Agreeing the points – a useful tip

Here is a great tip that I just got from Raymond Ager. He’s living in France now, and (obviously!) has been playing a lot of pétanque with French players.

During the agreement of points, a good way to start is by removing all boules that are obviously scoring. After that’s done, it’s much easier to measure, if necessary, to determine any additional points.

Here’s something that isn’t in the rules, says Ray, but is how a lot of people play.

The team that lost the end removes what they consider are the opponent’s scoring boules.

That way it’s perfectly clear that the losing team accepts those boules as scoring boules.

What often happens is that the winning team is eager to claim their points. They walk to the head, say something like “well, 3 points for sure”, and immediately remove their supposedly-scoring boules before the opponents have a chance to verify and agree. That’s when the arguments begin— “But you only had 2”, etc. etc.

That’s why this tip is so useful. It forestalls that kind of debate.

The losing team removes the opponent’s obviously-scoring boules. Then we measure.

The team that threw the last boule does the measuring. [Article 26]

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