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Boules of style

Published on
November 6, 1998
Last updated
May 27, 2015

(Photograph) - Simon Eade, a third-year student from the French department at the University of Leeds, throws a boule in the first Leeds international petanque (boules) contest, watched by second-year student and competitor Ev Hughes. The students sustained a "crushing defeat", but did so in true French style.

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