Why should we necessarily endure the local club? Franck Jaroniak and Elsa Chierici are from Saône-et-Loire, from Palinges more precisely, a few kilometers from the city where the Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud evolves, which faced Basket Landes on behalf of the semi-finals of the Wonderligue baker.
Sunday, May 3, during the return match at the Mitterrand area (won by Basket Landes 56-50), they were seated among the supporters of Pinkies. However, it is for Basket Landes that they vibrate.
“It was Madame Julie Barennes who had us hung in Basket Landes. She was still a player (between 2009 and 2012, then from 2013 to 2017, editor’s note). Then there was the great Céline Dumerc, and many other players, ”explains Franck Jaroniak.
The family is a basketball fan. Elsa Chierici played a time for Pallinges, and even faced the club of… Charnay, which evolved a few years earlier in prenational. Club that these Pallingeois also follow very closely. “It’s magnificent what Charnay realizes, and it is the club of the region, we can only love him. »»
-A basketball cure
When they learn that Basket Landes faces Charnay in the semi-finals, the couple is overexcited. “We had to see these two games absolutely,” says Franck Janoriak. “In Prissé (the Salle de Charnay, editor’s note), there were two hours before kick -off so as not to miss the arrival of the players. The match ended with a victory for Charnay, but there was the return to Mont-de-Marsan. »»
The couple then decides that they will not come just to the female league match, but they will see basketball all weekends. “On Saturday morning, we went to Espace Mitterrand, where I was able to exchange briefly with Louise Bussière. In the afternoon, we attended the Landes Basketball Hopes match, and in the evening at the Montois Basket stadium. »»
During the evening, the couple sympathize with members of the club who invite them to attend training the next day. “I’m like a kid at this time,” recalls Franck. In addition, Charnay’s players were there too, we were able to greet them. And interact with Julie Barennes is the top! Their Landes trip continues in another gymnasium, this time to encourage the young team teams.
“An unforgettable match”
“When you arrived in the room, the atmosphere was very impressive. The stake, the effort of the players, the public tension, everything was felt. It really played nothing. For me it will remain an unforgettable match, ”adds the 52 -year -old man. “If Charnay had had all his players it would not have been the same,” he laughs. After having experienced strong emotions at the Mitterrand area, the two Saône-et-Loiriens wish to vibrate once again. This time for the final, and why the title match, in Mitterrand?
