David Mawdesley and son Daniel enjoying the sport at Hindley Leyland Park.David Mawdesley and son Daniel enjoying the sport at Hindley Leyland Park.
David Mawdesley and son Daniel enjoying the sport at Hindley Leyland Park.

Pétanque tournament in celebration of French Week in Wigan

Wigan Council’s Be Well and Back to Sport teams hosted a pétanque tournament at Hindley’s Leyland Park to mark French Week.

A host of activities are being held this week celebrating French culture and Wigan's twin town Angers.

Pétanque is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports, where players or teams play their boules/balls towards a target ball.