After a weekend of competition in Ruse (Bulgaria), 4 French teams left with medals in the European Club Cup with Riom and Nîmes for the women and Rennes and Mouans-Sartoux for the men.
After a two-season break, the European Club Cup resumed this year, to the delight of the participating clubs, in particular the 10 French teams that made the trip. This Saturday, September 17, 78 archers met on the Ruse shooting range in Bulgaria to shoot their qualifications. Of the 5 competing nations (Bulgaria, Spain, France, Poland and Slovenia), France was well represented with 10 teams, selected for the 2021 ranking of the French D1 team championships. At the end of the 72 arrows, a classification by teams made it possible to determine the clubs of each of the 4 hens, whose winners clashed the following day for the semi-finals then final. After the 3 pool matches on Saturday afternoon, the men’s semi-finals saw the Archers of Rennes, Mouans Sartoux, Lokostrelski Klub Kamnik (Slovenia) and the Archers Riomois. After defeating the Riomois Archers, Florian BILLOU, Lucas DANIEL and Nicolas BERNARDI from Rennes concede the final victory 5-1 to the Slovenians Oskar GNIDOVEC, Luka ARNEZ and Ziga RAVNIKAR du Archery Club Kamniket and therefore win the money. The club of Mouans-Sartoux obtains the bronze with the team composed ofAnthony LEFEBVRE, Sam HERLICQ et Thibault FIORETTI. in a match played 5 to 1 against Thomas ANTOINE, Romain FICHET and Maxence JAMOT (Riom).
For women, the first 8 of the 9 teams competed in 2 pools, from which the Archers Riomois, Arqueros de Pozuelo (Spain), the Arc club de Nîmes and the Compagnie d’archers de Rennes qualified for the semi-finals. . Finally, Audrey ADICEOM, Lisa BARBELIN et Caroline LOPEZ (Riom) win 6-0 against Spanish Sandra CEBRIAN, Ines DE VELASCO and Carlota GARCIA-NAVAS. In the match for bronze, the Franco-French match opposed the Nîmes Anaëlle FLORENT, Mélanie GAUBIL and Manon ROYER It front of Rennes Elina IDENSEN, Aziliz RAMEL and Marion VIVES. The match turned in favor of Arc Club de Nîmes, with a final score of 5 to 1.
Note that on individual performance (ranking of qualifying shooting), the French are full. Florian BILLOUE (Rennes) takes the lead with 680 points, followed by his teammate Nicolas BERNARDI (675 points) and HERLICQ himself (Mouans Sartoux) with 668 points. Among women, the Insépienne Lisa BARBELIN (Archers Riomois) wins, followed by a point by Rennaise Elina IDENSEN et Audrey Adiceom (Archers Riomois) to 663 points.
