The last weekend of November, the sports section of the rural home d’Aulnay transformed the college gymnasium into a real competition field. For three days, more than 120 archers coming from all over the region, and even from Nancy, competed against each other during the annual competition archery in the room. A particularly well-attended edition, marked by great local performances.
By Friday evening, volunteers were installing the thirteen targets intended for the four shooting starts. The categories represented ranged from U13 to Senior 3, in recurve, compound and bare bow. The first shot, reserved for young beginners, took place at 15 meters, while the following three constituted qualifying competitions at 18 meters for the French indoor championships. The presence of Julie Rigault-Chupin, para-archer from the Ruelle-sur-Touvre club, member of the France Handi team since 2015 and several times medalist at European and World championships, also marked this edition. She notably ranked 5e at the Tokyo 2020 and 6 Paralympic Gamese to Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
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A second place for Anthony Hillairet
The Aulnaysian club lined up dix archers on the 18 meter shooting range and recorded very good results. Baptiste Besson, in U21 recurve, took a good second place and obtained the Salle Vert star badge. Pascale Praille, as Senior Lady with bare bow, takes the first step of the podium. Eight archers established a new personal best, including Mathis Gratadoux, winner in recurve arch and awarded the Salle 1 badgere Gold Star, or Christopher Lecullier, eighth in Senior 1 recurve bow and distinguished by the Salle Noir star badge. In Senior 3 recurve bow, Éric Bernard, Guy El Haïk, Hervé and Michel rank 11 respectivelye13e17e et 18e. Anthony Hillairetin SH1 compound bow, lands a nice second place accompanied by the Salle Rouge star badge, while Hubert Louineau, entered in a new category in SH3 compound bow, finished eighth. The competition was also marked by the creation of 17 mixed teams, a record equaled in Aulnay. In recurve teams, Mathis, Baptiste and Christopher finished fifth, and senior archers Éric, Guy, Hervé and Michel took eleventh place.
