Nine young players from the Lot department traveled to Rabastens for the third leg of the Occitanie Regional Youth Badminton Circuit.
Medialot reported that the delegation included six competitors from Pradines Badminton: Timéo Boumbaly, Clément Andrieu, Laura Prévost, Anna Boumbaly, Eden Poteau, and Matéo Monasse. Liam Dos Santos and Thiago Souladié made the trip for Bouriane Badminton, alongside Maëlia Bruneau from Souillac.
Saturday’s singles action established early positions across multiple series. Eden Poteau advanced to the Serie 5 semifinals for Sunday, while Clément Andrieu secured a spot in the consolation semifinals for the same division, according to Medialot.
In Serie 2, Anna Boumbaly reached the consolation semifinals. Among the poussins division players, Thiago Souladié finished sixth after reaching the fifth-to-eighth place playoff. Timéo Boumbaly won his ninth-to-twelfth place playoff to take ninth, and Liam Dos Santos claimed the eleventh-place match after three preliminary group games each.
Sunday’s bracket matches produced the delegation’s first tournament medals. Eden Poteau captured the singles Serie 5 title by winning the final. In the Serie 2 consolation bracket, Anna Boumbaly finished as runner-up after falling in the final. Clément Andrieu exited in the Serie 5 consolation semifinals.
Mixed doubles play added to the podium count. Laura Prévost and Eden Poteau earned a silver medal in the minime Serie 3 category. Clément Andrieu teamed up with Pénélope Canal Barbaza from Comité 11 to finish third in the benjamin mixed division.
Anna Boumbaly and Baptiste Chabert of Comité 30 took fourth place in minime Serie 2. Maëlia Bruneau of Athlé 46 Badminton Souillac and Matéo Monasse of Badminton Pradines rounded out the day with a fourth-place finish in cadet mixed Serie 2.
Registration closes shortly for the upcoming departmental stop on the Circuit Départemental Jeunes 46. The tournament takes place on Sunday, December 6, at the Complexe du Vigan. The regional circuit continues in late January with its next stop in the Gard department.
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