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      Petanque League for the Elderly

      The Ministry for Pensioners Affairs has decided to introduce and support the first-ever Pentanque sport league for the elderly.
      By INN TV Staff
      First Publish: 10/29/2009, 2:25 PM / Last Update: 10/29/2009, 3:13 PM

      The Ministry for Pensioners' Affairs has decided to introduce a new sport to Israel, and embrace it for the elderly. The ministry has adopted and agreed to support and promote the first-ever national Pétanque league. INN TV joined the finals and spoke with the organizers and participants.

      Pétanque is a sport in which one stands with the feet together in a small circle and throws hollow metal balls toward a small wooden ball, called a cochonnet. The goal is to get the metal balls as close as possible to the cochonnet.