For their last match of the season, the volleyball players of Aubagne-Carnoux Volleyball bowed 3 sets to 0 Saturday at home against the third in the championship. A defeat that concludes a halftone season, made of hopes and frustrations for the players of National 3. “It was a season filled with adventures. We had to adapt quickly“, Underlines Cyril Dourin, the president of ACVB who also took on the role of team coach at the end of the season.
Last January, the coach left his post, leaving behind determined players. It was then the president who took the reins of the team. A demanding mission which he nevertheless fully assumed. An additional challenge for the group, already weakened by a reduced workforce, because faced throughout the season with absences due to injuries, withdrawals and, sometimes, family obligations. “”A weakened group but a solidarity group“, insists Cyril Dourin while the motivation remained intact and the solid mind.
Already shot next season
“The balance sheet is mixed“, He concedes. After they were still playing the top of the table in March, the ACVB players experienced a complicated end of the season with a single victory in the last six games. In the end eighth of this hen A, they ensure their maintenance after suffering until the end.”It was complicatedrecognizes captain Manon Cazelles. The big lack of fresh blood players, who could be called at any time in the match, was felt throughout the season. “It saw for example on Saturday against Sainte-Maxime Cogolin at the Mouren gymnasium.”We are frustrated not to play at our level. At home, in front of our audience … But despite everything, we must keep smiling.”
One of the major challenges this year was also to integrate and train young recruits in order to combine new potential and experience of the old ones. In this dynamic, the next season will aim to rebuild a collective around this stable nucleus, welcoming all profiles, particularly on offensive positions. The club also hopes to welcome a new coach, stable and experienced. “”The objective remains the same: having fun with friends, while continuing to climb in the classification“Concludes the captain.
