The Alliance remains in Pro.
On Friday, May 21, 2021, the Nîmes women undoubtedly played the most important match in the short history of the Nîmes Montpellier table tennis Alliance, born at the start of the season. “Maintaining the Pro Ladies was essential in relation to the Alliance project”, affirms Alain Lauferon, the president of Nîmes.
AT “a serene posture “, objective of the beginning of the year, the manager was satisfied with a snatch. A two-sided 2020/2021 exercise for the Gardo-Hérault team. At the gates of the play-offs until December 2020, “we experienced less good shots from January, concedes Florian Habuda, the Nîmes trainer. But, even by saving in play-down, we still had the club’s best season (Aspcn included). It is very positive “.
Life without Ekholm …
For the Alliance, the exercise would undoubtedly have been even better with the presence… of the French n ° 3, Matilda Ekholm. But, due to the health context, the 38-year-old Swede, who lives in the United States, has never seen the Gard. “We had planned Matilda against Saint-Pierraise (1-3) and Saint-Denis (2-3), notes the coach. And the point that we are missing in the end to make the places 5/8, it was there … “
Ekholm, absent, the Nîmes were able to count on a more than present Min Hyung Jee. The Australian, almost all risk insurance, should come back next season in a formation that will aim, “places 1 to 8”, Habuda points out. “By being in the race to play Europe”, continues Lauferon.
Russian Abraamyam, a new attraction?
A 2021/2022 exercise without the Swedish Jennifer Jonsson, who gives priority to studies. “We are going to mix experience and youth”, notes Lauferon. If the story is called Jee and the Swiss Rachel Moret, the future could well be called Elizabet Abraamyam (18) and Lucie Mobarek (17).
The first named, Russian, is… No. 2 European junior. The second, which arrives from Lille (Pro), points to 2nd French junior rank. “There will be four players for three places, and more competition”, concludes Habuda.
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