“Usually we kick off the summer and this year we wrap it up. The important thing is that the event was able to take place while scrupulously respecting the health instructions of the prefecture. “In the middle of the Borély park in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Pierre Guille, director of the Mondial la Marseillaise à pétanque, savored the launch of the biggest boules competition in the world on Sunday, which will end this Wednesday evening with the grand final.
To comply with physical distancing measures, the gauge was limited to 2656 triplets, against 4000 usually, and only 12 countries, against 25 last year, and 85 departments are represented for this 59th edition of the competition, which also offers a tournament young and a female event.
If everyone can try their luck, only the champions are able to win the 11 confrontations organized around Marseille and which lead to the final which is played in an arena that can accommodate 3000 spectators. “We take the parties as they come, trying to go as far as possible, admit David, Benjamin and Corentin, who came from Salon-de-Provence. This is the second year that we are coming, and for the Covid, everything is really well organized. “
“All the players wear a mask and we are going to distribute 16,000 doses of hydroalcoholic gel,” continues Pierre Guille. All this shows that we can trust the Marseillais and the French to participate in popular and sporting events while respecting the instructions. “
