 114 last year, the last three editions won by the Spanish Samuel Santos.
Well, the legendary competition of November 11 dear to the Quatre-Saisons Pétan club (perhaps the oldest “classic” in the department than this fifty-year-old alert!) did even better this Monday by shattering its participation record. 144 triplets met at 10 a.m. at the René-Blanc bowling alley in Rodez. Rushed from all the neighboring departments and beyond, they reinforced its rank as the second Aveyron event behind the untouchable and upscale International d'Espalion.
144 triplets, or some 432 players or even 216 doublets! Almost no one can say the same in the department. And to quantity was added quality (see the results, below).
The results
– Quarter-finals: Mechaouat beats Sonny Prud'homme, Delson Boulanger, Bernard Claudi (Montpezat-de-Quercy, Lourdes); Sanchez beats Patrice and Tristan Benne, Joël Perrier (Figeac); Larroque beats Jérémy Mourino, Anthony Dutron, Stéphane Ploncard (La Primaube, Onet village); Bories beats Dominique and Seven Prud'homme, Curtis Lagrenée (Graulhet). Semi-finals: Sanchez beats Kévin Larroque, Thomas Lanet, Jean-Marie Lacombe (Parc Albi); Mechaouat beats Thibaut Bories, Dorian Théry, Raphaël Zelidor (Espalion, Pétanque villefranchoise). Final (shared): Mohamed Mechaouat, Dorian Laporte, Ivo Goncalves (Rieumes, 31; Moissac, Dieupentale, 82) beat Rufino Sanchez, Dylan Carteyrade, Freddy Perez (Marvejols, Saint-Thibéry, 34). Competition B, semi-finals : Fontana beats Kévin Raynal, Nicolas Albinet, Florian Serieye (Flavin); Poujol beats Sergeo Oliveira, Michel Soulages, Goran Marinkovic (Coopérators Millau, St-Beauzély). Finale : Cédric Fontana, Théo Aurel-Cérès, Ruben Vayssettes (Albi, La Primaube) beat Patrick Poujol, Bernard Bousquet, Marc Chaliez (Broquiès, Le Massegros).
AND ALSO
SIN-LE-NOBLE (Douaisis bowling alley). November 7-10, 26th European Club Cup. The Fréjus team made up of the couple Lucia Rousseaux and Dylan Rocher and Fanja Aubriot, Adrien Delahaye, Stéphane Robineau, Diego Rizzi and Philippe Zigler beat the Swiss from Meyrin (17 to 4) in the final.
PPF CIRCUIT: Creisselloise Sophie Fournié, first! Thanks to two victories in Nice and, at home, in Auch, and two quarter-finals in Île-Rousse and Ajaccio, Sophie Fournié finished at the top of the women's points ranking of the Pétanque passion française circuit, women's version. La Creisselloise has 32 points like Niçois Ludovic Montoro, the winner of the men's ranking. Both are qualified for the grand final of this PPF 2024 circuit scheduled for February 15 and 16, 2025, in Aix-en-Provence.
