This was the objective displayed at the start of the season by the Berneuil-Compiègne-Lacroix-Venette-Margny Oise TT (BCLO), relegated at the end of a historic first exercise in Pro B. Namely to qualify for the Nationale 1 A , a new intermediate championship bringing together the first four from each of the four groups divided into two groups. The sixteen teams will then battle to seize the four places (two per group), synonymous with participation in the play-offs for accession to Pro B, scheduled for next June in Béthune.
It has therefore been done since Saturday November 16, thanks to its very large victory won in Venette, against Metz (8-1), the fifth in a row. “ We hoped to fulfill the contract but not necessarily so early in the year (editor’s note: two days from the end), rejoiced President Olivier Bochet. It's never easy when you're relegated. Often, teams tend to continue to break down and few manage to break the opposing dynamic. I find that we were able to get right back into the continuity of our project. »
A second phase with big names
In the meantime, the BCLO continued to fly through the first phase with ease. “ On this last meeting (facing Metz), there was actually no photoadmitted the strong man of the merger created in 2016. We were superior to our opponent. Afterwards, this year, I find that we have this ability to make the games easier. As Adrien said (Mattenet, the captain), This season you have to try to have some serious fun. And that’s what the band is doing right now. He takes pleasure while being very serious. » From there, to setting even greater ambitions for the future, there is only one step that the president is not taking for the moment. “ First, we will try to finish undefeated in the first phase. Then we will enter even tougher competition with some big names like Nantes, Cergy-Pontoise (b), Boulogne-Billancourt, Charleville-Mezières or Courbevoie. It will definitely be more complicated. Now, we will see after two or three days what we can claim. A top 4 would already be a good performance. But if we can finish in both and go to play in the play-offs, we won't be deprived. »
