Lot amateur Rugby trophies: vote for the best young player in the department

They are back! Amateur rugby trophies organized by La Dépêche du Midiin partnership with the Lot departmental rugby committee, return for their third edition. To celebrate the actors of this 2023/2024 season, marked by great sporting successes in our department, it is through the presentation of numerous prizes that each cog in the discipline will be celebrated.

Today, place for the best young players in the department. There are four nominees and one of them will try, thanks to your votes, to become the winner of these amateur rugby trophies version 2024. The jury has decided to put four in competition: Marius Beauvillain, Tom Stadelmann , Clément Garrigues and Audin Guiot.

Marius Beauvillain (Luzech)

“I am Franco-Danish currently in engineering school at the Catholic Institute of Arts and Crafts in Toulouse. The USL locker rooms hold no secrets for me. I took my first steps on this lawn that we call La Douve. I then played third row within RQL, the grouping of rugby clubs from Cahors, Castelnau and Luzech. I have very good memories of it, because I made very good friends. , all this coupled with great victories. After high school, I had to stop rugby for two years because of my studies and my shoulder operations. I didn't cope very well with this period. Several doctors. or teachers told me to stop rugby, but it was impossible for me. That's why I returned to my origins and played with my oldest rugby friends like Jules Amat, Medhi El Majdoubi and others. 'others…

In the Top 14, obviously, I support the most capped black and red team in France. It would be tragic for a Lotois not to support it. Besides, it would also be tragic to miss out on Guillaume BEZIAT, our locker room and evening host, whose rugby talent and his joie de vivre I particularly appreciate.
Just like Olivier AMAT, my former coach, who made me love rugby and who today is the players' favorite panel presenter. Finally, the season promises to be complicated with a young and family team, but full of pep. This year, we will have to face 'heavyweight' teams who are all aiming for the next level. We won't give up, let it be known!”

Tom Stadelmann (Gourdon)

Tom knew the rugby school in Gourdon, with a father and an uncle who were fond of the oval ball. After a stint at the Cadurcien stadium as a cadet, then a brief break, Tom joined the Périgord Noir Quercy association (Sarlat, Gourdon, Souillac) as a junior. He found his place and progressed quickly to the position of center or winger. In 2013, at just 18 years old, he joined the senior group of Gourdon XV in R1, where he started as a center. His explosiveness and his defensive qualities make him an essential element of the group. At 20, Tom still has to take the next step towards the federal level. He has every hope and on the Bouriane side, we are closely following his development.

Audin Guiot (COC)

“I started rugby around the age of 9 at the COC rugby school. Once I passed the minimum category, I went to the RQL for the cadet and junior seasons. In 2022, I took a break for 1 year, then I resumed with the COC seniors last year. I chose to play rugby initially to strengthen myself physically and mentally. Then I decided to continue because. rugby has extraordinary values ​​and spirit and playing with your friends is really cool. At Castelnau it's my favorite club, I started there so I'm continuing there. Castelnau has an atmosphere, a mentality that we very rarely find. It's a real group of friends who play for fun and who are there for sporting performance but also everything that goes with it.

I did a STI2D baccalaureate in Terre-Rouge, then I left for Aveyron to do a work-study BTS in wood construction and currently in a work-study degree in wood construction. My best memory is at rugby school. During our travels and our various tournaments, there were always parents who came around and made food for everyone at lunchtime. So once the morning is over we all go to soup. But the problem was that in the afternoon, no one on the field could run because we had all eaten too much! In the future, I see myself continuing at Castelnau for several years if possible.”

Clément Garrigues (Stade Marivalois)

In the Garrigues family, after the father, uncles, big sister and little brother, I would like: Clément, nominated in the Hope category. At 19, this is his first senior year. He lives in Bastit and did all his schooling in Gramat (school and college), then in Saint-Céré in high school. At four years old, he joined the JS Gramat Rugby School. He followed all the stages of his training as a young player there. In cadets and juniors, he continues within the framework of the Lacapelle-Gramat agreement. He spent four great years there where he was able to progress and express all his qualities. This is where he made his best friends. When he came of age, he decided to continue playing rugby by taking a license at the Stade Marivalois “to be able to play in Federal 3”, as he said himself.

His preferred position is third wing line; It is in this position that he settled in the first team at Stade Marivalois. But it is so technically “easy” that it can play almost anywhere. This year he even happened to be of service in the three-quarter line, to replace an injured partner.
Clément has a beautiful presence, very beautiful to see on the field. He likes wide open spaces, touching a lot of balls and tackling with all his might. He will undoubtedly have a great career as a rugby player.