FREE MIDI INFO. What if in 2025, the French pétanque championships took place in Millau ?

La Ville espère remettre Millau sur la carte nationale de la pétanque. Midi Libre – EVA TISSOT

Millau is a candidate to host the French pétanque championships in 2025. Response expected soon.

Millau land of pétanque. Lovers of the little steel ball have not forgotten the glorious years of the Mondial de pétanque which allowed the city of gloves to make a name for itself in the discipline. Stopped in 2015, this event, whose reputation extended well beyond the borders of Aveyron, had been replaced by Fipem (for international pétanque festival), which did not have such good results. hours. 

The competition at Victoire Park

The year 2025 could mark a new page in the book of pétanque in Millau. Indeed, the city is a candidate to host the French championships. They would take place on the last weekend of August, with Victoire Park as the nerve center.

The Victoire Park: "An exceptional place for pétanque"

Friday March 22, the director of the French Pétanque Federation was present in Millau to hear the applicants and take an overview of the facilities. < em>"He appreciated the reception and the work carried out upstream, underlines Jean-Pierre Mas, elected to Sports in Millau. He had heard of Victory Park but had never seen it. He could see that it was an exceptional place for pétanque." 

If the Millavine application is serious, it will still have to wait until May or even June, to find out which one will be accepted. "We do not know the other candidate cities", adds Jean-Pierre Mas. 

It would also be an opportunity to have international big names in the discipline who have monopolized the podiums with the tricolor tunic for many years on the bowling alleys frequented throughout of the year by the Millavois.