Petanque UUM

I am honored to be one of the UUM's athlete in Petanque. Started from my first batch in 2012 until now. Pétanque is played by two teams, where each team consists of one, two, or three players.

In the singles and doubles games each player plays with three metal boules. In triples each player uses only two.

The area where a Petanque game is played is called a terrain. A game can be played in an open area like a public park, where the boundaries of the terrain are not marked. Or it can be played on a "marked terrain" where the terrain boundaries are marked (traditionally, by strings tightly strung between nails driven into the ground).

Petanque player throwing from a prefabricated circle.

In petanque, players throw while standing in a circle. Traditionally, the circle was simply scratched in the dirt. Starting around 2005, red plastic "prefabricated" circles were introduced and are now widely used. A circle drawn on the ground must be 35–50 cm in diameter, while a plastic circle must have an inside diameter of 50 cm.

First batch UUM's Petanque
And first medal we got from UUM's single player (W)
Nurul Nadya Saidon Hadzri

=2nd medal=
Naib Johan for Triple (W)

=3rd medal=
Single player (L) Abdul Azim

HOW TO PLAY 

A game begins with a coin toss to determine which team plays first.

The team that wins the toss begins the game by placing the circle and throwing the jack. The jack must be thrown to a distance of 6-10m from the circle — a jack that is thrown too short or too long must be re-thrown.

A player from the team that threw the jack, throws the first boule. Then a player from the opposing team throws a boule.

From that point on, the team with the boule that is closest to the jack is said to "have the point", and the team that does NOT have the point, throws the next boule. The team that does NOT have the point continues to throw boules until it either (a) gains the point, or (b) runs out of boules.

If at any point the closest boules from each team are equally distance from the jack, then the team that threw the last boule throws again. If the boules are still equidistant then the teams play alternately until the tie is broken. If the boules are still equidistant at the end of the mène then neither team scores any points.

The team that won the end, starts the next end. A player from the winning team places (or draws) a circle around the jack. He/she then picks up the jack, stands in the circle, and throws the jack to start the next end.

Scoring.

Team Red has the boule closest to the jack, but the second-closest boule belongs to Team Blue. Red scores one point. Blue scores nothing.

Team Red has two boules closer than Team Blue's closest boule. Red scores two points. Blue scores nothing.

An end is complete when both teams have played all of their boules, or when the jack is knocked out of play (goes "dead").

If the end finishes in the usual way -- with the jack still alive and one team with the closest boule -- then the team with the closest boule receives one point for each of its boules that is closer to the jack than other team's closest boule.

If the jack is alive but there is an "equidistant boules" situation at the end of the mène, then neither team scores any points.

If the jack is dead at the finish of the end, then —

If one (and only one) team still has boules left to play, that team scores one point for each boule that it still has in hand.

Otherwise neither team scores any points in the end (like an inning in baseball in which neither team scores any runs).