October Petanque Update 3

We'll have the petanque picnic today, Sunday the 16th. The ground may be too soft for us to play petanque until later in the afternoon, but we can barbecue while we wait.

Hope to see you at Nishi Ohata Park.

October Petanque Update 2

The petanque picnic scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 16, has been postponed.

We'll try again on Sunday.

October Petanque Update

The weather people forecast rain for tomorrow, the date of our October gathering. If the event is rained out we'll hold the picnic the following day, Sunday the 16th.

I'll post a final update Saturday morning.

Hope to see everyone this weekend.

October Petanque

Calling all petanquers. The next petanque picnic will be at Nishi Ohata Park on Saturday, October 15, from 1:00.

As usual, I'll have the BBQ- I'm thinking of doing brats again.

Bring friends, family, total strangers- the larger the crowd the better.

Hope to see you Saturday.

September Petanque Photos, Misc.

September Petanque Photos

September Petanque and Wiener Roast

Long-time Niigata residents know that the passing of summer means only a few precious weeks of decent weather remain before the onset of several months of winter nastiness. In other words, for us petanquers there's no time like the present for a convivial afternoon on the piste.

I propose we gather at Nishi Ohata Park in the PM (from 1:00) of Saturday, September 10. I'll fire up the barbie and roast a feed of bratwurst (Wisconsin style), complete with sauerkraut and the fixin's. If someone could bring buns (or tell me where to get them), the assist would be most welcome. Drinks?- the usual BYO policy applies.

The more the merrier, as they say, so spread the good word. And finally, an addendum to the previous: the single ladies in the club have asked me to relay the following: the "welcome piste" will most definitely be rolled out for all the unattached guys in Niigata and beyond (looks, bank balance [if any], employment status, etc. are immaterial); let's do some social networking to help them out.