Squash / National 1. Annecy A step above

To please the crowd, Grégory Gaultier selected a first-class team to take on Mulhouse and La Rochelle. New Zealander Paul Cole (4^H World), the two Frenchmen Victor Croen and Gregoire Marche (8^H and 16^H World Championships) and Luca Sermi ensured the strike achieved eight straight victories.

If there was a bit of suspense before facing Milos, 3^H In the standings, led by Sebastien Bonmales (25^H ), it only lasted a few minutes. After Cole won in three sets (11/3, 11/3, 11/7) over Bonmalais, Crouin drove home the point against Castagnet (11/5, 11/5, 11/4). Marchy won the match in three sets, with Gautier extending the lead by 4^H Victoire.

Just before the second meeting, Gregory Gauthier was awarded the Chevalier de Lourdre Nationale de Mérite in front of an audience of elected officials, both local and national. The ‘French General’, a little touched by the sentiments of the party, calmly watched his squad triumph over a modest formation from La Rochelle led by Baptiste Bruin (261)^H ).

Women are in the lead

For their part, the women also introduced themselves 1^Dr place. Tied on points before their meeting, Annecy and Mulhouse fought hard for the championship lead. Facing the English, Sarah Jane Perry (8^H ) Belgian Nellie Gillies (11^H ) displayed an impressive performance. The victory of the Egyptian Salma Hani (14^H ) against Tiny Gillis (12^H ) Put Milos back in the race. Then the captain of the team, Colin Ohmard, overcame the pressure of the challenge by defeating Amber Alynks in a match in 4 sets. Annecy capped off her day by defeating Garville to secure first place.