LA MINUTE SPORT Sports news for this Tuesday, March 7

Like every day from Monday to Friday, discover the essentials of Gard sports news in a few pieces of information.

Nimes Olympic

The sacred union? There are 12 games left to save themselves from a descent into the National that the Nîmes definitively left in 2012. Four points behind the first non-relegation player and, for the moment, a five-way battle with only one place to survive. The Nîmes do not seem the most armed but as long as there are matches left, there is still hope. Saturday at 7 p.m., the crowd should not exceed 2,000 spectators against Quevilly. Still, players badly need support to avoid drama. Since yesterday, calls to mobilize have been launched. Cyril Roure, president of the Nemausus group and banned from the stadium after a fight, called for “meeting with lovers of the club” in the parking lot of the Costières stadium two hours before the match and then head to the Antonins. But the groups of supporters are mobilizing above all for the trip to Bordeaux on March 18 with this message from the Gladiators, several of whose members have received commercial stadium bans: “All in Bordeaux”. The conflicts with President Rani Assaf therefore come to this situation of seeing that the NO enjoys warmer support outside than at home. In this kind of situation, the sacred union is advocated but it is clear that it will not take place at the end of the season. It is therefore difficult to imagine a happy ending in such a context. The sports assistant for the city of Nîmes, Nicolas Rainville, deplores this and is campaigning for real cohesion with the Nîmes Olympique institution, which must take precedence over the rest. He also intends to inform President Rani Assaf. The referee will be present at the stadium on Saturday with the first assistant Julien Plantier.

USAM

Live my life. Yesterday morning, after the previous day’s 32-29 victory over Chartres, the USAM players spent a few hours in the Nîmes fire station located on Boulevard Sergent Triaire. The opportunity for Nîmes handball players to experience the daily life of firefighters as part of a partnership between USAM and Sdis 30. Two workshops were on the program. The Usamists were first able to climb on the nacelle up to 32 meters high. Then, they put on the outfit with the respiratory mask to complete a course in a totally smoky room. In a few months, it will be the firefighters who will attend training at Parnassus to be immersed with the Green team.

Rugby Club Nimes

Schoolchildren at Kaufmann. As part of its development project, the Rugby Club Nîmes has targeted three pillars. Among them, rugby for all! Whether in schools, in colleges, in neighborhoods, in leisure centres, the RCN wishes to multiply the actions to promote its sport. Since the beginning of the year, more than 500 hours of talks have been provided by the six RCN facilitators. This Tuesday, March 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the club welcomed 45 students from the Capouchiné college in Nîmes. A class of sixth-grade students and one of third-grade students went to the Kaufmann stadium to discover the structure of a rugby club that is becoming more professional. After various interventions by the players and the club’s administrators, the college students attended the training of the first team. Vincent Bouget, vice-president of the Gard Departmental Council, took part in this meeting.

Rowing

Two French championship titles. Last weekend, Aviron Beaucaire proudly won two French long-distance champion titles in the Master Men categories. The men’s master sculls category E rowers won the second French championship title for this 2023 season. They dominated the 7,500-meter course head and shoulders, winning the gold medal with more than 30 seconds ahead of their direct competitors from Lyon Caluire. However, they came close to disaster when they hit a team that was going up the opposite lane, but thanks to their significant lead, the Beaucairois were still able to win. The next day, it was in 8, crew king of rowing, that the Sang et Or rowers snatched victory after a fierce duel with Bordeaux. Beaucaire thus obtains the second title of champion of France in its history in 8 and retains its title obtained last year. A special mention for Rayan Kharkhach, the young helmsman of the crew, aged only 14 and who started rowing just a year ago.

Corentin Corger