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Current categories for Pétanque World Championships are : Individual (individuel or tête à tête) for men, women and juniorsDoublet (doublette) for men, women and mixed doubles
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Pétanque (French: ⓘ, locally in Provence [peˈtãᵑkə]; Occitan: petanca [peˈtaŋkɔ] ⓘ; Catalan: petanca [pəˈtaŋkə, peˈtaŋka]) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling).
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European Pétanque Championships are organised by the European Pétanque Federation (Confédération Européenne de Pétanque – CEP) in collaboration with its member country federations.
Amelia Island hosted a Women's Tennis Association tournament for 28 years (1980 to 2008). From 1987 to 2008 it was known as the Bausch & Lomb Championships. [57] Since 2009 Amelia Island has hosted the annual Pétanque America Open of the game of pétanque, a form of boules. [58]
Note that the name of the event is Mondial "à" Pétanque, not Mondial "de" Pétanque. The word "pétanque" comes from the provençal expression à pèd tanca which means "on planted feet". In French, one says "on planted feet" (à pieds planté) just as one says "on one's knees" (à genoux). So the name of the event is Mondial "à" Pétanque ...