LBC Blog

​LBC had our last tournament of the year on Sunday Oct 28th.  We had 14 doublet teams fighting to get their names on our tournament trophy!.  We even had some special surprise guest that we found played quite well.

These included Mr. Spock, Rosie the Riveter, the Wicked Witch, Gilligan, and Hot Kitty!

A big hit was Kelly & Mikes Witched Brew!!!

It was a great tournament and fun was had by all!

The winners were:

1st Place   Christophe Chambers & Carolyn Cornell
2nd Place   Mike Plemons & Don Jansky
3rd Place Felipe Cardona & Kelly Brown
4th Place   Anthony Alejandro & Joel Longstreth

Sunday at the French Legation was the place to be, great weather, fun, and pétanque!  Who could ask for more?

On June 12, 2018 LBC helped the Texas Historical Commission with Preservation Day Camp.  LBC instructed the attendees in the game of pétanque.  Everyone enjoyed being outside and we found some potential future players!

​We survived an extremely hot tournament day, temperatures in the high 90's, high humidity, and almost no wind​, but it didn't dampen our spirits.  The level of play matched the temperatures.  

We raised $1,250 through entry fees and contributions to support the French Légation.

The results are as follows:    

Concurs
1st Place   Felipe Cardona & Katie Murphy
2nd Place  Al Favela & Thierry Amisse
3rd Place   Edward Vaissiere &  Jasques Richards
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Consolante
1st Place   Patrick Irvin & Steven Johns
2nd Place  Arthur Laquette &  Mike Klein
3rd Place   Amadeus Alejandro &  Michael Kaufman

​LBC helped Alliance Francise hold a carousel tournament on Sat May 19th.  We had twenty eight players, of which ten were new to tournament play.  These players came from Austin, Houston, and San Antonio.  It was a beautiful day at the French Legation.  Everyone had a wonderful day and enjoyed a great potluck.  
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The winners were:
1st Place  Carolyn Cornell & Earl Lovell
2nd Place  Juliette Laroche & Thierry Ammise
3rd place  Bridget Laroche & Jeff Brown 

​I case you have not heard, LBC & NRPC were well represented in last Sunday's HOT Pétanque Tournament.

1st Place
Christophe Champers LBC & NRPC & Jeanne Marie Browing (Dallas)

2nd Place
Jacques Richards LBC & NRPC & Thierry Amisse LBC & NRPC

3rd Place
Michel (SA) & Richard (Dallas)

4th Place
Anrhony Alejandro NRPC & Rudy Vallie LBC & NRPC

Congratulation to all!

​The La Chandeleur gods were with us, the sun came out and we had a special day for crepes and petanque.  Some where between 40 to 50 helped celebrated the event.

A special thanks goes out to Alain, Bert, Jacques, Kay, Kathy, Marion, and Rudy for bringing some very special crepes.  Chief Rudy won the prize, he prepared over 80 crepes, if you didn't get one you really missed out!

Thanks to all that brought crepes, fillings, other food and drinks.  You all made it special.

​As I am sure you are aware, the Texas Historical Commission, THC, will be taking over the operations of the French Légation from the Daughters.  After six decades of managing this property, the Legation has been   removed from their management by the passing of House Bill 3810.

This change happened on September 1.  What effect this will have on our playing at the Légation is not known at this time. Money has been appropriated for restoring the building, but we have no knowledge of when that will occur.  We will be getting some clarification on the THC plan September 8th, and how it will affect LBC.  When we become aware of how this will affect LBC, we will let you know.

​​Our Sunday play will continue at the Hangar at Mueller,  To avoid a conflict with the Farmer’s Market, we will start at 2:30 pm.  Our midweek pétanque will continue at the Hangar on Wednesday at 10:00am.  

​Some LBC members helped Ellen Busch from the Texas Historical Commission, remove items from the attic of the French Légation for storage.

On December 15th, five members of LBC:  Gary, Peter, Mike, Jim, and myself helped the THC.  Ellen is in the process of clearing out the Légation to ready the site for reconstruction.  After the scope of work is defined, THC will be selecting an architectural firm and going out for construction bids.

Work on the Légation is projected to start in either May or June of 2018.

We are hoping to return to the Légation for a special day of pétanque on February 11th.