France Petanque Championship Gruissan Dylan Rocher, Golden Player

France Petanque Championship Gruissan Dylan Rocher, Golden Player

 

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Dylan Rocher won this weekend Gruissan (Aude), France championship head to head. He was the favorite, best intrinsic player. But from there to confirm, in a competition where only face his destiny any loss of form is unacceptable, there is a step that young Dracénois a brilliant pass.
 
Thirteen years after Lacroix-Lecat Marino
 
After the first relatively quiet parts, he suffered and suffered its biggest scare Saturday night in 8th finals, facing the great Joachim Alvarez. Conducted 9-12, he made 3 tiles while his opponent thought he had done the hardest. 12-12, qualification quarters had to play on a ball ... Dylan's nerves have not dropped!
 
Following will be a formality. Michael Loy, former world champion in the quarter, 13/2, then Thierry Grandet another former world champion, 13/3 and finally François Maillot lose by Fanny (13/0) will be given no cold sweat prodigy who becomes champion of France ... The show of force in the final parts will long remain in the history of the championship of France head to head, specialty where the parties are often hotly contested.
 
Var had not been a national title since petanque Henri-Robert Lacroix Leca-Claude Marin in 2001, and we must go back to 1986 and the third as René Coulomb to find traces of a champion of France Var head to head .
 
"It is at the top of his art"
 
In Draguignan clan, one jubilant course and the formidable challenge of Draguignan Abc proves a little more each week winner. President Jean-Michel Raffali had also struggled to hide his emotion. Gérard Tavitian, coach Dylan during this championship, which in the past was one of the mentors of Henri Lacroix, said: "we can say that Dylan crossed the championship. He dominated his arch-parties, at its sole average performance he pulled nerves of steel to win.
 
He shot "business as usual" and made a big extra game. This is a great day for Draguignan, Var for petanque. Dylan is really at the top of his art.
 
If I felt the pressure? Not difficult in this context where Dylan played really well. A dozen times in the contest we shared with Dylan on tactical choices, and they have paid off, Dylan had this intelligence to listen, concentrate. "
 
In the wake of this first national title head to head, Dylan Rock will play three other championships in France Var colors in the coming weeks. All hopes are naturally allowed ...