Petanque Rules Summary
NUMBER OF PLAYERS
Corporate petanque is played with four people on
each team.
DURATION
Each game shall be of 24 minutes duration. The
number of ends in each game depends on the speed of play.
COURT RANGE
The boules are tossed a distance of six to ten
metres.
HOW TO PLAY
Toss a coin to decide which team is to start the
game.
A member of the starting team can have up to three attempts
at placing the jack correctly before the opposition gains the
right to throw it out.
The tossing of the jack is alternated between teams at the
start of each end.
A member of the starting team throws their boule as close to
the jack as possible. both feet must be remain inside the
bouling circle until the boule has landed.
Then a member of the opposing team stands in the bouling
circle and, either tries to place a boule even closer to the
jack, or tries to hit the leading boule away from the jack.
Play continues with whichever team does not have the leading
boule, trying to get closer to the jack.
Each team must alternate their players when tossing the
boules.
When both teams have used up all their boules, the score for
the end is tallied by both teams agreeing how many boules the
winning side has nearer to the jack than the losing team.
Each boule that out-points the other team’s closest
boule gains one point and a match is won by the team that is
ahead after time has expired.
GAME FORMAT
In each team players will be known as:
Player A
Player B
Player C
Player D
Each end is played as doubles:
A + B vs A + B
C + D vs C + D
A + D vs A + D
B + C vs B + C
A + C vs A + C
B + D vs B + D
Repeat the format if needed until the time has expired.
Each Player will have two boules per end.
FORFEITS
If your team cannot play on the day, please
phone the forfeit hotline on 0403 957 065.
Registering your forfeit allows us to arrange a substitute
game for your opposition.
If your team is forfeited to, every effort will be made to
arrange a substitute game and both teams will play for win,
loss or draw points. If no suitable game can be arranged your
team will receive forfeit points, plus one point for
participation.
CORPORATE CHALLENGE POINTS
Participation.............1 point
Draw..........................2 points
Win............................3 points
Forfeit........................0 points
Being forfeited to.....4 points
Score over 12.......1 point (bonus)
Points are cumulative, ie. win the match with a score of 13
points and receive : 5 points