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As has been the case for the last 4 years, a group of about 30 players born between 1997 and 2000 has been practising intensely this summer, either in Vittel (in the Vosges) from 28 June to 10 July or in Fouras (in the Charente Maritime) from 3 to 14 August (or even both for some).
It is worth noting that some of the young players also went to China after the Vittel training session, with the Ile de France (greater Paris) elite group. 15 will also take part in a training week with the young hopefuls of the ITTF, starting on 22 August and ending when the EMC starts.
Many thanks to the coaches and partners who came along to help them improve and prepare for this important competition.
In Vittel: Benjamin GENIN, Guillaume SIMONIN, Claude BARD, Christophe DELORY, David RIGAULT, Nicolas GAUDELAS, Florian HAUSHALTER, Benjamin GIVONE, Joévin GERVAIS et Jean Denis CONSTANT…
In Fouras : Vincent AUMOITTE, Damien LOISEAU, Arnaud VALIERE, Florian MAILLARD, Adeline LENGERT, Stéphanie SCHAEFFER, Marine EHRET, Charlène LABONIA, Océane WATIGNY, Anne Sophie JEAN, Marina BERHO, Baptiste PAULET et Jean Denis CONSTANT…
A Schiltigheim : Etienne GUICHERD, Damien LOISEAU et Jean-Denis CONSTANT….
Many thanks to the TT clubs of Etival, Toul, Vittel, Fouras and to the Lorraine league for their involvement in tournaments organised every Thursday during the summer sessions.
Come on boys and girls!
A word from Bernard Simonin, representing the French TTF at the European youth championships in Prague in July 2009
Several times the representative of the French TTF in the European youth championships since 2002 (in Moscow), I have been able to measure the evolution of the results got by the French players, and to appreciate year after year the improvement of our young players. Up to the fabulous results of last month in Prague, with 6 gold medals, including a second consecutive double for our junior and cadet boys and -for the first time in the history of French table tennis – two individual titles for Simon Gauzy and Quentin Robinot. I’m still shaking with the emotion…
I would like to say that these exceptional results have not just come out of the blue, they are the reward of long-term, quality work started some 8 years ago by the National Technical Direction with Michel Gadal, in detecting and accompanying young talents. The ground work done in clubs and leagues of the FFTT, the creation of the Groupe France Détection – led by Jean-Denis Constant -, the Euro Mini Champ’s tournament (the first edition was in August 2005) as an evaluation of our very young elite playing against the young talents coming from all over Europe, … all this action has boosted our young hopes to the height of Europe. We have only just started to reap the benefits of our work. I am convinced that there will be many more, at an even higher level, in the near future! Just to show the relation between the EMC … and the 2009 European Youth Championships in Prague, I had a look at the results:
In the 2006 EMC, in the category “boys born 1994”, the final results are: : 1 – SÖDERLUND Hampus (Sweden) 2 – GAUZY Simon (France) 3 – HACHARD Antoine (France) 5 – VAN ROSSOMME Emilien (Belgium) 6 – KUIMOV Philipp (Russia) 8 – KIRILLOV Nikita (Russia) …. in Prague Simon Gauzy got his revenge on Söderlund and won the title. All the others were selected and many got very good places in Prague.
Now, who would say that the EMC tournament is not a place where future talents shine?
Bernard Simonin
Co-president of the EMC organising comittee since 2005
FFTT delegate at the Prague Youth Championships in July 2009
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Du 10 au 19 juillet 2009 – Prague (République Tchèque)
RECOLTE HISTORIQUE
Quentin Robinot et Simon Gauzy sont devenus champions d’Europe le 19 juillet 2009 à Prague. Un coup double exceptionnel puisque jamais un Français n’avait remporté un titre en simple aux Championnats d’Europe Jeunes.
Si la victoire de Simon Gauzy, tête de série n°1, était attendue, le succès de Quentin Robinot tient d’une performance exceptionnelle. Seulement n°11 Européen, le joueur de la JSA Alfort a réussi un parcours hallucinant à seulement 16 ans (il est le plus jeune du Top 20 Européen). Simon Gauzy et Enzo Angles sont devenus champions d’Europe du double alors que Alice Abbat et Stéphanie Loeuillette ont décroché l’argent en juniors. A Prague, les Tricolores ont remporté 11 médailles avec un total exceptionnel de six médailles d’or.
Les EuroMinichamps, révélateurs de talents ?
A noter que :
Aux EMC de 2006, dans la série garçons nés en 1994, on relève les noms suivants dans le classement final :
1 – SÖDERLUND Hampus (Suède) 2 – GAUZY Simon (France) 3 – HACHARD Antoine (France)
5 – VAN ROSSOMME Emilien (Belgique) 6 – KUIMOV Philipp (Russie) 8 – KIRILLOV Nikita (Russie) ….
Aux CEJ de PRAGUE en 2009 , Simon GAUZY prend sa revanche sur SÖDERLUND et décroche le titre. On retrouve tous les autres (excepté Antoine Hachard) très bien placés aux CEJ de Prague…
CQFD.
Tableau des médailles
11 médailles
dont
6 médailles d’or
Par équipes juniors garçons : Thomas Le Breton, Victorien Le Guen, Quentin Robinot, Romain Lorentz et Antoine Hachard
Par équipes juniors cadets : Simon Gauzy, Benjamin Brossier, Enzo Angles et Tristan Flore
Simple juniors : Quentin Robinot
Simple cadets : Simon Gauzy
Double cadets : Simon Gauzy et Enzo Angles
Double mixte cadets : Benjamin Brossier et Yana Noskova (Fra/Rus)
3 médailles d’argent
Double juniors filles : Alice Abbat et Stéphanie Loeuillette
Double cadets : Benjamin Brossier et Tristan Flore
Double mixte cadets : Simon Gauzy et Céline Pang
2 médailles de bronze
Double juniors garçons : Romain Lorentz et Lauric Jean (Fra/Bel)
Double mixte juniors : Romain Lorentz et Laura Gasnier
Tous les résultats sont disponibles sur :
http://www.ettu.org/eycprague/index.html
(Source : www.fftt.com // Crédit : Clément Sogorb)