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The first pétanque school in the Allier is set up in Montluçon

Two of the five greatest players in the history of pétanque sport are Bourbonnais: Christian Fazzino, voted player of the century in 2000, and Philippe Suchaud, fourteen times world champion.

Both have passed their fifties and the next generation is slow to point the tip of his nose even if the young Montluçonnais Valentin Beulama, gone to other places, has already made people talk about him by joining the France team a few years ago. hope.

For the first dedication of his biography, Christian Fazzino finds his readers in his town of Montluçon

This is why the launch of a pétanque school on Wednesday July 13 at the Christian-Fazzino bowling alley can only delight fans of this sport. “It was part of my electoral program”, recalled the mayor, Frédéric Laporte, in the presence of Jean Massini, president of the departmental committee.

This school, which was born after several months of work, is the result of an agreement between four clubs in the region: the Amicale des Marais (Montluçon), the Lampier club (Estivareilles), Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest pétanque and Pétanque Chamblétoise (Chamblet).

Elected officials, leaders of the four partner clubs and supervisors posed for the family photo.

It will accommodate up to fifty licensees aged seven to seventeen and will be supervised by local volunteer educators with federal training. Guillaume Lascoux and Eddy Amiot will be there to supervise the young people two days a week: Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The school will open in the fall

“The school will open its doors at the start of the school year in September for the youngest to junior categories,” said Patrick Léonardo, the school’s pedagogical and educational manager. Our objective is to train young people who can reach the top level”.

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