Tennis. The singer Vianney has his license in Sarthe. Sport

This is the story of a club that did not let itself be defeated during the health crisis. At theAnille Braye Tennis, Jean-Charles Rioton, 36, manager of the club, has managed to attract the attention of tennis stars, and even the singer Vianney, who took his license in the Sarthois club of some 180 licensees.

It all starts at the end of 2019: “After the Fed Cup, we reproduced, on film, the match point of the French women’s victory with the club’s students, explains Jean-Charles Rioton. It was a success on the web and we had lots of messages of sympathy, especially from players like Alizé Cornet. “

Then, in March, confinement arrived, and the total cessation of club sports. Jean-Charles Rioton then wanted to build on the success of this video by launching his Living Our Dreams videos: “To continue to motivate the students, involve them, make them live the tennis passion by creating links between the pros and the amateurs, I told myself that we could launch interviews. We did it with Alizé Cornet… ” Then Caroline Garcia, the president of the Federation Bernard Giudicelli… And Vianney. “Despite his busy schedule, he was able to free up time to answer our questions, s’amuse Jean-Charles Rioton. This is how he answered us, as he is a fan of tennis. ” And little by little, the current going well and a video with 53,000 views on Facebook, “He took his license from us”.

A nice publicity stunt for the Anille Braye club, which with this initiative, finds itself in the spotlight: “No one knew Bessé-sur-Braye. We went to Tout le sport last week, when we inaugurated our new fields, the president of the Federation came. Our young people were also able to exchange balls with pros … »

A beautiful story, that of having dreamed of attracting the attention of tennis pros: “You had to be daring, and it paid off! “ Now, we would like to develop the idea. Why not by bringing in young people for interviews, via Zoom? Without forgetting a big surprise, Wednesday evening, on the Facebook of Anille Braye Tennis.

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