The Kaohsiung Petanque Club 's training will  be this Saturday  at 7:00PM till 9:00 PM at the Kaohsuing petanque staduim instead of Saturday moring this week

Anybody can become member of the KHHPC.   

membership annual fee of NT500

You will receive:

A KHHPC  t-shirt

Tournament fee of NT350 

Join tournaments with other clubs

Follow-up of members’ posting (on the web site)

Numbered membership card

Sponsored participation to spical  events (open Bar,Wine& Cheese Degustation, Parties,                                

We play on Sunday afternoons  in Kaohsiung city except for rainy days on Kaifoung Rd. and Singbang Rd check map link on webpageWe can plan an exciting day or just a different kind of activity with friends, come play and relax wile playing this wonderful game of petanque in a great atmosphere.
 Each training session will be 3 hours; the coach will teach you the rules and the tactics of the game. And everyone can enjoy food and drinks after the training. 

The price includes learning the petanque and a set of Obut Boules imported from France 
Games can be organized at your convenience from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm  

For any request you can contact Kevin at   petanquekaohsuingtaiwan@gmail.com

 

 

  

 

The game is always played in teams. In competitions there are three different configurations:

three players per team (two boules per player), called triplets

two players per team (three boules per player), called doublets

one player per team (three boules per player), called singles

The boules are made of metal and weigh between 650 g and 800 g, with a diameter of between 71 mm and 80 mm. The jack is made of wood or synthetic material and has a diameter of between 25 mm and 35 mm.

The playing area should be at least 15 meters (49 ft) long, by 4 meters (13 ft) wide.

A player from the team that wins the toss starts the game by drawing a circle on the playing field (35 to 50 cm in diameter). Both feet must be inside this circle, touching the ground, when playing. The player then throws the jack to a distance of between 6 and 10 metres from the starting circle. The jack must be visible and at least 1 metre from any obstacle or boundary, otherwise it must be thrown again.

A player from the team that wins the toss then plays the first boule, trying to place it as close to the jack as possible. Then the opposing team must get closer to the jack and keeps playing until they succeed. When they do, it is back to the first team to do better, and so forth.

A player may choose to 'place' a boule (get it as near as possible to the jack) or 'shoot' it (attempt to displace another boule). When one team runs out of boules the other team plays their remaining boules. When all boules have been played, that is the end of a 'round', and the winning team scores a point for each boule that is nearer to the jack than the opposing team's nearest boule.

Displacing the jack with a boule is allowed. It is an advantageous (albeit dangerous) play for a skilled player late in a round, when all or most members of his team have played long.

The team that wins a round starts the next one, and a new circle is drawn where the jack ended up in the previous round.

If a boule completely crosses any of the predetermined boundaries, it is considered dead and cannot be scored. Likewise, if the jack is moved and subsequently completely crosses a boundary, the round is scratched and the jack is thrown again. If only one team has boules remaining to throw when this occurs, they receive points for every unplayed ball. Accordingly, the (extremely difficult) play of deliberately shooting out the jack is a winning gambit in some circumstances. "Points for boules in hand" is not, in fact, part of the official rules of the game but is usually played anyway.

A game is won when 13 points are made, and some times played the best of 3