Turkmen masters of petanque are winners of the tournament

Ashgabat hosted the traditional petanque tournament "Ashgabat Tissot Open 2018" in Ashgabat. Competitions patronized by the Swiss company Tissot are organized with the assistance of the French Embassy in Turkmenistan and the sponsorship of the Russian company “Vozrozhdenie” and the Turkmen company – business association “Biyat”. 

The petanque is a sport that is gaining popularity in our country. In the asset of the national team is a bronze medal of 4 Asian Beach Games (Thailand, Phuket). The attention of international experts and masters of this sport to our team and to Turkmenistan attracted a successful debut in 2014. 

Currently, the club "Petanque TKM" receives a large number of proposals for participation in various international tournaments. In addition, recognized petanque connoisseurs are ready to visit our country for conducting master classes. The current tournament, which was attended by thirty-two teams from nine countries: the embassies of the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, the UNICEF Representation, as well as the “Vozrozhdenie”, “Tissot”, “Bouygues”, “Schneider Electric" and others. The numerous fans watched the tournament. 

The pedestal of honor was taken by representatives of our country. The first place took the team "Monkeys" composed of: Aziza Arshavskaya, Alevtina Goreva and Maria Guseva, in a bitter struggle won over rivals from "Asia Mix". The third place took the club "Syyahat", which won the representatives of France - "Les bleus". Two children's team (up to 12 years) took part in the competitions and showed good results. 

Every year the Ashgabat tournament draws more and more participants into its orbit. Work is underway to create the Petanque Federation of Turkmenistan, which will make it possible to bring this young sport in our country to a qualitatively new level. The organizers plan to give the tournament "Ashgabat Tissot Open 2018" the status of the largest in the Central Asian region.