Our pétanque club, the “New York Petanque Club”, has succeeded in bringing back to New York the French Petanque phenomenon and World Petanque Champion in pétanque, Dylan Rocher. A 22 years old player who dominates the sport of pétanque in France and outside its borders. He just won the gold medal at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia.

We have organized two events for this unique opportunity and we really need your support for them to be successful. Moreover, seeing the attraction of the public during the pétanque events held during Bastille Day, relayed through you, your readers will appreciate this news.

1. We are organizing a tournament of select doubles held on two days the Saturday 25 and Sunday August 26, 2012 at our Paul Ricard pétanque courts located south of Prospect Park in Brooklyn. You can check the map hereand take a look at the 32 min commute plan from Union Square here

The tournament is open to all, even without a petanque license. We will have some sets of boules available for the ones who don’t have any. Please find the complete registration information here

Please note that the registration fee includes playing games for the two day event.Players and visitors will have the opportunity to eat on the spot with the help of local french restaurant  Le P'tit Paris Bistro

2. Before our tournament and to introduce Dylan Rocher to a maximum of New Yorkers, we will organize, Friday August 23, an afternoon of exhibition sponsored in part by the management of Bryant Park in Manhattan and with the help of the second pétanque club of New York, "La Boule New Yorkaise". The public will be able to follow some exhibition games with comments and explanation by an emcee and also they will witness Dylan Rocher's attempt to beat his record of precision shooting which consist of shooting 100 boules in a limited time. He did 97 out of 100 last year in less than 10 minutes You will find more details of this event here

Please feel free to contact us for any additional info.

We thank you in advance for your help.

Best Regards,

Thierry, New York Pétanque Club



Overview of Dylan Rocher achievements:

Dylan ROCHER

Just turned 22 years old, he has a fantastic bio. Here are a few (but not all) of his achievements:

-World Champion Young 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007
-French Champion Cadets 2005
-European Champion Cadets in doubles and triples 2006
-French Champion Juniors 2008
-European Champion Junior 2008
-Ligue Champion senior 2009
-Millau Tête à Tête champion 2010
-Champion Mondial La Marseillaise 2010
-French Champion doubles 2011
-European Champion Senior Triples 2011
-European Champion Espoirs Triples 2011
-Champion Mondial La Marseillaise 2012
-French Champion Mixte double 2012
-Finalist Europetanque d'Azur 2012
-Millau semi finalist Tête à Tête 2012
-Champion Mondial La Marseillaise 2012
-French Champion Mixte double 2012
-Finalist Europetanque d'Azur 2012
-2012 World Champion with FRANCE Senior National Team
-Champion Mondial La Marseillaise 2013

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