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Petanque

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

Pétanque is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports, along with raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, lawn bowls, and crown green bowling. In all of these sports, players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball.

In pétanque the objective is to score points by having boules closer to the target than the opponent after all boules have been thrown. This is achieved by throwing or rolling boules closer to the small target ball, officially called a jack or by hitting the opponents' boules away from the target, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground.The game is normally and best played on hard dirt or gravel. It can be played in public areas in parks or in dedicated facilities called boulodromes.

Boules games have a very long history, dating back through the Middle Ages to ancient Rome, and before that to ancient Greece and Egypt.

In France in the second half of the 19th century a form of boules known as jeu provençal was extremely popular. In this form of the game players rolled their boules or ran three steps before throwing a boule. Pétanque originally developed as an offshoot or variant of jeu provençal in 1910, in what is now called the Jules Lenoir Boulodrome in the town of La Ciotat near Marseilles.

There are a number of important world championship tournaments; The FIPJP world championships take place every two years. Men's championships are held in even-numbered years, while Women's and Youth championships are held in odd-numbered years.

Perhaps the best-known international championship is the Mondial la Marseillaise à Pétanque, which takes place every year in Marseille, France, with more than 10,000 participants and more than 150,000 spectators.

The largest annual tournament in the United States is the Petanque Amelia Island Open (formerly the Petanque America Open), held in each year in November at Amelia Island, Florida.

La British Open is a major Pétanque tournament held in the North of England which attracts players from across the United Kingdom and Europe.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at LFMQ, your flight distance must be further than 250 NM.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
14DEC24 2328Z EGLL LFMQ dragon Boeing 737-900 (B739) -311 ft/m 577 nm 01:23 View
06DEC24 1409Z LPFR LFMQ VAF155 Alberto Boeing 737-700 (B737) -151 ft/m 799 nm 01:57 View
05DEC24 0920Z LIRQ LFMQ Mike Papa Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -59 ft/m 266 nm 01:03 View
14NOV24 0411Z LIPX LFMQ Scotty Clifford Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -102 ft/m 315 nm 01:22 View
30OCT24 1012Z LESU LFMQ Nexus 12 Airbus A320 (A320) -368 ft/m 256 nm 00:47 View
28OCT24 0057Z LFPG LFMQ AceofSpades1086 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -754 ft/m 441 nm 01:04 View
28OCT24 0057Z LFPG LFMQ Aaron Priest Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -954 ft/m 442 nm 01:03 View
26OCT24 1233Z LEPA LFMQ XxGuI2eNxX Cessna Caravan (C208) -89 ft/m 354 nm 01:55 View
27SEP24 1708Z LEBB LFMQ Ron Batchelor Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -7 ft/m 399 nm 00:59 View
22SEP24 1817Z LEPA LFMQ Mike Hawk Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -92 ft/m 266 nm 00:50 View
21SEP24 1012Z LOWI LFMQ PAPA974 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -27 ft/m 415 nm 01:10 View
21SEP24 0129Z LEHC LFMQ Rp Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -228 ft/m 285 nm 00:27 View
16SEP24 1108Z LFBI LFMQ ZKLimousin Piper PA-24 Comanche (PA24) -193 ft/m 324 nm 02:10 View
12SEP24 1525Z LGSK LFMQ Nexus O9 Airbus A320 (A320) -139 ft/m 904 nm 02:31 View
01SEP24 2043Z LEPA LFMQ Rafael Dias Grumman F-14 Tomcat (F14) -665 ft/m 308 nm 00:28 View
01SEP24 2041Z LEPA LFMQ Filipe Delgadinho Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (F22) -221 ft/m 296 nm 00:27 View
15AUG24 0219Z LIRA LFMQ Krupke77 Lockheed C-130 Hercules (C130) -133 ft/m 320 nm 01:01 View
11AUG24 1952Z LFCC LFMQ [ICS]Mellau Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) -106 ft/m 351 nm 01:48 View
25JUL24 1411Z LFBP LFMQ Patoch974 Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -211 ft/m 292 nm 01:13 View
22JUL24 1239Z LFQG LFMQ David Embraer 170/175 (E170) -83 ft/m 287 nm 00:50 View