The large handmade snooker marker board has needed some serious refurbishment for quite a time.
Our friend Ben from the Embassy graciously offered to remount a new set of beautiful copper markers, clean the glass and wax the wood.
The snooker scoreboard has now been fixed and is back in its place.
Many thanks to Ben for this!
See the main article for some before and after pictures.
The next coaching session will be on Friday 26 April at 6.30 pm, with Shaunak Khot.
(Same evening as TGI - Friday)
If you are interested in these coaching sessions one Friday a month and have not yet signed up, contact .
Feel free to give it a go, it could be your big break!
This year the SACC headed off to Kent with a bit more confidence than last's year's Coovid impacted adventure.
The matches were against Shepway Stragglers, Band of Brothers, and a new opponent, Chestfield CC.
AAll in all the SACC experienced the full gamut of results - a loss and finally a win!
Read on for full results and photos!
A week on from their back-to-back victories against Kensington CC, Standard Athletic CC were back in action once more for a 40-over game against Lisses CC. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Standard posted an impressive 257 all out, with top scorers including Praneeth, Girish and Nikhil.
In return, Lisses got off to a flyer and were 100 for the loss of 1 wicket in no time before a combination of accurate swing and spin bowling began to pay dividends for Standard. With the Lisses’s batters proving more resolute than expected, however, they began rebuilding and after a couple of useful partnerships, they were left needing less than 100 runs off 10 overs. With victory in sight, captain Henry turned to the left-arm leg breaks of Nikhil whose second spell produced two quick wickets leaving Lisses still requiring 13 runs to win. Praneeth had other ideas, however, and after having a plumb LBW decision turned down, the very next delivery beat the batter’s outside edge and hit the top of the off stump to send the SAC players into raptures!
The result – a 13-run victory for Standard Athletic CC
After a great UK tour, attention turned once again to Île de France fixtures and the away game against Chantilly. Having enjoyed a victory in the same fixture last year, the squad travelled to the match hoping for a similar result. After electing to bat first, Standard posted a very competitive score of 313 for the loss of just two wickets, which set them up superbly for repeating last year’s win. Top scorers included Shaunak with 69 runs, Dilip with 53 runs and Nishant with a quick-fire 58 runs off just 30 deliveries.
In return, Chantilly mustered 185 runs all out from 32 overs, with Praneeth, Shakeel and Nishant all amongst the wickets, leading to a 128-run victory for Standard Athletic CC. The result meant that SAC has recorded back-to-back away victories over Chantilly over the last two seasons.
This weekend's matches: Saturday vs Sarcelles CC, Sunday vs Le Bourget CC
Golfers went off to Roncemay to escape the Coronation from Friday the 5th to the 7th of May.
The two main prizes for Saturday's Stableford competition are the Kiwi Cup (donated by Alan Kerr) for the best Net score won by Ian Jones (37) and the Irish Trophy for the best Gross score won by John McCallum (19).
On Sunday there was a Scramble à la Française won by the team consisting of Muriel+James+Frédéric+Simon with 42 points.
Just a reminder, now that the season is really starting, that players are expected to wear proper tennis outfits, with a white shirt or blouse and white socks. Players must wear proper flat-sole tennis shoes on the clay courts.
At the AGM on 30 March a new Head of section, James Moore was nominated to replace Frédéric Thiriet, who had resigned. Bertrand Delacroix joined the existing committee - John Greenwood, Claude Jacques, Joan Cosgrove, and John McCallum.
SACC welcomed Kensington CC from London, the first tourist of the 2023 season, for back-to-back games over the weekend of Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May.
On Saturday 13 May we played a 40-over game and SAC won by 24 runs. On Sunday we played a 30-over game that resulted in a 13-run victory for Standard Athletic CC
Two victories for SAC against a competitive opposition meant that it had been a good weekend for all involved!
See the main article for full reports and photos!
The cricket section prepared for the season ahead with another trip south of the border to enjoy the Andalucian sun and Baltic winds. Hopes were high after the ups and downs of last year, or were we just gluttons for punishment?
In the end, SACC did well beating the BECC twice and having great fun with the Southern Gentlemen (and winning).
The first of 3 videos made during the trip to the Desert Springs resort in Almeria, Spain from 28/2-3/3/23 is now available on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/8fmLxsws0eA.
1- J-C SADEN + E FREIHA (28 points)
2- B DELACROIX + J GOODHARDT (24 pts)
3- J DELACROIX + J Mc CALLUM (22 pts)
4- M GREENWOOD + J GREENWOOD (20 pts)
5- J COSGROVE + C JACQUES (16 pts)
Another new Section! The badminton net has been put out there on the pitch during the sunny weather. What are you waiting for?
Why not get a team together?
The badminton racquets and shuttlecocks are available behind the bar.
More information from .
Another section is born!
The volleyball net is out there on the pitch during the sunny weather. What are you waiting for?
Why not get a team together? The volleyball is available behind the bar.
More information from
Did you know you can play tennis in the evening on court 7, a floodlit court? Just inside the door are the green and red buttons for the lights.
The bar is open until 7:45 pm so why not stay for a drink after your game?
More info from .
Formula: 3-person Scramble 'à la française
We are pleased to announce that the Club is switching over to the new FFT Ten'Up tennis court reservation system, provided by the FFT, and discontinuing the legacy ADSL system.
Ten'Up is a free service for us, thanks to our FFT affiliation.
For tennis licence holders, the system will be operational very soon. For those who do not hold an FFT licence via the SAC, we are taking the necessary actions.
So what do you need to do? We are in the final stages of configuring Ten'Up and when completed, you will simply need to download the Ten'Up application.
You will discover that everything is clear and perfectly tailor-made to your needs.
More information including tutorials in PDF and FAQs to follow...
See this introductory video in French: https://youtu.be/pzuHfjiAvA4
You will have seen that the Club is switching over to the new FFT Ten'Up tennis court reservation system and discontinuing the ADSL system.
The Ten'Up service is now up and running for ALL full members, with or without a licence, and you can now download it to your smartphone from the app store (Apple or Android). You can also go on to the Ten’Up website (https://tenup.fft.fr/) and create your account.
(In the coming days the licence holders should also get their missing licences sent over by mail.)
If you put in your SAC email connection and answer your profile questions, and make your profile accessible to other members, Ten’Up will link you up as a SAC member and you will be able to access the SAC Tennis courts to reserve a session.
See the main article for more details.
The Cricket AGM is planned for Sunday 28 January 2024 at 2 pm at the club and also remotely.
Last Saturday's AGM saw a new Committee voted in for 2022/23
- Maxime Antoni: Chairman
- Guillaume de Gournay, Olivier Plessis and Philippe Vignal: Club tournaments and Tennis evening
- Phoebe Strouts, Victoria Migliore and Matthew Curtin: Tennis school, Junior Tennis and Tennis coach.
- Mikaël Jayet: Competition team
- Melvyn Cooke: Sèvres Tennis Club and Tennis licenses
- Philippe Ayme-Jouve: Grounds
Two more volunteers are expected to join the Team in the coming days.