a double with a special flavor for Thomas Precy

During this Christmas story time, a rather special story was written in Blois this Sunday, December 22. Thomas Precy won the 50 for the second year in a row^e Duke of Guise Tournament, organized by the Blois Fencing Circle. However, that very morning, nothing was done for the Orléans shooter. “I was starting my group well and then I saw my father arrive, explains Thomas Precy. My father who, for two years, has no longer followed me in competition. I saw him and I didn't know he was coming, it was a surprise. »

Any avid reader of great stories expects a happy ending with such a scenario. Certainly there was one with the victory of the Orléans shooter but not without twists and turns. “So, I put pressure on myself… It's stupid, it's nothing but as soon as I took a touch, I looked at him, he was a former fencer so he was high-fiving himself being ''thin'' so that put pressure on me. »

“Reluctantly, I asked him if he could leave”

Although he did everything to try to get rid of it, Thomas Precy did not succeed and thus lost two group matches. Which pushed him to make a drastic but above all difficult decision. “I couldn't concentrate on my game. And, reluctantly, we had a conversation and I asked him if he could leave so I could just focus on myself, explains Thomas Precy, very moved when having this conversation with his father, Jacques. I didn't tell him unkindly, we talked but somewhere I blame myself for not being able to ignore it so he can come see me or even just do some fencing. »

The Orléans shooter now knows that he will have to work on this point. “My father has always been a role model. And in front of our parents, we always want to do well, not to disappoint them. When there are my friends, I don't care, I'm not there to please them. But parents have a key role so it’s only with them that it does that. »

A complicated choice but which nevertheless seemed to be the right one for Thomas Precy who then managed to reach the final. Like the previous edition, he found himself facing a teammate from CE Orléans. Facing Adrien Sabard, former Blésois, he won 15 touches to 10. “We know each other well with Adrien, so the objective in a match like that is to tighten up your game to try to make as few mistakes as possible. In training it's super tight, on Wednesday he beat me, there I managed to gain the upper hand. »

An imbroglio in the women's final

On the women's side of the table, an Orléanaise also reached the final. The young Jeanne Langlois, aged 18, found herself facing the experienced Adeline Ceccolini from Thionville. A final interrupted for a long time following a regulatory imbroglio which nevertheless resumed to see Jeanne Langlois win (15-11).

Note an increasing female participation for this 50^e Duke of Guise Tournament. From 16 in the previous edition, there were 24 this Sunday for 35 men. The president of CE Blois, Régis Eche, hopes to achieve a 51^e candle of the tournament next year.

Rankings

Male table : 1. Precy (CE Orléans), 2. Sabard (CE Orléans), 3. Aucouturier (Poitiers), 3. Caffiaux (Team ENE), 5. Pelou (Saint-Doulchard).
Feminine painting : 1. Langlois (CE Orléans), 2. Ceccolini (E3F Thionville), 3. Poncelet Schiochet (Châlons-en-Champagne), 3. Dumont (Paris Épée), 5. Geisler (Châteauroux).