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Petanque Tournament
Date: 9/8/2012 Album ID: 1530286
Photos by Tim Greenway
The Old Orchard Beach Petanque Club's petanque tournament at Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach on Saturday afternoon, September 8, 2012.
Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer -- Competitors are reflected off a steel ball called a boule as they determine whose ball is closest to the orange ball called a piglet during the Old Orchard Beach Petanque Club's petanque tournament at Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach on Saturday afternoon, September 8, 2012. Petanque, a popular European outdoor game, is a cousin to bocce. The goal of the game is to toss or roll the boules as close as possible to the piglet. The tournament concludes the summer season of matches in the town's courts.
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Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer -- Lenny Lones of Arundel tosses a boule during the Old Orchard Beach Petanque Club's petanque tournament at Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach on Saturday afternoon, September 8, 2012. Petanque, a popular European outdoor game, is a cousin to bocce. The goal of the game is to toss or roll hollow steel balls called boules as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a jack or piglet. The tournament concludes the summer season of matches in the town's courts.
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Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer -- Al Hill, founder of the Old Orchard Beach Petanque Club, prepares to toss a boule during the club's petanque tournament at Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach on Saturday afternoon, September 8, 2012. Petanque, a popular European outdoor game, is a cousin to bocce. The goal of the game is to toss or roll hollow steel balls called boules as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a jack or piglet. The tournament concludes the summer season of matches in the town's courts.
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Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer -- during the Old Orchard Beach Petanque Club's petanque tournament at Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach on Saturday afternoon, September 8, 2012. Petanque, a popular European outdoor game, is a cousin to bocce. The goal of the game is to toss or roll hollow steel balls called boules as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a jack or piglet. The tournament concludes the summer season of matches in the town's courts.
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