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Old Brixtonian Petanque Society

PTW in Zagreb 2005

History

The Old Brixtonian Pétanque Society (OBPS) was founded by a group of friends back in the summer of 2003 in Brixton, South London.
The club meets for an end or two on warm evenings and weekends throughout the summer, on one of our adopted home pistes at Cleaver Square, Kennington or in Battersea Park.

Having recently registered OBPS with the London and English Pétanque Associations we are going to commemorate our club's official creation with a stab at the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous match (over 40 hours!!). Keep up to date with the attempt >>

Every 2 years the club also goes on tour. See the pictures from South of France 2003 and Zagreb 2005 .We see this as a challenge and an opportunity not only to have a lot of fun but also to increase the awareness of Pétanque around the world. It is in fact one of the objectives in the OBPS constitution, to improve awareness of the sport and build international relations in general, in a way only the OBPS can!

The Team

Club founding members are:

James
Sun Dance


Tools: CZ Noir, cannonballs

ID: P69

Special powers: Extreme Dancing.
Finest display: Agay, South of France.
Special move 1: Back flip to disco splits. Attempts at move: once. Result: Torn ACL (Knackered Knee).
Special move 2: Reverse chair surf. Attempts at move: twice. Result: Bruised Talar dome (knackered ankle).
Lesson learned: none.

Tom
Dirty Hands


Tools: Integrale CZN, Rag, Club diary

ID: E19

Special powers: Pointing to perfection under pressure; the art of blagging the club into French tournois; bull fighting; night play specialist; World Corporate Games Doubles Champion 2005 with PTW...

Paul
PTW
Club Secretary 2006

Tools: JB Shooters, sunglasses, straw hat, bravado

ID: N40

Special powers: Winning; blind shooting winners, crowd-pleasers; on-stage antics, shoulder flicks (rob after the final), mountain tumbling, hedge dwelling; kit; event organisation...

Chris
The Man
Club Treasurer 2006

Tools: Custom-made A5s: 73, 710, 1; Terry's measure

ID: J24

Special powers: Fannying; urban swimming; vb; website...

Robin
Roban "Whitebait" Lambertini

Tools: Les Petites Boules de Canon & PT Rag Loop

ID: K37

Special powers: Point piling in triples as Milieu; inexhaustible views on tactical advantages of when to shoot/point; customised PT clothing; supernatural ability to reflect sun's rays...

Rich
Clean Hands

Club Chairman 2006

Tools: Boules; Rag; Hat; Beer; Humour; Fanny; Air Guitar

ID: F18

Special powers: Air Guitar (Electric and Acoustic); playing upside down (Down Under); ambidextrous - but useless with my right...

Rob
Le Sud

Tools: JBs, chopper, cod livers

ID: N77

Special powers: Piste licking; bank sliding; vb chasing; boule displacing; boule misplacing; umpire monitoring...
Liaises with Red and Yellow Man regularly.

Will
Wayward Will

Tools: Integrale CZ supplied by Dirty Hands and Raptor

ID: S23

Special powers: Wristy pointing action; hedge diving; tram challenging; alpaca breeding; Spanish tongue...

Jerome
Raptor

Tools: warm ITR3s

ID: L25

Special powers: Sporadic, dementedly accurate shooting; unflappable temperament; tardiness; whooping; comedy tales...

 

The Piste

Our home terrain are at Cleaver Square in Kennington and Battersea Park

view from Battersea Park Cleaver Square
Battersea Park google-earthed Cleaver piste
 
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