Lot 2024 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 nominated 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: Tatiana Fau, Ines Campcros , Flavie Fregeac and Suzie Belvèze.

Tatiana Fau (GSF)

Don't be fooled by her sparkling gaze and her mischievous smile, with her strong character, on the field, Tatiana Fau is a formidable warrior, respected by her teammates and feared by her opponents. A junior high school student at Champollion high school, she is planning a future career in marketing, ideally in the field of sport, of course. It was her cousin Mathéo who introduced her to rugby in the family garden, a space which quickly revealed her talents, becoming too small for her qualities. Direction, therefore, the Londieu playground and the GSF rugby school, where Tatiana quickly proved herself. First in U14, she distinguished herself in the 3rd line position with her devastating tackles.

Now a junior, she has swapped number 7 for number 15, a fullback position that fits her like a glove. Speed, her kicking and her support work wonders, but that's not all: “It's a position that I really like,” she explains with a smile. “From there, we have a view overall on the game, and I love seeing my teammates advance and cross the advantage line.” Then, with a mischievous outburst, she admits: “It’s true, I hate losing!”

Inès Campcros (Saint-Céré)

A rugby player since cm2, initiated by her brother and her cousin, Inès Campcros displays unfailing enthusiasm: “Rugby is truly a passion that still gives me so much pleasure. In particular through the team spirit, mutual aid in difficulties. And even if we have opponents on the field, we can get along very well in life. It opened up my network of friends, in the Lot teams, then regionally, then everywhere in the country. France…” Coming from Mayrinhac-lantour, Inès Campcros has followed an almost daily training rhythm in recent years, appreciating the advantages of this sport such as “this spirit where you have to send everything, give everything, and feel that you will be always supported by someone because sometimes it's really hard, and when the mental takes precedence over the physical, our teammate is there to help us get our heads up.”

Despite her enthusiasm, and after having considered becoming a professional, Ines begins to slow down the pace with three training sessions per week: “the goal for me is to have fun, but to take over more necessarily. Making it a career means is complicated in women's Rugby” notes the 19-year-old player. “I would like to keep rugby as a passion, without any hassle.” The young sportswoman who works as a nursing assistant in an Epadh wants to move into the profession of nursing. Here is the advice she gives to young rugby players: “Don't be discouraged, because we will be there to help you. You can come and ask us a lot of questions, we will be there.”

Flavie Fregeac (RCBBV)

When she was younger, Flavie spent her Sundays cheering on Dad at the Bourgnatelle stadium, her Saturdays accompanying her brother to his training sessions at the ERBBV. She loved helping the coaches lay the blocks to set up an exercise, then hearing people tell her “try” she started at the age of 10 in U12. She has been playing the oval ball for nine years now and this year she joined the big leagues in her first senior year at the RRNQ. Flavie discovered in this sporting environment an atmosphere where everyone finds their place and, above all, cohesion.

Selected for the Lot team, the Occitanie team then for the top 100, she admits to having found a similarity in all these various competitions, fraternity. A friendship that lasts, that is true, in his words. This sport brings her surpassing herself, “letting go of her active life, letting off steam” she tells us. What could be more important for a young girl entering adult life than finding a moment where you live only for yourself! Fla, her nickname, admits to us that she likes the pre-match adrenaline. But after a breath of ventolin, she plunges back into her bubble and analyzes the opposing team.

Suzie Belvèze (COC)

I started rugby 3 years ago now and this year I am starting my fourth season and my second at Blagnac. When I played in Castelnau, I played with the boys and I had the opportunity to make many women's selections and some mixed selections with the Lot. I then arrived in Blagnac as an elite cadet and I also joined the rugby section of Bellevue high school. I wanted to change sports and rugby appealed to me because there is a lot of movement and everyone can play regardless of their physique. I went to Castelnau-Montratier because it was the club that was close to where I live and it conveys a great family spirit. I was able to meet lots of wonderful people.

At the academic level I am today at Bellevue high school where I am in the rugby section and I am in 1st general, maths physics chemistry and SVT. I don't really have an idea of ​​a future career or field at the moment but I think I would like to work in the medical, social or scientific sectors. I think my best rugby memories are all the moments of coming together. By that I mean the moments before and after matches, off the field, where we find the cohesion of a group, of a team. These strong moments before an important match where we say things to each other and where we stay united so that we can then free ourselves on the pitch. I would like to be able to continue rugby as long as possible, have the opportunity to make high-level selections and try to go as far as possible. Before playing rugby I played basketball for almost 7 years in the Vazerac club and I think that these years served me a lot and allowed me to develop a spirit of cohesion.

I would really like to thank my COC coaches without whom I would never have been able to reach the elite level in Blagnac and who encouraged me to seek this higher level. I think that Castelnau is a very good training club and that we can thank them because this year there are three girls trained at COC who play in Blagnac.