Live Video Feed!!!

There is now a LIVE video feed Provided by Reed Web Designs at; http://www.mogulus.com/petanque

MAP TO THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT

Here's a link to some driving directions I made for you to get to this event:

MAP

See you there!

Photo Album

Hello Everyone,
There will be a Photo Album Updated constantly throughout the event courtesy of David Reed of Reed Web Designs.

The address is http://reedwebdesigns.com/worldrecord/

Forecast for Memorial Day Weekend

Looks like smooth sailing. Don't forget to wear longjohns for the evenings (those from Florida and California - "longjohns" are what we in the North wear during cold evenings when we cross the frozen tundra on our dogsleds).

and sunscreen and wide brimmed hats for the day time . . .

Rochester Eccentric - Account of Challenge

In today's Rochester Eccentric there's a piece about the challenge:

Rochester Eccentric

LIVE CHAT Thursday Night 9pm (eastern)

Do you have a question about this event? Perhaps you're a participant and want to find out about a detail - or need to be picked up at the airport... Just log in here:

www.lhcw.net/Petanque

on Thursday night at 9pm (eastern) and we'll chat about the 48 hour challenge.

Curious and want to know what we've been doing to put this event together? Join in too.

Jeff.

Detroit News - Article on Upcoming Guinness Event

The Detroit News has a short article about the event:

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/16352069/detail.html

Warm Hands = World Record Success

The 75 degree days are fine, but when the temperature dips into the 50's I'll need to keep my boule throwing hands warm. What to do? If we were clever, we could assemble one of those cool boule warmer sand braziers like the Chicago Club did for their Winter Boule tournament - but for self-preservation, I'm going to be pack'n the Zippo Handwarmer. Not a paid endorsement mind you, I don't know if it'll do the trick, and there are other brands out there...

Detroit Pree Press Article About the Rochester Heritage Festival and the Guinness World Record Attempt

Today, the Detroit Free Press published a short teaser article about the upcoming event: ARTICLE

Robot Disqualified from Participating in World Record

TOBOR-13 cybernetics robot conceived earlier this year by engineer and petanque enthusiast Kenneth Chance, has successfully completed 5,000 perfect carreaus in a row. But despite this excellent achievement, it will not be able to participate in the Guinness World Record for longest petanque marathon this Memorial Day weekend. Prof. Chance was disappointed by the news but encouraged that his invention will be offering massages to the player's feet during the 48 hour contest.