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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
25MAY25 1926Z LIED LFMQ Juslukin75 Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 G- -867 ft/m 276 nm 00:39 View
18MAY25 2046Z LIMC LFMQ VAF159 Gigi Boeing 737-800 (B738) -278 ft/m 300 nm 01:02 View
15MAY25 1037Z LEPA LFMQ Raul Louro Cessna Citation X (C750) -113 ft/m 343 nm 00:55 View
03MAY25 0422Z LIPE LFMQ StRyKeR Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -566 ft/m 324 nm 01:05 View
02MAY25 1850Z LFMQ LFMQ J.A. Supermarine Spitfire (SPIT) -483 ft/m 769 nm 04:56 View
18APR25 2324Z LERS LFMQ PVPilot McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (F15) -191 ft/m 391 nm 00:33 View
17APR25 1307Z LFBD LFMQ VAF261 Antonio Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) -410 ft/m 337 nm 00:59 View
07APR25 1942Z LIRQ LFMQ IrishVirtual 01 Airbus A321 neo (A21N) -187 ft/m 302 nm 00:55 View
06APR25 1510Z LEBL LFMQ Hugbald Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -314 ft/m 293 nm 01:17 View
06APR25 1449Z LXGB LFMQ Staghound Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -37 ft/m 778 nm 03:02 View
05APR25 1002Z LFSB LFMQ 0_Laujak Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) -92 ft/m 276 nm 00:28 View
10MAR25 0728Z LEPA LFMQ Oz Flyer/Nexus27 Boeing CH-47 Chinook (H47) -55 ft/m 263 nm 01:52 View
05MAR25 1433Z LIRQ LFMQ NPS177/Yves Boeing 737-800 (B738) -347 ft/m 306 nm 00:56 View
24FEB25 1057Z LSGS LFMQ NPS021/Maverick Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -106 ft/m 299 nm 01:15 View
30JAN25 1740Z LECH LFMQ Jose Luis G. Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -201 ft/m 378 nm 01:00 View
27JAN25 1605Z LFBZ LFMQ DeltaCharlie Airbus A320 (A320) -264 ft/m 360 nm 00:56 View
14JAN25 1432Z LFQG LFMQ Lorem Ipsum DA62 Littoral Airlines -251 ft/m 291 nm 01:37 View
31DEC24 0118Z CYUL LFMQ Andreas Stefan Baumgärtner Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) -359 ft/m 3319 nm 09:00 View
25DEC24 1900Z LFSM LFMQ Newhampshires Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -98 ft/m 346 nm 01:00 View
23DEC24 2102Z LTFJ LFMQ Volatus Pilatus PC-24 (PC24) -206 ft/m 1078 nm 03:18 View