After the Paris Olympics, this Val-d’Oise table tennis club reaches the milestone of 300 members

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An institution in the sporting world of Val-d’Oise. A long, almost century-old history and a track record as long as your arm. Two Champions Leagues and three French Pro A championship titles on the clock (the last during the 2023-2024 season, Editor’s note) in particular, theAce Pontoise-Cergy table tennis (Aspctt) continues its journey throughout the seasons.

Always with the same enthusiasm and the fierce desire to bring out young shoots. Its Academy, created in 2017, is living proof.

A first for the club

A few weeks after the start of the school year, the club on the banks of the Oise passed the milestone of 300 members. “A first,” says Christian Adam, general manager of Aspctt. The structure should even exceed 320 residents in a few days. “We even had to add slots”, like the leisure section which will be able to benefit from an additional time on Saturdays at the end of the morning.

Jo effect ? Effect Lebrun ? ” Certainly. We will increase our numbers by more than 15% this season. We must congratulate ourselves on this great dynamic which follows the very good results of the French at the Paris Games. »

One of the French musketeers even delighted the spectators at the Hall Philippe-Hémet for a few months as a medical joker during the second part of the 2021-2022 season. It was Félix Lebrun. “An already very solid player at the time,” recalls Christian Adam.

Play-off in Pro A

A player that the Cergypontaine Pro A team will find again this season. Licensed to the Montpellier club, the Frenchman and his younger brother, Alexis, will appear as scarecrows in an increasingly competitive championship.

“We will once again have to be strong and vigilant so as not to have any unpleasant surprises. »

Especially since a new deal will conclude the season. Playoffs which will see the first four of the regular season compete to win the title of champion of France. “We are, of course, aiming for one of the first four places, but it will be hard,” said the general manager of the Aspctt.

To achieve this objective, the club will be able to count on the faithful and indestructible Marcos Freitas, as well as on Mehdi Bouloussa, effective last year, or even Oh Junsung and the junior Flavio Mourier. If the club saw the South Korean Lim Jonghoon (bronze medalist in mixed doubles in Paris) leave for other skies, in this case Hennebont, it recruited two players: the experienced Briton Liam Pitchford, from ‘Hennebont, and Izaac Quek Yong, 18, from Singapore.

An armada which, on paper, should allow the Valdois club to shine in Pro A and on the European scene.

Tuesday October 9, the Valdoisiens beat Roanne 3-1, promoted to Pro A, on the first day of the championship.

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