In Écaussinnes in Hainaut, the Belgian badminton championship for seniors recently took place. Sabine Devooght, who moved from Bruges, achieved double success in the category +M35 and is therefore certain of participation in the European championship at the end of August.
Sabine Devooght started in her hometown at the Royal Bruges Badminton Club. Later, love and sport brought her to Limburg. Her husband Frédéric Gaspard, originally from Bastogne, is technical director at the highest level within the Walloon badminton federation, as well as national coach of the U19.
Badiator Academy
Together with Sabine, he founded the Badiator Academy in Tongeren three years ago, a club where they want to share the badminton bug with children from 5 to 17 years old. They provide initiation and go to schools to get young people interested in the sport. “We now have four trainers within the academy. I also mainly do the administrative work and assist where necessary,” says Sabine, who works as a medical secretary in a hospital.
Fell
At the Belgian Championships she was able to extend her national title. In the mixed doubles, she also won gold with Frédéric, after the couple lost the semi-finals last year. “After the Belgian Championships I decided to stop. To hang up my racket. The fun in the game was gone. Because I no longer had the same speed, I lost matches that I had won before. I had a hard time dealing with that feeling and started playing padel and other things. Without doing badminton I tried to keep my body in shape.”
ME in August
In August, the European Badminton Championships will be held in Heusden-Zolder, not far away for Sabine and Frédéric. “I wanted to experience that someday. If I was ready for it. A few months ago, I started training again in that sense, without putting any pressure on myself. I have been able to qualify with those Belgian titles in the meantime. I will now continue working towards the European Championships, but mainly to enjoy it and have fun.”
(ACR)
2024-06-29 15:59:18
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