Basketball, pétanque, tennis, swimming, cycling, triathlon, rugby: there will be no shortage of sports news on Saturday June 29 and Sunday June 30. Discover the program.
Basket-ball
First friendly match for Migna Touré and the Blues. With the French team since June 6 to prepare for the Olympics, Neversoise Mamignan Touré will play her first friendly match on Saturday, June 29 against Finland (at 9 p.m. in Mouilleron-le-Captif). It is in the days following the second match against Finland (Monday at 9 p.m.) that the list of twelve players selected for the Olympics will be revealed.
Athletics
Hardy’s estate is open. The second edition of the Trifolium Trail (28 km), organized by Morvan Oxygène, is being held on Saturday, June 29 in Château-Chinon. Departure at 4 p.m. It is possible to do it solo, in a duo or in a trio. Participants have four loops to complete. The starts are given at one-hour intervals. Competitors taking less time to arrive can recover, the others continue. Last year, it was the local of the stage, Matthieu Hardy (Morvan Oxygène), who won in the men’s race, in 2 h 24’30. In the women’s race, victory went to Virginie Naulot (AC Avallon) in 3 h 12. This year Romain Laguigner (Pentraid) is the favorite. We will also have to keep an eye on Arthur Cailhol (photo Rémi Marchal), second in 2023.
Petanque
Piccot-Lacombe and Stier-Stier in the running at Saint-Flour.?Fanny Piccot and Damien Lacombe (Pouilly-sur-Loire), as champions of Nièvre, Aurélie and Julien Stier (La Machine), as champions of the League, are competing in the French mixed doubles championship, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June, in Saint-Flour.
Zero points on the first stage: Stéphane Robineau’s bad operation on the Masters before attacking Le Mondial-La Marseillaise
Tennis
A -2/6 committed to Cosne.?The Cosne Open tournament (140 entries) ends on Sunday, June 30 with the finals at 2 p.m. (ladies) and 3:30 p.m. (men). While the women’s table does not go beyond the 3rd series with locals Lou Delcourt (15/2) and Emma Simon (15/4), the men’s table stops at -2/6 with Auvergnat Thomas Machado (Issoire).
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Also entered are Paul Sprengelmeijer (2/6, ex-0, Melun Val-de-Seine), Hugolin Sapor (4/6, Decize), Virgile Veneau (15, Cosne) and Thomas Richard (15, Neuvy). “Exceptionally, we have set up a doubles table”, underlines Olivier Veneau, instructor and referee. Three seniors + men’s tables have been completed (35, 50 and 65 years old).
15/2, but no 15/1 at La Machine.?Limited to the 3rd series, the La Machine tournament will give its verdict on Sunday, June 30, with the finals at 10:30 a.m., as part of the club’s 40th anniversary. Seven 15/2s are in the men’s draw, including Christophe Renault (Dijon UC), defending champion, Paul Verger (Decize), Damien Golfier and Antoine Jandot (Vauzelles). Laetitia Chamin (15/2, Moulins Tennis) and Anne Chatillon (15/3, Fleury) are the highest ranked in the women’s draw.
Cycling
The Nivernais here and there.?Coralie Savina (Team Ladynamips La Roche-sur-Yon) will be at the start of the Classique du Val de Morteau (Doubs), fourth round of the Coupe de France N1, Saturday June 29 (95.2 km). Yannick Martinez, Axel Habert, Damien Gazut and Cyrian Merlin (Team Atria-Montluçon) will be in the Grand Prix de la Sologne des Étangs, third round of the Coupe de France N2 (167.1 km).
Around forty runners at the Prix du Bar Le Coulanges.?The CC Varennes-Vauzelles is organizing the Prix du Bar Le Coulanges (open 1, 2, 3 and access) on Saturday June 29 (departure at 7:30 p.m. for 75 km). Among the main entrants: Nivernais Loïc Forestier (Team Atria-Montluçon), Florian Auroux (JGS Nivernaise), Vincent Mouquet and Romain Chiaruzzi (Cosne), Hugo Laroche (Guidon Chalettois) and Cédric Léger (CCVV), but also Jules Salvy ( Issoire), Léo Probst and Jason Ansard (Guidon Chalettois), Mathis Pascal (CR4C Roanne), Guillaume Monmasson (AC Bas-Berry), Thibaud Duret (AC Châteauroux)…
Triathlon
Anna Baran engaged with Vesoul.?Vauzellian Anna Baran (Vesoul Haute-Saône) will be at the start of the third stage of the French Division 1 club championship, Saturday June 29 in Bordeaux. The race (750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) will start at 9:30 a.m.
Swimming
43 Nivernais at the Regionals avenirs-benjamins.?The Montceau-les-Mines Olympic swimming pool will host the regional Avenirs-Benjamins championships on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June. The event will allow the benjamins to access or not the national level by registering in the top 24 of the ranking by event. These French championships will take place at the end of December. 43 swimmers from Nièvre will dive in search of podiums and possibly an interesting national ranking. The clubs represented: Cosne (8), La Charité (10), Vauzelles (3), Nevers (19) and Decize (3).
Rugby
Ungiadze holder with Georgia.?The left pillar of the Neversois hopes Luka Ungiadze will start for the start of the Georgian U20s at the World Cup against Australia. The meeting takes place on Saturday June 29 at 6:30 p.m. in Cape Town, South Africa. Having played for the USON Nevers under-18s during the 2021-2022 season, pillar Lino Julien will also start with the France team against Spain on Saturday June 29 (2 p.m.).
The League assembly in Saint-Honoré-les-Bains. The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté League is organizing its general meeting, with the help of the Espérance Saint-Léger-des-Vignes club, today (2 p.m.), Sydney-Bechet room, in Saint-Honoré-les -Baths.
