The Badminton club Kemperle (BCK) enjoys great success every year with its master veterans tournament. Saturday January 31 and Sunday February 1, 2026, there were again 239 players in the Cordiers room. “It was also the third stage of the national veterans circuit, which allowed us to have more participants from different regions of France. We were full and unfortunately we had to put 70 players on the waiting list,” explains Jacky Hamoniaux, president of BCK.
304 matches played
The BCK organization is well established, 304 matches were played during the weekend. “Despite a very tight schedule, we managed to keep the approved schedules and play 173 matches on Saturday and 131 matches on Sunday. Once again, I thank the many BCK volunteers who made themselves available to make this tournament go as smoothly as possible. They can be proud of this great organization,” adds the club president.
Ready for the French championship
The BCK will organize other tournaments this year, but it has already demonstrated that it is ready for the big meeting of 2026, the organization of the French veterans championships, from May 23 to 25. This time, this competition will be organized in several sports halls.
On the sporting side, the BCK veterans demonstrated their good form during this weekend at home. We note the victory of Florian Guyader in single V1 and the silver medals of Fabrice Hellegouarch and Pierre Suaudeau (double V1 S1), Mathieu Barre (double V1 S2), Frédéric Nourry (single V3). Eleven other players reached the semi-finals.
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