Saturday 15. november the Prinicipal of Culture Affairs in Vestby County, Mr. Birger Hekkelstrand, offically opened the new indoor Boulodroom in Norway.
Vestby Petanque Hall is bulit in an old pig-house 5 km from the Town Hall. It has 8 playing fields, a little cafeteria and a lot of players from the region. The Boulodroom has been built on private initative. The President of the Norwegian Petanque Federation Mrs. Grete Johansen was also present at the opening.
Vestby County lies 40 km south of Oslo.
If you find yourself in Norway during the winter - and want to play petanque, contact Mr. Thor Haugen for further information: + 47 995 44 344
Mr. Thor Haugen
Grete Johansen
Many years ago there was no way of getting your pictures online unless you knew someone with a homepage. Or you mailed them to petanque.org, and we'd put it on the web for you. But nowadays nobody does this thing anymore, there are thousands of ways to get your images online, and our pictures-section is about as dry as the sahara. So we have had to make some changes
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