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High-flying derby in sight between Blagnac and the TOAC

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Blagnac receives the TOAC, next Saturday (4 p.m.) for a highly anticipated face-to-face.

Two teams, two similar ambitions. Only 4 km separate the Blagnac Badminton Club and the TOAC club, two residents of the National 2 championship. If last season, the Toulouse lost 6-2 twice against their Blagnac neighbors, this year the cards are redistributed . “Last year, we were weakened by the injury of one of our players, it was difficult to envisage the top of the table with the means we had”, confides Blaise Urban, coach and captain of the TOAC .

“This season, we have recruited Joanna Chaube, former Top 12 player (the French elite, editor’s note), multiple French champion in her youth, and we are recovering our injured player. So we have a high objective and it starts by taking victory at Blagnac”, he adds.

A victory that would allow the TOAC to continue their momentum after the draw against the favorite, Clermont, on the first day of the championship. For its part, Blagnac can count in its ranks a new male recruit accustomed to this division. “The strength of this team is that it is homogeneous, complete with great motivation”, underlines Benjamin Badault, developer and coach of the BBC. As with its neighbour, Blagnac can also count on its star, Arthur Wakhevitsch. At only 17, the player is 40th in France and trains at the France pole in Bordeaux. “Arthur is our strong point!” Says Margaux Delgal, captain and player from Blagnac. “Saturday, we will surely have the advantage at the level of the boys but the meeting is to be taken very seriously. Even if we have never underestimated them, we are even more wary this season”, adds the doubles and doubles player. mixed. A scenario shared by Blaise Urban: “We surely have girls above on paper and Blagnac boys who are perhaps superior, we will have to expect very close matches with decisive mixed matches.”

Blagnac BC-TOAC, Saturday at 4 p.m., René-Cassin gymnasium.

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