"La Boule du Desert" was founded in 2003 by Pascal Corchia and a small group of people, who for the sheer love of the game, strove to create our courts here at Civic park center of Palm Desert, to better share the sport and to expose others to a popular French tradition.

Their enthusiasm for a good time promoted what we have today.

As president, I personally extend an invitation to anyone who would like to come and join us.

Gerard Canabou, President L.B.D.D.

 

Petanque Worldwide   All 48 countries below are members of the International Petanque Federation. The figures represent the registered (paying) members of each National Federation. It differs from country to country, but we estimate that, overall, only about 5 to 10 % of all regular players are formally registered. Among adults the ratio women/men in France is about 12/88. In "newer" places, such as Belgium, Germany, Britain and Scandinavia it  runs around 30/70, with the Netherlands, one of the fastest growing overall, at close to 40/60. Canada (Quebec) beats everyone in this respect with a 50/50 proportion. Our experience in the U.S., although the membership figures below show 30/70, seems to indicate that in casual tournaments, women and men are about equally represented, which is a great asset for the game's further growth in this country.

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