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Established 1994
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

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Page updated 11th February 2025
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Phil Boarder
Apr 29, 20241 min read
Trophy engraving service for your annual awards
GOLD SILVER ENGRAVED SHIELD PLAQUE FOR YOUR PERPETUAL TROPHY. We all have those shield trophies that need a new plaque every year with...
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Phil Boarder
Apr 17, 20242 min read
Goodbye to a dear friend the 2 Metre Stanley boule measure with scorer and callipers.
This all singing, all dancing, piece of equipment that was the mainstay of measuring in petanque. Sadly the tooling owned by Stanley no...
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Phil Boarder
Apr 1, 20242 min read
New boule launch 2024
Breaking news. New Boule launch 2024. Left handed boule Over the years boule manufacturers have used the very latest technology to...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 27, 20241 min read
Where ever you are playing boule. Happy Easter!
Easter is always a special time in the petanque calendar. The final break before the mid week leagues start in earnest as well as other...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 19, 20242 min read
Petanque rules with the focus on the jack cont.....
We are looking at all the rules concerning the jack in the official rule book. Yes there is one! Handy to know all of these as it may...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 18, 20241 min read
The blossom is out, the Spring petanque season is here
It has taken a while and we have seen a bit of rain! but the blooms are starting to show and the fixtures are filling up the fixture...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 15, 20241 min read
More petanque rules concerning the jack and other animals?
So we are looking at the smallest object on the petanque piste and all the rules that cover the small wooden ball Article 8, For the...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 14, 20242 min read
If the jack is not the target it certainly has a lot of rules to itself!
The placing of a jack is key to the success of your team. Three whole sections of the rule book are dedicated to the pesky little wooden...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 13, 20242 min read
Our focus on Petanque jacks continue with the dead jack!
What is the Boule in Hand Rule and when should you try to shoot the cochonnet ( Jack) If you have no more boule left and the jack is...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 12, 20241 min read
Taking a slight break from petanque jack tips to look at choices
We will be continuing our look at the jack and how it impacts the game of boule later this week. So, if you want to stock up before the...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 7, 20241 min read
Our petanque shop is back open for you to pop in
We have been talking about jacks all week and what better way to start the new season with some brand new jacks. Our competition standard...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 6, 20242 min read
Playing boule and the jack is not the target?
We are looking at the time when your team are Pointing. The question is When is the jack not the target? The game of petanque revolves...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 5, 20241 min read
The jack is not the target Petanque tips continues.....
The game of petanque revolves around who is closest to the jack, so it is a bold step to question, “Is the jack the target all the time?”...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Playing petanque when the jack is not the target!
Pointing. When is the jack not the target? The game of petanque revolves around who is closest to the jack, so it is a bold step to...
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Phil Boarder
Mar 1, 20241 min read
The simple Petanque jack.
Its all in a name. Who would have thought a name of a main focus in the sport of petanque could be so problematic. Coche, Jack, La...
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Phil Boarder
Feb 29, 20241 min read
Looking closer at the details of the game of Petanque
We are going to start this series looking at Petanque with a microscope. Petanque is a boule and target game and we will begin with the...
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Phil Boarder
Feb 26, 20241 min read
Winning Petanque, our coaching website here to help
Winning Petanque came from a conversation with Micheal Hourcastagnou together with Phil and Dizzy Murray way back in 2000. During a sunny...
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Phil Boarder
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Playing boule in the winter? You will need a cloth
CHLNOC 100% Cotton boule wiping cloth. Obut branded Heavy duty extra absorbent boule cloth with Obut logo and has a large metal snap hook...
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Phil Boarder
Feb 14, 20241 min read
Petanque events are coming in thick and fast for 2024
If you are staying in the UK this year for your holidays there are plenty of petanque events happening so why not make a weekend of it...
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Phil Boarder
Feb 12, 20241 min read
NEW 2024 PETANQUE MEDALS NOW AVAILABLE
Over the last few years trophy suppliers have been hit in all directions with limited sports events happening and imports becoming tricky...
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