Par Julien Bergognat
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Employees of the Stade Langonnais Athletics for the year, Alexandre Daubord and Laurent Souques42 and 47, bring their skills to the Community of Communes (CDC) of South Gironde as part of the summer operation CAP33.
Under a blazing sun, in the middle of the Parc des Vergers, Alexandre Daubord and Laurent Souques entertain the few children who have come to brave the scorching temperatures. Archery, frisbee, net games and other summer sports : the two educators supervise different sports activities.
Two professional seasonal workers
If the habit is to associate the seasonal status with inexperienced youth, this is far from being the case of Alexandre Daubord and Laurent Souques. respectively from Fargues and Saint-Macairethe two sports educators, aged 42 and 47, bring their experience and professional skills to the public at CAP33 during the summer.
“We work year-round for the Stade Langonnais Athlétisme. The club has had an agreement with the Community of communes of Sud-Gironde for several summers so that we can ensure the seasons of the CAP33 operation. »
Driven by the Gironde Departmental Council and set up by the South Gironde CDCthis device allows participants to practice sports and cultural activities during the months of July and August. Mainly free, these animations are supervised by professionals and associations of the territory.
Alexandre Daubord is a graduate of a double state certificate (BE) specializing in football and sports for all. Employee of Stade Langonnais Athletics since September 2021, he started at the age of 18 with the animation of the multisport school around Cadillac. The one who continued with a youth job at the Toulenne football club in 2000 is currently living his sixth season with CAP33.
Laurent Souques also carries an impressive professional background. the sports director of the Stade Langonnais Athletics coordinates all of the specific “training” aspects within the club. A graduate of a BE sports educator in Athletics and a BPJEPS Sports Automobiles, the CAP33 animator has already had eight seasons with the red t-shirt, including four on Langon. Like Alexandre, Laurent started with a young job, but this time in 1998 at the Langon Athletics Club.
A sweltering summer
Even if the high temperatures impact their activities, Laurent and Alexandre keep smiling and this desire to make sports activities practice for the families of the territory. Alexander explains:
“This summer, we combine the high temperatures with the ban on practicing in forest environments. We find ourselves with a range of activities completely out of step with the initial program. For example, we had planned canoeing sessions on the Ciron but we We had to cancel them.”
Despite the temperatures that are not very suitable for sports practice during the day, and especially in the afternoons, the educators adapt and continue to receive their public.
The activities take place in various shady places in the area: at the orchard park or to hard gym of Langon, at the nautical base and Villandraut stadiumto ramparts of Saint-Macaire or in the municipality of Pian-sur-Garonne.
The advantages of the season
Both on permanent contracts over 35 hours a week, professionals from the South of Gironde welcome Monday to Saturday children accompanied by their families. Teenagers aged 15 and over can come alone to practice the activities.
For Laurent Souques, the summer season is a bubble of air:
“Throughout the year, we mainly have members of the Stade Langonnais Athlétisme. With CAP33, we see a different audience. This allows us to take a break, to be in front of a public on vacation and to create links with other associations in the area. We are a network of sports educators, whether in the Langonnais, the Bazadais, the Cadillacais… We don’t feel like we’re seasonal. We all know each other very well, each with their own specialty. »
CAP33 programming will end on August 31. There is still time to have fun with Alexandre, Laurent and the other professionals dressed in red and to discover different sports in South-Gironde. Golf, archery, horse riding, basketball, pony riding, circus, urban dancing, badminton, table tennis: the complete programming can be found on the CDC du Sud-Gironde website.
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