Despite apocalyptic predictions from the weather bureau, the temperature yesterday in San Rafael never went above 85 degrees.
In the afternoon it was hot indeed but bearable, and a little breeze (absent on Saturday) helped to make the tournament enjoyable.
About 70 people attended our annual LOL (Leg of Lamb) picnic, among which a third was not club affiliated.
Before going into specifics, I would like as usual to salute the unsung volunteers who were critical in making this event successful.
On Tuesday, Emily Etcheverry did a fantastic one-woman show by cleaning at least half of the field by herself.
Then on Friday, Monique Bricca, Henry Wessel, Calvert, Claudie Chourré, Christine and Charlie completed the cleaning operation.
As for the grub itself, Christine, Claudie, and Verena bought all the ingredients.
Saturday night, Minou, Minette, Charlie and Claudie prepared the meat.
Not a small job! The meat had to be trimmed, stuffed with garlic (about 15 cloves per leg) massaged and seasoned.
A big job that took no less two hours.
On Sunday, Jean-Claude (Minou) helped by Alain M. and Antoine roasted the meat.
Alain Marchand also prepared and cooked the vegetables,
Then, Jean-Claude, Antoine and René volunteered as food servers.
Let’s not forget Verena and Liv Kraft who did a bang up job registering and putting together the competing teams.
A well deserved Thank You for your help and dedication!
Twelve triplettes were formed and they were:
- Jean-Claude Etallaz/Henriette Matocq/Hallie Bowman
- Ed Porto/Monique Bricca/Genevieve Etallaz
- Frosty Sabo/Teri Sirico/Tom Fair
- Shannon Bowaman/Jean Bartkowiak/Liliane Sebban
- Patrick Vaslet/Mireille Di Maio/Connie Lewis
- David Katz/Helga Facchini/Charlie Davantes
- Louis Toulon/Leo Cantayre/Eve Lofaro
- Philippe Arnaud/Tamara Efron/Leonora Garcia
- Henry Wessel/David Toulon/Marcy Mallette
- Scott Woekke/Calvert Barron/Peggy Silversides
- Joe La Torre/Bleys West/Claudie Chourré
- Bleys Rose/François Moser/Le Facteur
One more time, I declined to play in this tournament to concentrate on my primary hobby: photography.
I always strive to take candid shots where subjects are unaware of my presence.
To do this I use a telephoto lens and I try to be as unobtrusive as possible.
But taking photographs with a telephoto lens in a semi-shaded area is difficult.
You constantly have to fiddle with your camera’s settings and sometimes unfortunately, you shoot action scenes with a landscape setting and distant subjects with a portrait setting, and that’s what happened yesterday.
Instead of being sharply focused, you might notice that some images look strangely diffuse and unpolished.
I am not happy about that but unfortunately this state of affairs cannot be remedied.
Nevertheless, I still hope that you will enjoy the few pictures that I salvaged.
The tournament was over around 4:30 pm and even though I didn’t play, I still felt like having gone through at least four challenging games.
I hope that everybody had a good time and I am sure that everybody slept well that night.
I did.
La Foudre
PS: To look at pictures of this event turn the sound on, click on the “Home” link at the top of the page, and click again on “My photos” located on the right side of the page.