White balls fly onto the tablesto the rhythm of the rackets that the two champions wield with dexterity. A real spectacle for Naïs, 10 years old, “Just now, we were on the benches, the ball was going really fast so for us, my friends and I, it impressed us a little all the same“, she recalls with amusement.
Corentin, 13, has been part of the Cormery-Truyes club – organizer of the event – for a year. So he went to confront the best: “oh I’m having fun and I like falling against someone who is stronger than me“, exclaims the fifth grader. He lost the match but he does not lose hope. “Maybe one day [j’arriverai à les battre]”, he says to conclude. One hundred and fifty people were present this Wednesday at the Truyes sports center, club members and children from the recreational center.
Transmit the pleasure of playing
Christophe Legoût, several times French champions, is there to have fun and pass on the pleasure of playing : “I love this contact with the kids. It’s true we see the kids whose eyes sparkle and everything is so good. There are some who are already doing quite well. We saw three who frankly hit the ball really well and ping, that’s what I told them in the introduction, is that it’s a great activity you can do outside, in gyms, on vacation.“, testifies the former high-level player.
Build loyalty among members and attract new ones
Promote sportsit is the whole objective of the club which benefits from thepost-Olympic Games craze, explains Christian, coach and organizer of the event: “We’re riding the wave of Alexis and Felix Lebrun. It’s all new to us and it’s extraordinary but that hasn’t always been the case so we’re making the most of it. And then the customer’s eye is that Christophe Legoût is the uncle of the Lebruns“.
The Lebruns may be the stars next year, in any case they received the invitation
