tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250046682009-02-21T04:33:41.562-05:00motorcitypetanquesociety.comThis is a sport similar to french lawn bowling; bocce or curling. We play in downtown Detroit at Campus Maritus Park. It is fun, free, and great. Come on Saturdays at 1:00pmGeneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1150985396682621292006-06-22T09:04:00.000-05:002006-10-11T23:26:17.796-05:00This saturday will be the last practice for the Motor City Petanque Society because Sunday we go for the gold at Royal Oak at 1:00 p.m.<br /><br />The Motor City's bad boy TonyT will team up with me for the gold to win it all.<br /><br />Hope to see you there<br /><br />it's "GOING DOWN""<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-115098539668262129?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1149104456679972012006-05-31T14:40:00.000-05:002006-05-31T14:40:56.696-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/GeneCloutee.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/400/GeneCloutee.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114910445667997201?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1148855839003894042006-05-28T17:34:00.000-05:002006-05-28T17:37:19.003-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/GeneSharonDrPepper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/GeneSharonDrPepper.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>It was hot as heck on Saturday at <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Campus Martius Park</span>, but thankfully, the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dr. Pepper</span> trucks rolled in distributing free samples of their newest flavors. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gene </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sharon </span>are offering their critiques...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114885583900389404?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Baby Nubbinsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1148855657428696762006-05-28T17:32:00.000-05:002006-05-28T17:34:17.440-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/Gene2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/Gene2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/Gene1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/Gene1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/Sharon.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/Sharon.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/Gene3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/Gene3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114885565742869676?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Baby Nubbinsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1148411451059237282006-05-23T14:10:00.000-05:002006-05-23T14:10:51.070-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/SuaveGene.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/SuaveGene.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114841145105923728?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1148312829643445472006-05-22T10:34:00.001-05:002006-05-22T14:56:46.316-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/MCPSLogoSmall.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/400/MCPSLogoSmall.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...... It looks good for this summer. As you know I am a member of the <strong><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Detroit</span> </span></strong>club as well as President of the <strong><span style="color:#ffff00;">Motor City Petanque Society.</span></strong> We will be doing a member recruiting drive at Campus Maritus Park on Saturday, May 27, 2006 (from 12:00 p.m. till 3:00 p.m.) to join.<br /><br />The membership fee is only... FREE! <span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>FREE that's all</strong> ...</span>to learn a fun sport and have a great time. So come on down to Detroit's Hottest petanque place and sign up. We play every day at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. <span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Come check us out</strong></span><br /><br />see you soon, <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Geno </span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114831282964344547?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1147562425188855692006-05-13T18:19:00.000-05:002006-05-13T18:20:25.186-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/Gene.4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/Gene.4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114756242518885569?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Baby Nubbinsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1147562353377330282006-05-13T18:16:00.000-05:002006-05-13T18:19:13.390-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/RainDay5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/RainDay5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Though it was a little damp out, we had a great turnout of players on Saturday. We even had some guests from the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Chicago Petanque Club </span>(<span style="font-weight: bold;">Armin & Anne</span>).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/GeneArminKenJoeDan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/GeneArminKenJoeDan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/SharonPepper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/SharonPepper.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114756235337733028?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Baby Nubbinsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1147549848240773542006-05-13T14:34:00.000-05:002006-05-13T18:25:15.926-05:00Today I learned alot on how to improve my game. When you play someone that is better then you the <strong>first</strong> rule is to watch the other player closely to see what they're doing that you are not; <strong>second</strong>: relax. Don't get all tensed up. Remember this is a learning experience. <strong>Third</strong>: play your best at all times and don't grip the ball to tightly. Let it roll off your fingers for short plays and a light back spin with a 12 1/2 inch drop from the cochon to roll the tight point.<br /><br />This makes the shooter waste the shot and builds your game.<br /><br />Until next time "<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">play buell</span>"<br /><br /><br /><br />geno<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114754984824077354?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1147260555571308362006-05-10T06:28:00.000-05:002006-05-10T06:29:15.583-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/PistonsGene.