The French Water Polo League Cup for young athletes aged 15 and 16 took place at the Port-Marchand swimming pool from Thursday to Sunday.
At the heart of the organization: Patrick Perez, president of the Var committee and Jean Claude Cassar, president of the Toulon water-polo club.
Sunday, the last matches were played to decide between the regional teams. And a ranking has been made.
For first place, the Paca league beat that of Île-de-France 27 to 3.
In the stands, the parents of the young athletes came to watch the matches. “As a mother, it is a pride to see her son come to thissays Valérie, mother of Lilian, member of the Grand Est league. It’s the result of a year of hard work.”
To reach this level, the young man carried out five training sessions per week and one match per weekend throughout the year. All this, in addition to high school courses…
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In the same team, Marc, 16, is a goalkeeper.
Unlike Lilian, Marc is in sports studies. This allows him to have a schedule arranged.
Yesterday, his parents also came to support him. With him, they travel through France. Residents of Strasbourg, they went as far as Monaco or even Sète to attend their son’s competitions.
On Sunday, the Grand Est league came third in the competition.
In the future, both Lilian and Marc would like to become professional water polo players.
Something to set the tone for their next few years.
