Alain Poncet, visionary president of Chambéry, is dead

A recognized entrepreneur in the region, Poncet took the reins of Chambéry Savoie Handball in 1997, after having been a partner for a decade. During this quarter of a century, he established “Team Chambé” among the clubs that count in France and Europe, despite a limited economic base. An institution which has seen so many great players, many of whom trained at the club: Guillaume Gille, the current coach of the Blues, his brothers Bertrand and Benjamin, Jackson Richardson then his son Melvyn, Daniel Narcisse, Xavier Barachet, Stéphane Stoecklin, Timothey N ‘Guessan…