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FIB Birth
Mr. Robert Schudel, President of the Switzerland Federation of Bowl, in his text,: "Of premiceses to the creation of the Fédération Internationale de Boules" reveal how the project of the creation of an international federation was born. " In 1945, year of the end of the terrifying nightmare that was the second world war, the border difficulties persisted a long time again. It was very difficult to get a visa to go to France, it was in the same way to come in Switzerland. A valid motive was needed and the time was limited. As in the darkest dramas there is sometimes a small rai of light that invigorates the mind. This small luminous feature was for me the " luck ", that, when it wants it, can make some great things. Mr. Schudel, after having enumerated all difficulties and compromises met with Authorities and the State police of the border, during his travels between Annemasse and Geneva with the objective to restore the border relations of the "French boulistes" from Savoie and the "Swiss boulistes" from Geneva, add: "At the time of one of our meeting with the friend Mignot that I came with one day to the Consulate of France to Geneva we had had an interview with M. Patru, the eminent and nice general Consul, for a new step obviously, and to whom I send my deep thanks for the patience of which he gave evidence in our respect. He had this thought which attracted all our attention: "It would be all different if an international federation existed !" While taking down stairs of the Consulate that we made the decision to contact our respective federations to arrive to the creation of the "Fédération Internationale de Boules". Following this decision, a delegation of the Switzerland Federation taken part in the Convention of the F.F.B. (French Federation of Bowls) held in Lyon November 24/25, 1945. This Convention approved the creation of an international federation and Mr. Jean Jasserand, President of the F.F.B., with M. E. Jomini, President of the F.S.B. (Switzerland Federation of Bowls) decided to organize a meeting with all Federation delegates for French, Italian, Monacan and Swiss in Ville-la-Grand, April 14, 1946. 
Founders of the "Fédération Internationale de Boules", were present April 14, 1946, to the Town hall of Ville-la-Grand, to the constitutive meeting, 3rd rank: M. X - GRANGE (France) - BRAILLARD (Switzerland) - BOUVIER (Geneva) - MENOUD (Ville-la-Grand) 2nd rank: GUIlLOUD (France) - LAGRANGE (France) - GAZEL (France) - SCHUDEL (Switzerland) - GIAUQUE (Switzerland) MIGNOT (Ville-la-Grand) - NARDI (Monaco). 1st rank: DELLACASA (Italy) - JOMINI (Switzerland) - Doctor MESSERLI (Switzerland) - JASSERAND (France) - DUNANT (Mayor of Ville-la-Grand) - PASSERON (Monaco). To this subject, here is M. Noré Brunel's article on the n° 575 of the " France Bouliste " of l° in May 1946 THE "FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE BOULE FERRÉE" WAS BORN. We will mark of a white stone the day of April 14, 1946. This day, in the Town hall room of Ville-la-Grand, not far from Annemasse, M. Dunand, the eminent mayor of the locality, received with most delicate of urbanities, non of these conspirators whom one lives too often during the last past years, to meet in the edges of borders, but men whose intention was to weave, by the Bowl, more narrow links between peoples. It was 8 o'clock 15, of that morning full of hope, when M. Dunand, that it is right to thank without reserve, got up to welcome the representatives of the French Bowl, MM. Jean Jasserand, Edgar Guilloud, J. Lagrange, Mignot, french-Swiss delegate and Gazel, president of the sporty Commission, and those of Switzerland, MM. Jomini, President of the Federation, Schudel, vice-president, Braillard, General Secretary, Gianque, treasurer, and Bouvier, delegate, to those of the Principality of Monaco, MM. Passeron, president, and Nardi, General Secretary; to the representative of Italy, Mr. Dellacasa, President of the Italian Federation of Bowls and M. André MENOUD of Ville-La-Grand. This constitutive meeting was the outcome of efforts of two valorous workers of the "French boulisme", M. Mignot, who had for some time engaged negotiations with Switzerland, and Gazel, who was the French bowl ambassador by the Italian Bowl, both accredited by the F.F.B. Hardly applauses which had greeted words of welcome of M. Dunand had just gone out when M. doctor Messerli, Swiss citizen, who had been invited to chair the meeting, got up to specify Goals of it. All those who took part in these noteworthy foundations will keep the memory of the doctor Messerli, Vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, whose speech always made authority and whom, as methodical than distinguished, very fine man of letters besides, exposed what should be the "Fédération Internationale de Boules Ferrées" and says everything we could hope for some. Very applauded in his turn, the doctor Messerli handed over to the presidents of the different delegations which brought the total membership of National Federations. The article of M. Noré Brunel finally informs us that the four national delegations approve Statutes of the F.I.B. and the creation of the first Committee of Direction, President Mr. Jean Jasserand (France). It was suited that the first official international competition would take place in 1947, following the technical regulation of the French Federation. Back to the top |
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