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The Jeux de la Francophonie are open to athletes and artists of the 55 member nations, 3 associate member nations and 12 observer nations of the Francophonie. Canada is represented by three teams: Quebec , New Brunswick (the only officially bilingual Canadian province), and a team representing the remainder of Canada.
The word 'tables' is derived from the Latin tabula which primarily meant 'board' or 'plank', but also referred to this genre of game. From its plural form, tabulae, come the names in other languages for this family of games including the Anglo-Saxon toefel, German [wurf]zabel, Greek tavli, Italian tavoli, Scandinavian tafl, Spanish tablas and, of course, English and French tables.
The official size at World Crokinole Championships in Tavistock, Ontario Canada, is 26 inch diameter. The round playing surface has concentric rings marked with thin lines to delineate the scoring point zones of 5, 10, 15 and 20 points for the center hole. The center is a recessed hole about 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches in diameter.
Move: same as jan de deux tables. Jan de mézéas Feat: awarded when, having released only two men from the talon which occupy his resting corner while that of the opponent is empty, the player rolls one or two aces. Score: 4 points (singleton) or 6 points (doublet). Move: same as jan de deux tables. Contre-jan de mezeas
The tables featured in the game are recreations of real tables. A revised edition of the PlayStation 2 version of the game was later released as Gottlieb Pinball Classics in Europe and Australia by System 3 under their Play It label.
The 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as IXes Jeux de la Francophonie (French for 9th Francophone Games), informally Kinshasa 2023 (Lingala: Kinsásá 2023), were a multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 6, 2023, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]
The thematic motifs of Jeux are likewise very short, often two measures long or constructed from two single-measure building blocks. [5] L.D. Berman has analysed Jeux in the context of Debussy's earlier Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. [1] Jann Pasler has analysed in detail Debussy's motivic construction. [5]
Hugo Marinho Borges Calderano (born 22 June 1996, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian table tennis player. [3] [4] In January 2022, he peaked at number 3 in the world rankings, becoming the highest-ranked Americas player in history. [5]