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The Boule d’Or is playing big this weekend at the Bouzinac bowling alley. She is playing for the twenty-first time in the national First Division club championship.
Things get serious for the Boule d’Or with a big weekend of pétanque on Saturday October 7 and Sunday October 8 at the Jean-Pierre Buffel bowling alley, near the Bouzinac room. As part of the national 1st Division club championship (CNC1), Boule d’Or welcomes and faces Isle-sur-Vienne on Saturday morning, Guéret (Creuse) on Saturday afternoon and Domerat (Allier) on Sunday morning. Three big calibers, like the Boule d’Or, among the sixteen best French clubs. A category where the Gaillacois have maintained themselves for twenty-one years.
“Since the creation of championships” specifies secretary Gérar Cabirol, who underlines the consistency at the highest level of Gaillac society. The clubs will be pitted against each other in six head-to-head matches, three doubles and two triples. The president of the Boule d’Or Marc Lafage expects indecisive and highly contested meetings. The objective of the Gaillacois will be to remain in the 1st Division and why not qualify for the Grand Huit, the final phases in which the Boule d’Or has already participated.
Experienced players
The Gaillac team selected and coached by Marc Lafage and Antoine Lopes, will be made up of experienced players, who have already played in this competition: Ludovic Massoutier, Vincent Vitalone, Théo Hergert, Yohan Rouel, Jérôme Vayssette, Florian Féral.
The strength of the Boule d’Or has always been the club spirit, the sense of collectiveness. Values dear to Jean-Pierre Buffel, long-time president of Boule d’Or, before his death. It was he who gave the club this national stature, and anchored these values on which he did not compromise. This cohesion, which leads players to encourage each other, has often enabled them to defeat opponents deemed more upscale. The Boule d’Or will count on the support of its supporters, while respecting its opponents. The club’s partners – institutional and private – were invited by the president and the office to attend one or more games and to meet around a friendly drink late Saturday morning.
This weekend will be the first stage of a circuit where the Gaillacois will then have to face Bassens, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Antibes and Ax-les-Thermes. A vast southern zone, with the hope of entering the Big Eight and facing the winners of the northern zone for the national title. La Boule d’Or contributes to the city’s reputation in the world of French pétanque.
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