Football: Baptiste Jolivet succeeds Franck Leroux as president of the USD

The local club has an excellent health report with an increasing number of licensees. The ambitions for the coming seasons: the rise of the pennant team.

At a general meeting, the Dombes Sports Union (USD) took stock of the season. It turned out to be very positive both on the youth side and on the senior and veteran side. The president in place for 6 years, Franck Leroux, thanked all those who supported him in his action. He left the presidency without ceasing his action at club level, particularly in the sponsorship commission. About the goals, he wants the senior 1 team to move up to the top division, D2. The Dombes youth center group bringing together Villars, Saint-Paul, Marlieux, Chalamont U7 to U18, created 1 year ago, is still progressing. The successes of the club during his presidency are summarized as follows: the first football festival in June 2016, and the U11 festival, organized in collaboration with the district, bringing together the 16 best teams in the region; the increase from 180 to 220 licensees within the club with more than 50 leaders. Father of 3 boys and business manager, Franck Leroux wishes to maintain his action within the USD. According to him, “a good president must be well supported“. The new president, Baptiste Jolivet, has also been at the club for many years and in the office for 8 years. He plays in the veteran team for fun and was responsible for the community life committee until then. He too must reconcile his associative life with his professional life as an urban planner His presidency has taken on its full meaning and his objectives are already clearly stated: meeting in mid-July with the steering committee to discuss the course of action to come, building up the team 1 in D2 with Johan Diestro in charge of training, develop youth policy with the Center Dombes team Baptiste Jolivet is aware of the aid provided by the town hall with 3 lit pitches including 2 grass, a club house, locker rooms but also help for families relayed by the Departmental Council and the national fund for the development of sport.According to the new president, football is a team sport and we must manage projects together. wheat. It is above all a collaborative work that must be carried out based on guidelines for exchanging, working, and developing projects. It is with the board of directors and the members of the office: Nicolas Berry, David Ballivy, Nadège Cianchetti, Valérie Rollo, Karen Ruspini that the new president plans to carry out his actions.

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