Fifty years after the creation of the basketball section, Cédric Maes, the new Vauverdois, is launching the team with great ambitions. Originally from Dunkirk, he is encouraged by another Nordist who has invested with the same passion. The match was a match between the two basketball players. “ When I saw him, I saw him ! “, cried Francis Bouville.
Le Calaisien arrived in 1971 and gave him body and soul to develop this sport in his football -dominated home town. For twenty-six years, from 1974 to 1990, he led the teams to a good level and created the basketball school with Pierre Volpelière.
Entrepreneur and passion for ballooning
Francis then passed the hand on José Zarrouk. “The club had declined these last few years and I was kidnapped. I knew someone had come back and I was looking to see it.” It is by chance that he will cross him. His little boys wanted to play. Francis went to watch the little baskets and the stalk returned. “Therefore, I will be there to follow the teams.” The virus is the revenue. Cédric’s motivation and dynamism disrupt the former coach. “He already has hell players. They’re going to box in a championship.” Cedric, he did not think of getting there. “I just wanted to play once a week quietly.” He learns that the club will close. The last affiliation with the federation dates back to 2009. “My wife told me: “Why don’t you take back the club?”“ His entrepreneurial spirit and passion for ballooning convinced him. In October 2021, start with a dozen players. Today, there are about sixty. Its energy is convincing. The sponsors and the subsidies follow.
Cedric sums up the projects and formations. Operation Vivez bougez in schools, social networks, certificate of physical preparation, federal patent, microbasket label 3-5 years in the basket, it also adds jobs: nurse, employee at McDo, mason, commercial in construction, four children the house whose last one is only a month away! In project, streetball fields and a private basketball school.
Cedric is assisted by a volunteer technical director and supported by his wife, very invested in this project. The name of Vauvert throne on the new t-shirts with a bull’s head in the center. The city will undoubtedly have its basketball champions soon.
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