Welcome to the Capital Petanque Club.....

We are a group of Petanque players who live in Canberra  with a keen interest in playing and promoting this beautiful, relaxing and social French bowling game.

Petanque (pronounced P-Tank) can be played by anybody both male and female, young and old and you do not have to be a 'supreme athlete' to play this game well. Equipment costs are minimal, all you need is three bowls (boules) and you are ready to play. Petanque can be played almost anywhere although the best surface is a compacted gravel one about the size of a cricket pitch giving you enough room to play a proper game. Canberra is blessed to have so many gardens, parks and gravelled areas that can be utilised to play Petanque.

The aim of the game is to throw and place your boules as close to a jack as possible and by doing so scoring points. It is as simple as that. 

Games of Singles, Doubles and Triples can be played. We can provide the boules for the first few times you come along and play with us.

If you like the game and you want to play it on a regular basis why not join the club and play on a weekly basis on Sunday afternoon at our club playing ground at the Yarralumla gravel basketball courts next to the oval.

Our club caters for both casual, social players but if you think you are ready to take on some of the better players and you want to play Petanque as a sport playing at both local and interstate tournaments we can certainly cater for that as well. We are fortunate that the club has some really skilled players in its membership who would welcome the additional support in representing the Capital Petanque Club and Canberra at tournament level play.

You decide what sort of game you want to play and what you are comfortable with and I can guarantee we can provide the company and game play to give you many fun filled hours of Petanque.

We hope to see you soon.......