1st club in Occitania with 1,228 members, including 798 young people, USC Tennis seizes the ball to relaunch after the health crisis. After the general meeting of the club in January, assessment and prospects with Olivier Casalis, president of the club.
“2021 was again a year very marked by Covid, but we coped. If in September we experienced an increase in members among those under 18, we noticed a drop among adults”. In tennis as in other associations, the health crisis has mainly impacted recreational practitioners, who have stopped practicing sports for various reasons.
On the side of young people, the enthusiasm does not weaken. “Our staff and our volunteers did what was necessary during this period to maintain the practice with our licensees. We were able to follow a real educational program, set up internships. Children are taking more and more lessons at school of tennis”. In partnership with the city, tennis at school continues its path. The second edition of the international Primavera tournament was a great success with nearly 110 young participants and 150 rackets recorded. The club also did a summer tour with 16 young people and 6 supervisors. Finally, on the side of distinctions “our columérins were 1/2 finalists in +65, Benjamin Gascoin champion in +45, Jules Cabannes and Swan Rives are regional champions in their respective young category.”
2022 is the year of the resumption of competitions. In N2 and N4, the club’s flag teams will return to the courts in May. Before that, in mid-March, the Primavera returns to Colomiers with its gratin of young champions. “The objective remains the same, to have an ambitious policy while keeping with all our members a spirit of conviviality and the desire to meet again for more festive moments. We want to have as many high-level players as possible made in Colomiers and train the best players in Occitania among our young people” concludes Olivier Casalis. Three entries should be noted on the club’s steering committee: Nicolas Philippe, Guillaume Nexon and Fabrice Rodolat. A season that will precede the year of the 60th anniversary of the club.
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