Thanks to Jenny Cuthbert, Piste-up's intrepid photographer
Winners of the Principale: Silvio Grancourt of Weird Entertainers, and Benjamin Beaufort and Santiago Mayor of St. Kilda (with presenters Richard Tarlinton and David Garnham) 2d Place in Principal: Sebastiano Federico (St. Kilda), Aimee Obers (Dove) and Jean-Claude Dufroux (St. Kilda) 3d in Principale: Aileen and Rick Hebblethwaite and David Walker
First in Consolante: Jacqueline Nemorin, Danielle Grancourt and Annick Masson, of Weird Entertainers, are congratulated by Richard
Richard poses with Consolante 2d Place team: Peter Cuthbert, John Cook, Michael Abson Sebastiano giving some instructions to teammate Jean-Claude Action on Camberwell P.C.'s pistes Hilkke demonstrates that petanque is a game of millimeters
Andre Deremond measures for Richard, Peter and David Umpire Silvio Grancourt settling a close measurement issue Alma takes aim on a long end Players and spectators enjoy a sunny Spring day at CPC pistes | CPC Open Triples Feature Some Fierce Competition Camberwell Petanque Club's incredibly busy home venue tournament season continued apace on Sunday (Nov. 2) with the club's 2008 Open Triples competition. A spirited gallery of spectators watched an intense finals match from which Silvio Grancourt of Weird Entertainers, and Benjamin Beaufort and Santiago Mayor of St. Kilda emerged as the winners over Sebastiano Federico of St. Kilda, Aimeé Obers of Dove and Jean-Claude Dufroux of St. Kilda. During the battle Silvio and Jean-Claude put on a dazzling duel of deadly accurate "bombs," while Aimeé had the crowd cheering on its feet with some sensational pointing on a difficult terrain. Placing third in the Principale were Aileen and Rick Hebblethwaite and David Walker. The Consolante division was won by Jacqueline Nemorin, Danielle Grancourt and Annick Masson of Weird Entertainers. Placing 2d in the Consolante were Peter Cuthbert, John Cook and Michael Abson and in Third Place were Mary Deakin, Rod Deakin and Geoff Davis of Long Beach. Barbara Lahm, Narelle Cook and Jenny Cuthbert won the Sociale division. While not breaking into the winners' circle, teams composed of Alec, Bill and Irene and of Jean-Marie, John-Paul and Hilkka were the only Camberwellers to survive the elimination and compete in the Principale playoffs. It was a bright, sunny day (heating up to 28 degrees) and the rain held off until after the last boule was thrown, so we were weather-lucky once again. Special thanks go to Terry Barter sister for generously helping Margaret Barker with the sausage sizzle. |
