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Petanque Boule Shop and Mail Order Sales Office
Up Street, Bardwell,
Nr, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk,
IP31 1AA
Tel 01359 250829

Welcome to Pen-Y-Coed Petanque's 2025 web site for Obut Boule.
If you have any questions please contact us on 01359 250829 or email pycpetanque@aol.com
Technical Sales 01359 253594
Established 1994
Page updated 1st December 2025
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New to Petanque? Here is tip number 2 of the series
Five things new players to the Petanque game get wrong Part 2 Do not know who’s boule is who’s This is a common problem when players...

Phil Boarder
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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If you are new to petanque this is the set of tips for you!
Five things new players to the game get wrong Part 1 Stand in the wrong place! Where to stand! Come on and join in the fun. The game of...

Phil Boarder
Jun 25, 20242 min read
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Updating our boule equipment for your Petanque fun
We are constantly looking to improve our Petanque equipment and here we have our new 2024 metal petanque case for up to 6 Boule Made in...

Phil Boarder
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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Perfect petanque weather at last.
After what seems like months of rain at last the weather has improved so we can get out on the piste. Boule fixtures this summer are...

Phil Boarder
Jun 21, 20241 min read
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Boule magnets. Choices of petanque equipment.
Boule Magnets! Â The game is ideally suited to those among us who wish to be fitter but require an activity that is accessible at their...

Phil Boarder
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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Last week we looked at practicing petanque shots with your boule
It is clear there are two different types of petanque piste! The one you are playing on and the one you are practicing on. Never confuse...

Phil Boarder
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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We have been talking about jumping jacks in petanque. Now some finer detail
Jumping jacks Last part In this session we are looking at practice but also an explanation of why you are practicing the shot and how all...

Phil Boarder
Jun 14, 20243 min read
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The petanque jack has jumped, are there more boule options?
Jumping jacks part 3. In this session we are looking at pointing into a space once the jack has jumped to the back of the piste. We are...

Phil Boarder
Jun 13, 20242 min read
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Blimey that jack has jumped to the back of the petanque piste again!
Further information on Jumping jacks. Practice sessions you can play on your own. If you are playing on an international size piste 15m x...

Phil Boarder
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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Petanque practice can be boring!
Yesterday we looked at pointing to a jack that has jumped into space. In order to try various situations get a playing partner to assist...

Phil Boarder
Jun 11, 20241 min read
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Jumping jacks, what happens when a petanque jack moves?
Jumping jacks. The art of winning a game of Petanque is to always make the best of a bad position. The game is full of moments were the...

Phil Boarder
Jun 10, 20242 min read
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How to throw a petanque jack when playing boule
Throwing the Cochonnet is very important. It should be thrown like a small boule, with some backspin and a gentle loop in the air. The...

Phil Boarder
Jun 7, 20241 min read
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Our new web site is mobile friendly and hopefully easy to navigate on your laptop and tablet devices
Our new web site has some nice features. "Back to top" buttons ease browsing and our drop down or pop up menu along the top of every page...

Phil Boarder
Jun 5, 20241 min read
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A sunny welcome to our new petanque tip subscribers
Welcome to June. It has been a little busy here but we will continue to bring you all the best news on our equipment as well as some...

Phil Boarder
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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Playing Petanque in the rain is no fun!
Please stop raining. Nature loves this weather as plants of every description begin to grow and flower. Our boule are struggling to make...

Phil Boarder
May 31, 20241 min read
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As we leave the Air Ambulance petanque Competition for another year
Planning is already underway for next years competition. It will be our companies 30th year of selling boule in the UK so it will be a...

Phil Boarder
May 29, 20241 min read
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27th May 2024 The Pen-Y-Coed Petanque East Anglian Air Ambulance Mixed Doubles
The Pen-Y-Coed Petanque East Anglian Air Ambulance Mixed Doubles was held at British Sugar Sports and Social Club in Bury St Edmunds. The...

Phil Boarder
May 28, 20241 min read
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If you are planning a holiday in the UK where to play Boule?
Our events page has all the petanque competitions in the UK that we have been told about. If you are travelling this summer and want to...

Phil Boarder
May 22, 20241 min read
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Less than a week to go to the Air Ambulance petanque comp
Raising money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance this Petanque event is in its 15th year and held in Bury St Edmunds.

Phil Boarder
May 21, 20241 min read
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Club pack petanque circles by Obut
Set of 12 Rigid Circles Great Club purchase. 12 Rigid Poly circles 50cm in Diameter Available in Red or Yellow or a mix of the two...

Phil Boarder
May 20, 20241 min read
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