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/PistonsGene.4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>As I approached the pistes to play our usual lunchtime session of petanque at<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Campus Martius Park</span> I spotted <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Gene S. </span>doing some pro-Detroit Pistons promotions nearby.<br /><br />There's always something going on at C-Mart (Smart) - it's the Times Square for the MidWest.<br /><br />-Jeff<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114726055557130836?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Baby Nubbinsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1146843697110487522006-05-05T10:35:00.000-05:002006-05-05T15:48:57.486-05:00Hi, sorry I been in court lately, but here's an update:<br /><br />The <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Motor City Club</span></strong> will start up in July. We will look forward to seeing you at <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Campus Maritus</span></strong> soon.<br /><br />We had a great time at the Detroit Club's tournament on last Saturday. We did well, coming in second.<br /><br />See you next time,<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Geno</span></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114684369711048752?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1145821366866425842006-04-23T14:39:00.001-05:002006-04-23T14:57:34.220-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/Gene.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/400/Gene.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>It was a gloriously sunny day this past Saturday and <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Gene </span>had plenty of opportunities to both play and teach petanque.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/Gene%20and%20Ben.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/400/Gene%20and%20Ben.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/GeneShows.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/400/GeneShows.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/GeneBoules.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/400/GeneBoules.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114582136686642584?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1145371952262879952006-04-18T09:45:00.000-05:002006-04-19T07:00:42.133-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/GeneBDay.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/400/GeneBDay.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/JoeCake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/400/JoeCake.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Sorry I haven't updated this blog-site since my Birthday; but we had a great time in Campus Martius Park.<br /><br />The<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Detroit Petanque Club</span> gave Joe and me a party on 4/8/06. I am now ??? years old - (you guess!)<br /><br />Come on down to <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Campus Martius</span> and play with us and live a little!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114537195226287995?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1143902064093841972006-04-01T09:34:00.000-05:002006-04-01T21:33:36.836-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/1600/GeneSquats.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5642/562/400/GeneSquats.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />You can find my petanque club website at: <a href="http://www.detroitpetanque.com">Detroit Petanque Club</a><br /><br />We also have another club in Royal Oak, their website is at: <a href="http://www.michiganpetanque.com">Michigan Petanque Club</a><br /><br />And of course, this BLOG is located at: <a href="http://motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com">motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114390206409384197?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1143833653952637732006-03-31T14:27:00.000-05:002006-04-01T21:14:50.716-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/JeffThrows.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/320/JeffThrows.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/GeneHat.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/320/GeneHat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/nu%20frinds.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/320/nu%20frinds.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/Group5.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/320/Group5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/GroupShot.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/320/GroupShot.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/TonyT.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/320/TonyT.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/sharon.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/320/sharon.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114383365395263773?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1143832951026884612006-03-31T14:19:00.000-05:002006-04-01T21:14:29.930-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/1600/Gene.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3480/2604/320/Gene.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114383295102688461?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1143738442055916822006-03-30T12:07:00.000-05:002006-04-01T21:13:15.456-05:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Playing on the site will be much more fun.<br /><br />Soon we will post all members with office.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114373844205591682?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25004668.post-1143736620694948342006-03-30T11:21:00.000-05:002006-04-01T21:11:52.320-05:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Today was hard for me I forgot how to get into my site...but I made it. This sport will bring people all togather from all over the place the sport is called "Petanque" so come to see the "best of the best" at Campus Martius Park Weekdays from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm and on Saturdays 12:30 to 5:00pm. We would love for your participation. Hope to see you soon, and have a great day and keep "bouleing" <br /><br /><br />Eugeneus Sanford <br />President of the Motor City Petanque Society</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25004668-114373662069494834?l=motorcitypetanquesociety.blogspot.com'/></div>Geneohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236642047789524133noreply@blogger.com0