7th Annual Harvard Medical School
Petanque Tournament
September 13, 2003
A warm, late summer day was the scene for the 7th Annual Harvard
Medical School Petanque Tournament. This annual event was begun by french
expat employees of Harvard Medical School and the surrounding medical centers in
the Longwood/Brookline Avenue area as a sure cure for their "mal du
pays". This most recent edition was organized by Jean-Francois Rual
and saw 72 participants. The games were played on the stonedust walkways
of the Harvard Medical School Quad.
Le Mistral Club sent along several players, who were split up and spread out among several teams. Players came from all over the greater Boston area as well as one visiting team from Paris. Nationalities included Algerians, French, Belgians, Americans, Quebecois, Swiss, Japanese and others, thus the true international appeal of Petanque was on full display.
Albert Kallanian of Le Mistral Club was "drafted" onto a team which eventually took home the championship against the visiting Paris team in front of a large crowd gathered on the marble steps of the Medical School.
Photo above: Tournament Winners, left-to-right, Sylvain Provot, Albert Kallanian, and Jean-Francois Rual.
The overall results of the top finishers were:
1st Place : “Ceux qui en ont…” : Albert Kallanian, Sylvain Provot,
Jean-Francois Rual
2nd Place : “Les Pèlerins” : Raphael Majal, Patrice Petot, Jean-François Lopez
3rd Place : “Le Sud” : Ali Tofighi, Ali Hina, Laurent Gilles de Pelichy
4th Place : “Les Valseuses” : Eric Macia, Philippe Blancou, Philippe Roux
The prior year tournament winners were:
2002 : Jean-Bernard Lazaro, Patrick Lecine and Herve Kempf (Team : Les Pastagas)
2001 : Jerome Reboul, Jean-Francois Rual and Philippe Vaglio (Team : Les oublies du mundial)
2000 : Frederic Heurtebize, Thierry Auperin and Olivier Guillemin (Team : Les Fretillons)
1999 : Marc Bartoli, Jean-Pierre Montmayeur and Christian Ghiglionne (Team : Droit au but)
1998 : Jean-Bernard Lazaro, Patrick Lecine and Jean-Charles Genieyes (Team : Les Pastagas)
1997 : Jean-Bernard Lazaro, Patrick Lecine and Bruno Canard (Team : Bonne Mere)
For further information about the Harvard Medical School
Petanque Tournament, contact Jean-Francois Rual at:
jean-francois_rual@dfci.harvard.edu
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