Tennis News - Grand opening of the clay courts!
All courts (weather permitting) are now available; you can reserve on the club’s reservation platform (see here).
All courts (weather permitting) are now available; you can reserve on the club’s reservation platform (see here).
Football Youtuber Seb.OleFOOT has posted a 20-minute video of his visit to the Club on 10 March, when he was welcomed by Laurent Brault and Gerald Strouts, and took part in a match against the Kerala Tuskers, which we won!
Je joue un match avec LE PLUS VIEUX CLUB DE FRANCE ! Son histoire est juste INCROYABLE !
https://youtube.com/embed/c59-UZDdhI0?si=AYpM_GlVlcagz9WD
We now have an adult and teenagers (over 10) one-hour Taekwondo lesson on Saturdays at 12:30 pm and a lesson for under-10s at 1:30 pm.
The first lesson is free for anyone who wishes to try it.
Taekwondo is much more than just a sport. It is a way of life. It instils confidence, motivation, goal setting, focus, Self-discipline, respect for others and confidence in your abilities. Do not hesitate to join us.
(See this article for more information about Taekwondo.)
The next tournament will be at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 23 April.
We could start off at 2.00 pm by going through a quiz - this time about "Showing the fit after a Stayman" (see here Quiz_20240423.jpg); this includes examples of the "convention 2012" which some of you may not have learnt yet.
Please sign up with Jenny, with or without a partner, as soon as possible.
We have already got 28 orders for Roland Garros tickets from members.
The club is entitled to receive 8 to 10 tickets maximum per year and the FFT Ligue des Hauts de Seine will give us an update about those tickets by the end of the week.
Members who had ordered Roland Garros tickets will be informed via email this weekend about the status of their order.
Our 8 Roland Garros tickets have been attributed to our happy few via a personal email.
If you didn’t receive a message from us, please understand that your proposed date and court name were not available.
Early bird pre-season discounted cricket kit offer:
Adults: Shirt €31, Trousers €32
Juniors: Shirt €28.50, Trousers €29.50.
Shirt personalisation with name and number €8.50. Sizing at www.seriouscricket.co.uk.
To order contact Andrew Jackson ()
Girish Dharmapurikar stepped down as Junior Cricket Coach in June 2023. Andrew Macintyre returned temporarily and will be replaced by existing junior parent Adhavan Manoranjan. Thanks to Grisih for the past 3 and a half years and to Andrew for stepping up during his well-earned retirement.
SAC CC now has its own website: https://standardathletic.play-cricket.com/home
The next tournament will be on Tuesday 13 February, starting at 2.30 pm. As Jenny is not available, please sign up with Anne Raynaud as soon as possible. There will not be a quiz before and there will not be a cocktail afterwards.
In the end there were 28 bridgers, who had great fun on the bridge tables, plus 10 who came for dinner. Thanks to their generous donations € 3.530 were raised, which is very nice addition to BCF funds.
Congratulations to the winners Mary and Remy Cauchard in North-South and Guerin and Leon Goldstein in East-West.
SAC pulled off a second successive victory last Sunday in a typically physical encounter with the Kerala Tuskers, edging the visitors out 3-2.
Fielding a strong team, SAC dominated large periods of play and might have put more goals into the net with more accurate finishing.
Sunday’s win followed a more emphatic 6-3 victory against the Pascal Gastebois XI the previous Sunday. The two sides were evenly matched until early in the second half, before SAC ran away with the game. More details in the main article.
SAC take on La Salernitana this Sunday 3 December, with kick-off at 10:30.
On Saturday 21 we hosted the Salts Staff Football Club (SSFC), a group of teachers from the Titus Salt School of Baildon, West Yorkshire. The game was drawn 2-2 in weather that was not ideal for spectators! See some team photos in the main article.
Please see the main article for some photos taken on the occasion of the 12 November Remembrance Sunday Internal Football Tournament.
See the main article for the Start Times for the SAC's Autumn Vase Competition at Villarceaux taken from the FFG Website.
The winner of the Autumn Vase for the best Nett score was Bertrand Delacroix with 41 points. The best Gross score was made by Dimitri Ansart with 37 points.
The full set of scores can be seen on the FFG's website.
The pools will be closed from Monday 16 October.
We had 8 full tables for the tournament, so warmest congratulations go to the big winners - in EW - Noelle and Raphael - with 68.75% and in NS - Jean and Gerard - with 64.29%! 2nd in EW - Ann and John with 60.12% and in NS - Remy and Marc with 53.87%.The full results are attached to the main article.
The next tournaments are planned to be held on Tuesday, 14 November, and Tuesday, 12 December.
The next tournament will be at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 November. A quiz on the "Forcing 4th suit" is attached to the main article, which will be reviewed at 2 p.m. as usual before the tournament proper. There will be a little cocktail afterwards, for which there will be a small charge of 5€.
Please contact Jenny if you would like to play, if you will stay on for the cocktail, and if you would like Jenny to find you a partner.
Note that there will also be a tournament on Tuesday, 12 December.
This tournament also was part of an FFB nationwide one with 1087 participating pairs. Using the FFB's scoring, our big winners were Ghislaine and Nicole (Doyle) with 61.36% in NS and Raphael and Max with 59.17% in EW. 2nd in NS, Nicole (Devaux) and Jean-Paul with 54.9% and in EW Christine (Clement) and Jean (de Catelin) with 53.92%. Click here to see the FFB SAC Results.
Please note that the next tournament will be on Tuesday 9 December at 2:30 pm, but will be preceded by the Bridge Section AGM at 2 pm!