The Sporting Event du jour

The Boulodrome was buzzing on Saturday with the Lei Rima boules open tournament - for a grand prize of 1500 euros. Lei Rima is the name of the Boules Club in the village and is a provencal term for little flames - like those seen in the Pierrefeu's coat of arms. There were boules players from all over the region (men outnumbering women by about 50 to 1!) with a little bar open so they could regularly fortify themselves with pastis.