Anyone know what his game is called .....

[Gizmonster]

I went to Tenerife over Xmas and I passed by some locals, playing what can only be described as bowls on a gravel surface.

There were up to 8 people all playing at once, each having 2 metal bowls. I know they were metal 'cos a few of them had magnets on the end of a piece of string, so they could pick their bowls up without having to bend down - the lazy blighters hehe.
Anyway, basically a small jack is thrown down the playing surface, which was approx 5 feet wide by 20-25 feet long, then the people toss/roll their 2 balls down to see who can get nearest to the jack.

Piccie here if it helps:
http://img259.imagesh...img259/2974/bowls.jpg

TIA :)

[daisya]

Boules? Looks like the French game of....

[bixa80]

It looks a bit like petanque.

[craft1948]

I think if they stand within a circle it's petanque.........

[daisya]

That's it bix....couldn't think of the correct name.

[Buenchico]

Yes, it's petanque but it's more fun like this ;-)
http://www.petanque.org/pictures/237.shtml

[B00]

More fun for who Chris? Certainly not any spectators if the bodies of the players are anything to go by!

My poor eyes!!! I'm off to bleach them now.

[Jimbo2]

I went into a pub once many years ago and I think I wandered into an area where I should not have as they had a petanque team playing there. A bloke came up to me and said to me "are you with petanque?" and I replied yea I'm with him and swiftly got ejected. Told me mates that I was with there about it and they peed themselves as they knew what it was, well I didn't know did I.

[Gizmonster]

Cheers for that peeps - love the piccie lol.

just did a quick search and it's def petanque:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9tanque

Cheers - now see if u can tell me what car I saw:

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1091261.html

[Jimbo2]

I do now though lol