During its meeting of Tuesday, July 26th, the FIPJP Executive Committee decided to group the World Championships in singles, doubles and mixed, planned in New Caledonia, with the 50th World Championships for men and to fix them in September 2023. They will take place in the same week with the International Congress on Thursday, ending with the triples and starting with the five championships for which improved conditions will be offered to participants.
The n°45 of Planète Boules has just been published - find below the international news of the bowls world - Interview: OSWALD HOMEKY, MINISTER OF SPORTS OF BENIN.
Benin wishes to equip itself with a covered Petanque court of international standards. Where do you stand with this project in view of the next World Championships that will take place in Benin ?
First of all, i would like to confirm that the world championships will indeed be held in Benin. I would like to say that this project is progressing well, the boulodrome will be built. It will be ready in about 12 or 14 months at the most. We have discussed this matter with the International Federation of Petanque and Jeu Provençal whose president was in Benin. I can reassure you that we will be able to readjust the calendar so that this boulodrome will allow us to hold this large-scale competition.
What can we retain from your exchanges with the president of the International Federation of Petanque and Jeu Provençal ? What we can retrain is that we are working together so that this world championship takes place in the best conditions. I recall that the architect who was recruited by Benin was advised by the FIPJP. This allowed everyone to see in a transparent way the difficulties and the solutions to be found to succeed. As far as we are concerned, all our commitments will be fulfilled. Benin has indeed mobilised the resources. The site was made available, identified and chosen by the President of the Republic himself.
The 2022 Mediterranean Games will take place in Oran, Algeria, from 25 June to 5 July, bringing together nearly 3,400 athletes from 26 NOCs. You will find all the results of the Sports Boules on the specific website of the competition - click on the link below...
On 19 May 2022, Claude Azema, President of the WPBF, accompanied by his Secretary General Bruno Fernandez, attended the IWGA General Assembly in Madrid. The staff and the EX-CO of the IWGA prepared a wonderful welcome and perfectly organised the IFS Presidents' dinner and the General Assembly. 35 out of 37 IFS representatives participated in the General Assembly, either in person or online. Claude Azema and Bruno Fernandez had the opportunity to meet the Mayor of Birmingham, who will host the next World Games in July, but also representatives of the IOC, National Olympic Committees, the Olympic Channel and many colleagues from other IWGA member sports. After two years in which the delegates only met by video conference due to Covid 19, this face-to-face meeting was an opportunity to discuss the development and future of their respective sports together in a friendly atmosphere.
The President of the Spanish Petanque Federation, Antonio Péres Arcas, could rejoice on Sunday evening at the end of the World Championships in singles, doubles and mixed, which were magnificently organised by the Danish Federation under the exemplary leadership of the couple Pernille and Henrik Toft. Indeed, their team won the country ranking with two titles, two places in the finals and one in the quarter-finals. However, the results of the qualifying rounds had not spoiled them, as they found themselves facing the formidable Thais three times in the quarter-finals. The Spanishs only lost versus the formidable Jack and his partner, the reigning world triplet champion, who then went on to won the mixed doubles. It is worth noting that the general level of the teams has been raised, which led to a very unexpected ranking of the nations, marked by the absence of the traditionally placed féderations on the podium...
The world's elite has been meeting since Thursday 12 May 2022 at the Dansk Petank Center in Karlslunde, Denmark, a suburb of Copenhagen. A major event, which we have become accustomed to seeing every two years since the first edition in 2015 in Ghent (Belgium) and which will award five world titles on Sunday (men's head-to-head, women's head-to-head, men's double, women's double and mixed double).
all the detailed results in the file below.
From April 26th to 30th, President Azéma went to Bangkok with the main purpose of renewing and updating the partnership contracts with the Thai manufacturers, FBT and Marathon. In accordance with health regulations, he spent the first day confined in his room while waiting for the result of the PCR test taken in a special department of the Bangkok hospital to confirm the negativity of the one taken the day before his departure to France...
The city of Dijon and the French Pétanque Federation will host the 2024 Men's Triplettes & Precision Shooting World Championships. Dijon will be the showcase of pétanque from 5 to 8 December 2024 by hosting 48 international delegations of triplettes and men's precision shooting. The competition will take place at the Zenith, which will present a new and ambitious set-up for the occasion.
