no holidays for the Games Preparation Center

From the end of June, the French U21 handball team completed a preparatory course for the Euros there. Still in handball, it was the teams of France and Spain in U19, also for the Euro, who were present in July on the complex. They have, in addition to their daily training, offered two handball matches open to the public. Two high-flying encounters in front of packed bleachers and a captivated audience.

It was then the C’Chartres Métropole Handball team, in pre-season training, which took over between the multisports room, weight room and athletics track with the program, two to three daily training sessions but also a discovery of the island of Oléron through water sports activities such as canoeing.

Judo in August

In August, two great visits took place in the sports complex: firstly, that of Frédéric Lecanu, former judoka, technical sports manager at the French Judo Federation and consultant for the newspaper “l’Équipe” and then that of Matthieu Bataille, international judo referee, triple world bronze medalist in 2007, 2008 and 2010 and gold medalist at the European Open Championships in 2004. Contacts, potential prescribers of the Games Preparation Center (CPJ ) oléronnais with their federations who took advantage of their holidays in Oléron to come and scout the facilities of Oumière.