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The Fresno Petanque Club was founded in 2007, and became California's 13th FPUSA petanque club. The lucky 13 sure seems to hold true for the members of this new club! Already they have started hauling home trophies from other club's tournaments! Sacramento's Furlan Invitational, Lamorinda, Oakhurst, and LA have all given up trophies to the players of the FPC.

Fresno Club is currently practicing on baseball diamonds - good surfaces to perfect play on smooth fast terrains. Besides practicing the finesse that such surfaces require, the club's members have been comfortable with learning a variety of throws. New members can be seen shooting just weeks after learning the rules! This allows them to play a versatile game right from the start. And the results sure show that it works!

Recently, the Fresno club has gained approval from the city for an area in one of the city parks for an enormous petanque terrain! Now if they can just find the funding to make that happen!

Pictured below are three of the FPC players - Tim, Mark, and Greg, at Lamorinda where they took 1st, 3rd, and 5th in the panache tournament that day. (Looks like Tim got caught on film holding a bottle of the elixir that is the secret to their success... now if we could just read the label...)

For more information on the Fresno Petanque Club go to http://fresnopetanque.com/