Pascal Mathis, figure of the Foix media library and the table tennis club, has left us

Pascal Mathis, emblematic figure of the Ping-Pong club (PPC) of Foix and the media library where he worked, died at the age of 62 last weekend.

Born on March 31, 1960 in Brunoy (Essonne), he grew up in Auch, a city which will also see the birth of his daughter Aurélie in 1988. He was an unconditional football fan with Saint-Étienne, the epic of Europe and the square posts (it was in 1976), which had made him love this team forever.

He migrated in 1992 from Gers to Ariège, following Joëlle whom he had married in 1987 in Fleurance. He joined the media library of Foix professionally where he had been able to make many friendships, loved music, this passion and his work, as a discotheque. He was a big fan of the group Status Quo, which he had seen many times across France.

Sport has always held an important place in his life. A top-level table tennis player (he played with CP Auch in Nationale 2, at the time the only club operating at this level in Midi-Pyrénées), he signed a license with PPC Foix. A quality recruit, “as we see few in Ariège”, estimated the president of Fuxéen Pierre Fourniès: there were only Bernard Giraud, François Bonnet, Roger Porra and André Humbert.

Music and sport, two passions transmitted to his children

His affable character earned him sporting friendships. Above all, he loved doubles or team matches (against Foix and then with Foix) even in this individual sport. In addition to his favorite club, ASSE, he has always liked to follow all sports behind the barriers or in front of the screen.

These two passions, he transmitted them to his children; music for Aurélie and sport for Florian. Fine gourmet, he loved simple things, moments with his loved ones, his family, his two children, his wife, but also animals, his dogs Coquine and Hélice.
Simple and discreet, Pascal Mathis had a horror of snow, and by chance he closed his eyes on the only snowy day of the year, when he was adoring the sun of Saint-Cyprien. He fought against the disease, never giving up, with great courage, surrounded by his loved ones.