By the admission of the three contenders, the campaign will have been “ long and difficult », « hard psychologically », « grueling »… The fault of a few « banana peels » deposited here and there, a few “ tripod » distributed at regular intervals, even at “ pressure and intimidation » according to Xavier Thuilot, the former general director of LOSC, launched into the adventure.
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But at the end of the AGM, which will also have been the last for Gérard Delmarle, secretary general, David Carion, treasurer, and Michel Dutry, president of the regional youth commission48.2% of the 1,531 votes cast out of the 2,064 possible votes fell into the hands of the outgoing president. The (last) four minutes offered to the three candidates will not have tipped the scales for his two opponents, Xavier Thuilot (“ Patrice has been there for twenty years but he promises all possible changes in the next 4 years. You don’t have to believe it “) or for Olivier Depaquit, president of the Aisne Departmental Committee, with extensive experience as a player and manager.
« This is my last mandate but we will do everything possible to ensure that ourpromises Patrice Brulez. You must not believe that I have both legs in a cast. We have all the ambitions and all the strengths necessary in this league to succeed. Let’s go back seven years and look at everything that has been done since then. There has been a long way to go. And it’s not over… I’m sure we want to revolutionize things. But we don’t revolutionize tennis like that. I know the machine. We have money (€1,928,430 of working capital or almost 7 months of expenses) but we will not spend it willy-nilly. And we will give everyone the means to do what they want to do correctly. No one will be forgotten… »
Results: 267 clubs represented out of the 484 affiliates (55.1%). 1,533 votes cast out of a possible 2,064 (74%). Patrice Brulez list: 738 votes (48.2%), 27 seats; Xavier Thuilot list: 406 votes (26.5%), 4 seats; Olivier Depaquit list: 387 votes (25.3%), 4 seats.
