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In Eure, footballers swap their crampons for brushes

2020-06-12T12:32:28.906Z


Since collective sports remain prohibited, players and educators of the Thiberville football club put their time to good use: they renovate


At your hammers, ready, go! In Thiberville, the local football club and its 400 licensees are banned from playing, but some players have found another way to spend themselves. A dozen people attentive to barrier gestures are currently renovating different parts of the multisport club, not refreshed for ten years. "It has been a long time since we have had such a collective feeling", savor Alexandre Bone, sports educator of SCThiberville, satisfied to have been able to give a little fresh air to the premises that host his club.

Development of an alley between the changing rooms and the club house, construction of a terrace, etc. All the changing rooms of the sports association have also received a major paint job; they now sport the colors of the amateur club: white and red.

Training resumed

It remains to repaint the goals and the handrails. Among the sports volunteers, a house painter and a carpenter; "A lot of people in the trade. This shows that club educators are essentially volunteers who do this for fun and have a job nearby, ”explains the sportsman, formerly employed in the public works sector.

The club is particularly known in the region for its women. The competition will not start until September. In addition, one does not have the right to make collective sport, of contact, to put an adversary against another ”, develops Alexandre Bone.

Training is however authorized and at SCThiberville, it has resumed for a few days: coordination workshops, technical challenges, slalom courses can take place as long as the participants keep their distance. "It's still football. Football is not just a match, it is also a technical, physical and individual job. ”

Source: leparis

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