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Extreme Boules

Extreme Boules (Also known as Extreme Bowls) is a variation of the French game Boules. The aim of the game is to get large, heavy, balls as close to the small, 'jack'. The players are free to throw the jack wherever they wish in an attempt to get their Ball closer to the jack than any of the other players. The player who throws his boule closest to the jack gets to throw the jack in the next round. The winner of each round receives a point, the first player to reach the pre-arranged winning score is the winner. It is commonly played with heavy metal balls (similar to a Shot Put) and a wooden Jack, although some younger or lesser experienced players use plastic boules filled with water. Unlike the original game of Boules, Extreme Boules is played on rough, uneven and often unexplored terrain.

History

The game of Extreme Boules was pioneered by Steven MacKay of Scotland and William Cooter of England. The two Englishmen were on holiday on the coast Anglesey Wales when they first played the sport. It originated with "Cliff edition" this involved the players often standing at the top of a small cliff and tactically bouncing the boule of the rocks to get closest to the jack. Legend has it that this particular edition went on for more than three days until MacKay was declared as the winner, He claimed the first title of Extreme Boules World Champion.

The Sport hit new levels as the two Veterans and the Rookie Josh Blythin-Hammond of the U.S.A brought the game back to its origin in France. The competition was closely followed by some French boules players and they took a strong liking to some of the editions. The players decided the venue to be a big villa in the North-West of the country, this was so the traveling fans could be housed easily and close to the action. The championship was to be decided over five rounds, exhibiting five different editions. The winner would be the contestant who won the most amount of rounds, if there was to be a tie a play off round would be initiated in the terrain of the crowds choice. The five rounds were: + Track Edition + Jungle Edition + Mountain Edition + Swimming Pool Edition (Played with plastic floating boules) + Lake Edition (Played with plastic floating boules)

The unseeded Blythin-Hammond of U.S.A surprised the creators taking the first two editions by storm winning Track Edition (scoring 11-6-4) and Jungle Edition (scoring 11-9-9). Cooter of England took the next round, mountain edition (scoring 11-10-6) and MacKay seemed at home in Swimming pool edition when he won with an amazing record score of 11-1-0. The crowd were looking forwards to an exciting final edition as both veterans needed a win and Blythin-Hammond the underdog was still on the verge of glory. The Lake Edition round lived up to expectations of an exciting round, Cooter of England won scoring 11-9-9, thus knocking out the former champion Steven MacKay. The crowd were treated to a play off round, in which they chose Lake Edition presumably after seeing a riveting round moments before. The Veteran William Cooter of England won the round claiming the prize of Extreme Boules World Champion.

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--Ste-rex (talk) 21:49, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

--Ste-rex (talk) 15:08, 13 July 2008 (UTC)