Forget that you have no chance, go ahead, go for it! You never know, a misunderstanding could work. The Conquering Badminton Club of Caen has not adopted this famous line from Jean-Claude Dusse in Tanned people go skiing. Deprived of two players, convinced of losing to Rostrenen, the leader of their group, the Caennais preferred to forfeit rather than defend their chances, however slight. The Norman club, promoted in the division and surprising in the good sense of the word until then, and the sport do not come out any better.
“For us, it was not a meeting keytries to clear Alain Françoise, the vice-president of the CCBC. We didn’t go there to win. The important match is the next one. We warned the Federation last week. Unfortunately, these things happen. »
Maybe, but it hasn’t happened to anyone else in Nationale 1, the antechamber of the bad French elite, this season. “The decision was not easy to makeassures Alain Françoise. We hesitated for a long time but events meant that we no longer had a spare wheel. »
“The financial penalty is less impactful”
The CBCC was unable to field enough players. The British Sian Kelly and the Belgian Clara Lassaux compete in an international competition in Portugal. Absences impossible to fill to the extent that the British Aimie Whiteman (stop) and the Ukrainian Yuliia Ivaniva (maternity) left the badminton courts.
Caen could have fielded a player who usually plays in the Pre-National, but preferred to fail. “We had anticipated this kind of problem but this week, we no longer had a spare wheel. We are working on recruiting French players next season so as not to relive this situation again. »
Still in the running for the Top 12 accession play-offs, the Caen club will be fined €760 and, a priori, two penalty points in the ranking. “The financial sanction is less impactful than if we had presented ourselves with fewer playersbreathes Alain Françoise, embarrassed around the edges. We apologized to Rostrenen. »
The Bretons will have the obligation to appear on the field on Saturday, with their best possible team, for the forfeit to be noted… This weekend, the Caennais could lose their 2nd place to the benefit of Ézanville. A formation which will receive… Rostrenen on the last day, while Caen will receive Créteil, the red lantern.
Maybe there will be sporting justice then. In Caen, we still strongly hope to scrape this 2nd place, synonymous with the accession barrier. On a misunderstanding, it can work…
2024-03-22 10:30:23
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