Top 12: BC Rostrenen
On September 10, BC Rostrenen will host Chambly, champion of France for the seventh time last May. “It’s the best French team with Fos-sur-Mer which will also be in our pool”, enthuses Martin Boiveau, one of the pillars of the troublemaker in Rostre. ” Something crazy ! “Enthuses the coach of the Pôle Espoirs de Nantes.
Except that he and his family immediately warned: “We want to live the experience to the full”. Clearly, the promoted wants to avoid the last place synonymous with descent despite his “chicken of death”, incommensurate with the other pool of six teams.
A Dane, an Irishman, a German
To carry out the mission, it was therefore necessary to recruit strongly. Martin Boiveau was thus responsible for bringing in the young Paul Tournefier, his protege in Nantes, who had just been selected for the European U19 Championship from August 15 to 30 in Belgrade. “Next year, he will join the Pôle France Relève de Talence reserved for 18-22 year olds. It is the pre-sector before possibly integrating Insep, ”says Martin.
The first will of the Rostrenois was besides to make an essentially French recruitment. “We tried everything to recruit Anna Tatranova, for example, but she preferred to stay in her N1 club. To compete, they therefore had to look abroad. And that’s where XueFei Qi came in, helped in her task by Arthur Sibéril, her companion. The Franco-Chinese has thus convinced the Dane Julie Dawall Jacobsen, 39th in the world, to join her. On the men’s side, the Irishman of Vietnamese origin Nhat NGuyen, 40th in the world, and the German Max Weisskirchen, also a member of the top 100, will land. “Our recruits are enormous! insists Martin Boiveau. However, “we risk fighting with Talence for maintenance”, warns the Bretillien. The Top 12 is thus made. Beautiful but ruthless!
