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Las Provinçuns/The Provinces => Cézembre => Topic started by: xpb on February 23, 2026, 09:44:01 AM

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Question: Shall Pétanque boules be the official leisure sport of Cézembre?
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Title: Pétanque boules - could it be the Official Sport of Cézembre?
Post by: xpb on February 23, 2026, 09:44:01 AM
While Futbol Talossan (https://wiki.talossa.com/Talossan_Football) is the sport of the realm (and indeed we have our own Colesseum) it would seem that there should be an official sport of Cézembre

Pétanque (en (https://fipjp.org/index.php/en/), fr (https://fipjp.org/index.php/fr/)) boules may fit the bill, and while it originated in the south of France, it has spread worldwide yet would still have local character and could be played on our fine beaches, perhaps on the Colesseum grounds between futbol matches, or with its own dedicated boulodrome.

What are the thoughts of l'Etats or other citizens regarding this - perhaps @þerxh Sant-Enogat knows if pétanque or other sports that are not futbol related are played on our fair isle?
Title: Re: Pétanque boules - could it be the Official Sport of Cézembre?
Post by: xpb on February 24, 2026, 11:40:29 AM
Petanque and bocce are similar, yet distinct, target-based ball games. Petanque (French) uses small, steel balls thrown while standing stationary, often on gravel. Bocce (Italian) features larger, resin/wood balls rolled on a long, smooth, manicured court. Petanque is "feet together," while Bocce is a "rolling" game.

Balls (Boules): Petanque balls are smaller, made of steel, and hollow. Bocce balls are larger, colored, and made of solid, dense material.

Throwing Style: Petanque uses an underhand toss with a palm-down (backspin) motion. Bocce uses an underhand roll with a palm-up motion.

Stance: Petanque players must keep both feet together inside a small, marked circle. Bocce allows players to step forward and walk during their throw.

Court: Petanque is played on almost any terrain (gravel, dirt, parkland). Bocce requires a dedicated, flat court with wooden sideboards.

Court Size: Petanque courts are generally smaller (approx. 50 feet long) compared to the long lanes of bocce (approx. 90 feet long).

Objective: Both games aim to land closer to a small target ball (cochonnet in petanque, pallino in bocce) than the opponent.
Title: Re: Pétanque boules - could it be the Official Sport of Cézembre?
Post by: xpb on February 24, 2026, 11:51:46 AM
Possible translations to Talossan (I will be looking for assistance here)

bolă (ball/boule) unsure on how to pluralize

tocă (target/cochonnet/pallino)

camp (court)

castar (toss) sub ma or subma? (underhand) afust (palm)  under (down)

ped (foot plural?) postiun (together)




Title: Re: Pétanque boules - could it be the Official Sport of Cézembre?
Post by: xpb on April 01, 2026, 11:04:05 PM
Seeing no discussion as of yet I will set a poll during the month of recess of the Cosa for l'Etats to consider on or before Wedesday, April 29 (4 weeks from today)

Shall Pétanque boules be the official leisure sport of Cézembre?
Title: Re: Pétanque boules - could it be the Official Sport of Cézembre?
Post by: xpb on April 17, 2026, 12:50:56 PM
crickets
Title: Re: Pétanque boules - could it be the Official Sport of Cézembre?
Post by: Iason Taiwos on April 17, 2026, 01:59:19 PM
XPB, we Belacostan Cjovani adopted bocce as our "official" subcultural sport...because a lot of prominent Belacostans are Italian, and also because bocce ball sets are easier to come by, and there are several local bocce courts we can play in. (Vitxalmour Conductour and I once visited a local park, with the intention of hiking thru the woods, enjoying nature...we found there was a bocce court on the premises! Luckily, I had my bocce ball set in the trunk of my car, so we played our first ever game on a proper bocce court.) (I won, lol.)
I've looked into pétanque because the balls are smaller and more portable. My bocce set is heavy and a pain in the butt to haul around.
Anyhow, we came up with some Talossan terminology for our bocce games. Here they are:
Baiça Françal - "French Kiss". Buci term. "Kissing the fanny", a bocce tradition believed to have originated in France's Savoy region, requires losing teams (who have failed to score a single point) to kiss an image of a woman's bare buttocks
Balineu  -  the pallino, the small ball in bocce
Bola da Buci  -  bocce ball 
Buci  -  bocce. Bocce was introduced to Cjováni culture by Taiwos, who once bought a set of bocce balls to try to find an outdoor activity to keep his grandkids occupied. The kids didn't care for it, so Taiwos lugged the set up to Conductour's house one day. After a few games, Taiwos and Conductour were hooked. Initially, they called the way they played bocce "bolextrema", or extreme bocce, for, unlike the well manicured outdoor bocce courts they had seen, they played in Conductour's hilly and overgrown backyard. They quickly formed A.B.B.A., which, as far as we know, is Talossas only regularly active sports league. Eventually, Taiwos acquired a book about bocce, which  lead him to scrap the term 'bolextrema'. "According to the book", Taiwos said, "what we'd been playing was not particularly extreme in the bocce world." 
Iral da buci  - bocce court.
L' cäps d'Umberto Granaglia  -  Awarded by ABBA to the winner of their annual Tournament of Waterloo, L'Cäps d'Umberto Granaglia is a collectible sports card bearing the likeness of Umberto Granaglia, who is widely considered to be the greatest buci player in that sport's history.
Rafà - buci term. A fast rolling shot intending to knock an opponent's bola away or to direct the balineu to a new position.
Reverse Hooligan  -  buci term. Falling on ones back when tossing a buci ball.
Triple Miestra  -  buci term. When one has three of their balls closest to the balineu.
These are all the terms related to bocce from our Cjovani lexicon. I doubt they will be helpful to you, but may encourage you.
Ignore the crickets. Go ahead and make pétanque the official leisure sport of Cezembre. In doing so, you will forge an alliance with the Belacostan Cjovani, who enjoy a similar sport.
In Talossa, it seems easier to just make something official by actually doing it regularly, than to make laws around it.