Scoring petanque, end after end

Once all the boules are played, find the boule closest to the jack: its team scores, the other team gets nothing. It counts one point for that boule, plus one for each of its other boules closer than the other team's best. So an end is worth 6 points at most in doubles or triples, and 3 in singles. Add these points to the team's score: the first to 13 wins.

That is article 29 of the rules. If both teams still have boules, the team that played the last boule plays again, then the other, in turn, until one team holds the point. If only one team has boules left, it plays them and scores those that end up closer than the other team's best. If neither team has any left, the end is void: nobody scores, and the jack goes to the team that scored before, or to the team that won the toss. In Teamzy, you don't enter a void end: just go on to the next one.

If it goes completely out of bounds (straddling the boundary, it is still good), the jack is dead: that is also the case, among others, if it can no longer be seen from the circle (hidden by a boule, it is still good), or if it ends up less than 3 meters or more than 20 meters from the circle for juniors and seniors. If both teams still have boules, or neither has any left, the end is void. If only one team still has boules, it scores one point per boule it has left to play (article 14 of the rules): 2 points for the Eagles in end 6 of the example.

No, not under the rules: a boule touching the jack counts one point, like any boule better placed than the other team's best. It is simply as well placed as a boule can be, as long as a shot does not move it. If one boule from each team touches the jack, they are the same distance from it: the rule for equidistant boules applies.

The player who played last, or a teammate, and the other team can always measure after them. Measure with a tape measure, for example, never with your feet, and without moving the jack or the boules being compared: the team that moves one of them while measuring loses the point. In a competition, an umpire can decide, and their decision is final.

In triples, three against three, each player has 2 boules. In doubles, two against two, and in singles, one against one, each player has 3. So each team has 6 boules in doubles and triples, and 3 in singles: that is the most points it can score in one end. In Teamzy, petanque is played by 2 to 6 players, in two teams.

The rules say 13 points, and allow pool and qualifying matches to be played to 11. In Teamzy, the target of 13 can be changed in the game's settings, to play to 11 for example. The match stops as soon as a team reaches or passes 13: a team on 11 that scores 4 points wins, and the app records its 15. In France, losing 13 to 0 is called being “fanny”: a tradition, not a rule.

In Teamzy, pick petanque, tick the six players and tap “Balanced by level”: the app splits them into two teams of three, with levels as close as possible. Everyone has a level from 1 to 5 stars for each game, kept from one match to the next. Not happy? Reshuffle with one tap. The balanced draw is part of Premium; without it, the teams are drawn at random.