9.2.16

Current UK rankings for 2016

The current rankings in the UK Extreme Boule 2016 championship....

1. Tom Butcher
2. Darren Woolridge
3. Stan Topalian
4. Lucy Topalian
5. Tim Wort
6. Andre Ziegler
7. Nick Liston
8. Kez Pratchett
9. Lindsay Cooper

Butcher's Iconic Bounce Back

There is one name of the lips of every Extreme Boule lover at the moment... Tom Butcher. An unknown in the sport, Butcher has invented the move of 2016, dubbed by some as Butcher's Iconic Bounce Back (see the Terminology section for and explanation). One reporter even went as far to liken him to a older James Perrot mixed with an younger Grandad John and a tawny owl - that is some praise! Could he be the 2016 World Champion?

Bristol match report

An extreme boule match report or two reached us from Bristol....

New boules results from the land of the short lounge game:
Tom Butcher- 5
Stanley Topalian- 3
Lucy Topalian- 1

the most amazing boules from this year's newcomer mr butcher. The round was a classic 'pot jaque' round in which stanley had already landed his boule in the pot and knocked it over so it faced away from butcher. Then with the final play of the round, he cast his boule to rebound off the sofa and into the pot uprighting it in the process. The crowd went wild. The strongest contender for outsiders choice for this years championship i feel. Even at this early stage...

Mini game. Outside on Clifton down, bristol
Stanley topalian-6
nick Ilston-4
lucy topalian-2

2016 Season begins... in a Scottish living room!

Extreme boule takes on many forms... mountain launches, urban duals, bog show downs, rock pool squirmishes. As long as it's boule and it's extreme it counts. That the 2016 season has exploded into life in a Scottish living room should surprise no one. A number of intriguing  battles have taken place amongst the soft furnishings and hard dreams of the Scottish extreme boulers.

Long time extreme bouler Stan Topalian has faxed in these match reports...

Game 1! 1st game played on Scottish soil (carpet) of 2016 results as follows:
Topalian, Lucy-21
Topalian, Stanley-9
Some stunning come-back Boules from the matriarch of the Topalian clan. The game was played from a fixed throwing position (the sofa) with a variety of obstacles placed and jaques used for different rounds (tables, rocking chair, Noah and his beasts...). All played with traditional 'indoor' mini-Boules.
The final round, rather controversially,  was a super close play in the style of 'circle-round-the-jaque' where the jaque was placed just out of arms reach atop a thermos flask (flasque?). Both players opted to utilise the superior length of their hind limbs to place their Boules thereby giving advantage to the final 'throw' of the match.
pictures will follow...

Game 2! Another win for the Topalian matriarch! In a 3 way 'triangle' game she destroyed the opposition coming from behind strongly at the end in a micro  indoor match. Final scores-

lucy Topalian-5
stanley Topalian-4
kez Patchett-3


Match 3! Pass this one on to the bastard administration! Another honourable mini round of sofa boules-
1st- stanley 'hornblower' Topalian-4
2nd- lucy 'big mother' Topalian-3
3rd- lindsey 'allergy' cooper-2