Bob the ... builder?

Thanks to brother Don for the pics and blog.

Brother Bob can be seen helping with the final tamping of the piste in San Diego.
He developed his own techniques, one move was termed the "starfish tamp" and another the "kangaroo tamp", at one point he tried to combine his two moves into the "kangaroo starfish" and ended up tamping his big toe. There's also a shot of Bob explaining to my wife, Maritza, the intricacies of his tamping moves (note the blister covering tape on Bob's thumb).

Don

HSPC beefs up security measures ...

... amid introduction of new leakproof team cooler! :)))





A fine long weekend of petanque to greet Bob on his return to Japan. New boulles, new cooler, but those memorable Myoshoji sunsets haven't changed.

Bob and Don show us how it's done!

A superb series of photos here from Bob "the Pointer" and brother Don with friend Keith on the new HSPC piste in San Diego.

Those mega wine goblets courtside need filling up with some California Chardonnay!!!

HSPC hangs on to beat OBA

HSPC narrowly defeated OBA in the Tokyo Petanque League on Sunday, Sept. 6.

Racing away to a 3-0 lead in the best of eight series, visiting HSPC appeared in control before OBA rallied well to level the series at 3-3.

As darkness set in, Raj and Bill combined to earn our fourth victory before Steve and Greg held on 13-11 in a nail-biter.

Some solid play by Steve, Raj, Bill and Chris to carry Captain Crumble. Thanks guys.

Thanks also to OBA for a fun day, a superb spread and some loaded G and Ts!