{"id":72092,"date":"2020-10-19T04:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=72092"},"modified":"2020-10-13T16:39:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T06:39:45","slug":"smythesdale-petanque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/sport\/smythesdale-petanque\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the boules in Smythesdale"},"content":{"rendered":"

SMYTHESDALE Petanque Club has returned home to play at the Woady Yaloak Recreation reserve, following months away due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Club administrator and founder, Jeff Langdon said between eight and fifteen people have been coming out twice a week on Wednesday and Friday afternoons.<\/p>\n

\u201cNon-contact sports like ours have COVID-safe ways of doing things. We don\u2019t touch one another\u2019s boules, which are the steel balls we play with, we stay apart, we don\u2019t shake hands and we have sanitiser,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe play social games with each piste, which is the playing terrain, separated by a couple of metres.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cThe league is allowing up to 36 people to play, provided you have four square metres per person. That\u2019s about how many we could manage at the rec reserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The club has between 35 and 40 members. Twenty of them are active players, regularly heading to the home piste.<\/p>\n

Mr Langdon said new members are always welcome to learn how petanque works and give it a go, even in the challenging pandemic climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gets you in. Usually it\u2019s played with teams of two or three against each other. It\u2019s normally first to 13, with points gained by getting close to the jack.<\/p>\n

\u201cShooting is exciting, where a strong throw tries to move the opposition\u2019s boule away. There\u2019s not a lot of aerobic output. A bit like lawn bowls, you throw boules and try to out-fox your opposition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver a couple of hours, we travel 3000 steps, so it gives particularly older members access to a sport that has a high level of competition, but a high level of physical activity is not required.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Michel Morisset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Member, Phil Blake said the social side of the club is its greatest strength and the element he enjoys the most.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can come and get to know people from all walks of life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no age barrier, and anyone that walks off the street can come along to learn and play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Langdon said outside of COVID-19 restrictions, players usually stay after their petanque session to sit down for a drink together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have a glass of wine or a cider, and share some cheese and bickies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victoria has 26 petanque clubs, including Avoca, Ballarat and Gisborne. It is the strongest state playing the sport and only 60 clubs exist across Australia. It is a low-cost activity.<\/p>\n

Visit smythesdalepetanqueclub.net<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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