Most of our boules sets come packed in a canvas carry bag with a strong handle allowing them to be the ideal set for taking to the park or the beach to play with family and friends. Throw the jack to a distance at which your own shooter is most comfortable, or the opposing shooter is least comfortable. A wonderful sport and recognised as a Paralympic event but a great game for all, it can be played for fun or as a serious competitive sport.

The fourth episode of The Amazing Race 30 featured a pétanque competition at Place des Lices in Saint-Tropez. One great thing about the game is that anybody can join in with the fun and laughter, improving over time as Boules can become addictive.It's a great game that is traditionally played on specially prepared grit surfaces but in fact, works fine in all sorts of places - including the beach, gardens, parks and any sandy or gritted area. The jack, or target ball, is a small ball made of wood, traditionally boxwood or beechwood, 30 mm (1.

By the 1920s, the growing popularity of boules in France created a demand that could not be satisfied using the available supplies of natural boxwood root, which were beginning to disappear. Its web site contains a variety of useful information, including the official international rules of pétanque and a list of its national members.To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. If at any point the closest boules from each team are equidistant from the jack, then the team that threw the last boule throws again. Before the mid-1800s, European boules games were played with solid wooden balls, usually made from boxwood root, a very hard wood.

Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. It eventually became the dominant boules sport in France, and is widely played in other European countries.If a player points a boule very close to the jack, it forces the opposing shooter to shoot it immediately. e. the period of play from the throw of a jack to the point when both teams have played all their boules.