Even though Flèche Pictave, his adopted club, has the ambition to quickly join the National Elite, Charentais Maxime Chovaux has just offered him a title of French indoor champion in recurve archery. .
He knew he was confident. Almost inclined to dream of an accessit. It was ultimately towards the summits that Maxime Chovaux made his way. Let’s admit it straight: he who had refused to participate in the event last year had a nose in agreeing to honor this 2024 edition of the French senior championships in the archery hall.
For his umpteenth attempt at enslavement in twenty years of practice – his best performance until then, 4th, dated from 2017 -, the multi-departmental champion seniors 1 experienced three dream days, at the beginning of March, at the Vendéspace in Mouilleron-le -Captive. “Everything actually happened like a dreamrecalls the person concerned.I finished 7th in qualifying with an average of 570/600 higher than my season (editor’s note: 567) , then I had the chance to cross swords, in the 16th and 8th finals, with two guys a priori within my reach. The rest was just happiness. »
The rest ? A king’s feast. The 2nd in the qualifications tasted in the quarter, the 2023 French champion swallowed in the half, the winner of the qualifiers eaten in the final. “You have to believe that the planets were aligned, smiled Maxime. I just did what I had to do at the times I had to do it. »
Elite Club by 2027
Leading figure of the Nationale 2 team, the original Ruellois (Ruelle-sur-Touvre in Charente), recently established in Vienne, now intends to guide his new club, integrated in 2021, towards the hoped-for recognition. “Our development plan plans to go from 96 current licensees to at least 180 by 2027, warns treasurer Etienne Mirakoff.To hope to be part of the closed club of thirty-two Elite clubs in France, our dearest wish, we will also have to densify our archery school a little further and aim for the high level in terms of performance. . »
To make its dreams come true, Flèche Pictave already has quite a few tricks up its sleeve: a full-time coach (a first in New Aquitaine), in the person of Frédéric Garçon, recruited in September, a sports complex, the stadium Philippe-Barrault, at the forefront, and now a French champion at the spearhead. Who says better ?
2024-04-16 02:45:39
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