This reported was presented at our Annual Meeting on 10-28-21 and distributed to the membership.
Sports Director’s Report for the 2021 Annual Meeting of
Classic City Petanque Club (CCPC)
Club play days
- Established 3 regularly scheduled play days per week (more than any other club at a single location with better overall attendance)
Better training in skills and rules
- Club members continue to improve their skills and knowledge of the rules
- High-lob training session conducted
Court improvements
- String boundaries and boule holders added; improved scoreboards; surface enhancements; and generally making it cleaner, safer, and more inviting
- Several work days with excellent member participation!
- Expansion request submitted to ACC; staff actively working on a response
Intramural tournaments
- 2 month-long tournaments – a CCPC “invention”
- Our first-ever 1-day, all-day tournament panache
- Approximately 20 + members plus 3 guests participated in our three club tournaments
Stronger presence and relationships with FPUSA, Atlanta Petanque League (APL) Carolina Petanque (CP), and others
- Al and Heidi regularly play with CP helping to develop strong personal relationships with the leadership and top players
- Gail and Michelle played with CP at Winston-Salem
- Tom played with CP at the Hickory Boule-O-Drome
- Al and Tricia Domingo (new President of APL) maintain regular contact
- Heidi is working with National Sports Director, Songmi Keating, to improve and enhance the list of Umpires registered and available for Tournament Directors to use
FPUSA and Open tournament participation
- Heidi (4), Al (3), Michelle (3), Gail (3), Rob (2), Pat, Diane, Charlie, Ron, Frank
- Heidi (with 2 CP players) – 5th place in Women’s World Qualifier
- Al, Frank, Michelle – 3rd in Consolante Asheville Triples
- Al (with Honor) – won Group B Consolante APL Open
- Rob and Michelle – 2nd Consolante Morganton Doubles
- Allen served as Umpire in 2 FPUSA tournaments; will umpire at Amelia Island Open
- Al passed his umpire exam becoming CCPC’s 2nd FPUSA Certified Umpire
- CCPC has the only two club umpires in the state of Georgia
- CCPC will be represented in Amelia with 6 teams + 2 additional club members teamed up with players from other clubs
Friday Night Boules – informal and fun “pop-ups” held from April 23-October 29