“A few wild boars appreciated the quality of the terrain at Saint-Igneuc and decided to have fun there for two nights. Result: a field which is no longer usable as it is”, indicate with humor the managers of Vallées FC, bringing together the teams of Jugon-les-Lacs and Plénée-Jugon, on the club’s Facebook page, after the visit of a herd which turned over a good part of the lawn, on the night of October 31 to November 1, and the following night.
“About 15 wild boars”
“It was a municipal agent who noticed the traces of the passage of wild boars on two occasions. According to the hunters, the presence of around 10 to 15 wild boars was reported in the neighboring plot, adjoining the football field,” indicates Cédric Le Guyadec, head of technical services at Jugon-les-Lacs, since 2021, which numbers at 2 €500 the amount of damage, including the working time of municipal agents for the restoration of the site and the intervention of a company specializing in the maintenance of football fields, which re-seeded the grass and leveled the bumps.
“Unavailable for a month”
“We would like to thank the technical services and the town hall, who invested quickly,” underlines Samuel Briens, president of the club, which juggles between several grounds, in Jugon, Dolo, Plénée-Jugon and Saint-Igneuc, the latter being “ unavailable for a total of one month.” “Within two weeks, we will be able to use it again, but there has not been much impact on our activity, the set scheduled for this Saturday will be transferred to Dolo, and training will be done elsewhere, especially indoors, at Plénée-Jugon, for children, which we usually do this season,” explains the president. And note: “If the wild boars had returned the field in September, it would have been more problematic, given that training takes place outdoors at this time of year.”
“Anti-game fence”
While waiting for the players to return to the Saint-Igneuc pitch, an electric fence surrounding the pitch has been installed by the municipality. “This is to prevent wild boars from returning to cause further damage. It is a temporary anti-game fence, but consideration is underway to install permanent protection, as exists along dual carriageways, for example. Other municipalities are considering similar solutions,” concludes the head of technical services for Jugon-les-Lacs.
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