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Black light, fluorescent pitches, music with dancefloor hits, a beautiful nightclub atmosphere reigned at the Michel-Pelchat gymnasium in Vimoutiers (‘Orne), this Friday, December 30! The meeting promised to be sporting and festive, it certainly was. Fifty players, licensed or not, took part in the Blackminton event offered during the end-of-year celebrations by the Vimoutiers Badminton Club.
Half of them were club licensees, the other half made up of Ornais licensees and residents of the area, all curious to discover this festive and nocturnal version of badminton in fluorescent colors. can say is that the game was worth the candle.
A popular event
The event was acclaimed, young and old had a wonderful evening, like these four friends who are not licensed, but who wanted to participate and discover this original activity. A good warm-up before tackling New Year’s Eve. Pierre Olivier (Crouttes) enlisted his friends, Théophane, Romain and Jules. “When you walk into the gym, it’s great. It gives us an extra activity during the weekend! says Peter. Mathilde Gaudemer (Guerquesalles) is licensed at the VBC. She played at one time in national 2 and 3, in Sées. “At the start, it’s confusing to find your bearings in space. On the other hand, we do not let the steering wheel out of sight. It’s very funny! “.
“You can see the steering wheel much better”
Licensed Annie Foulon (Sap-en-Auge) notes that “it’s not hard at all, it’s even easier, because you can see the steering wheel much better. That’s great ! “. Alexandra Robert (La Ferté-Fresnel) has been playing badminton for fifteen years. It was also on this occasion that she met Aurélien who, from playing partner, also became her partner in life. If Aurélien has branched off into table tennis, Alexandra continues to play badminton. “Initially, I was supposed to come with my teammate, Robin. But he withdrew having been injured at the start of the week. As I absolutely wanted to find out what the Blackminton was, I enlisted my spouse. He had to babysit our two daughters. Finally, we found a nanny,” smiles Alexandra.
“Everyone was happy”
Both do not regret the move. ” It’s nice ! We were wondering if we were going to see the steering wheel well and finally, we can’t lose sight of it! We have good feelings, it’s cool, because playing in the dark, we’re not used to it. Aurélien is even surprised that “it’s free! “. Indeed, the club finances the service thanks to a grant obtained by the Development Fund for Associative Life (FDVA). The evening ended around “midnight fifteen, everyone was delighted” says Marie Tessier, secretary of the VBC, at the initiative of a very original meeting which seduced the participants. As for a renewal, “everything will depend on whether the FDVA allocates funds to us, but also whether the office wishes to do something else, or not”. The service provider specializing in this type of event, Move on up, based in Surville (Eure) provides this type of service for all types of indoor sports, weddings, etc. All its Fridays and Saturdays are already retained “until February 2024”.
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