This Saturday, on the side of Paris (Villebon-sur-Yvette), they are 10 girls and 10 boys to defend the coat of arms of the AJBD 21-25. In the French club team championship 1e Division, for a single day of competition, the Burgundians want to show that they have things to prove.
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“The best teams will be there. If we can pass a few laps, that would already be great, ”slips Dominique Garcia, vice-president of AJBD 21-25, realistic in view of the forces present.
Forming hopes for the international market, such is the motto of the Alliance. “Today, we want to perform at a high level, especially in the European Cups,” confides Dominique Garcia.
Winners in their category at the Burgundy-Franche-Comté championships in April, Antoine Rupp (-81 kg/Dijon Judo club), Shahanah Chovot (-63 kg/Dijon Judo club), Lië Chaillou (-57 kg/Semur) and Hugo Brochin (-66 / Quetigny) are traveling in the Paris region.
In confidence, they all are. But the one who has garnered the most lately is called Émile Notebaert. At the beginning of May, during the European Junior Cup in Nanterre, the Quetignois (-73 kg) won a bronze medal with the French judo team. This weekend, he will match alongside Jérémy Hermelin, also third, at the French university championships 1re senior division in April. Unity is strength.
