She dreamed of it. She did it. Member of the French women’s pétanque hopeful team, Manon Pruvot won the final of the European Youth Team Championship, which took place on Sunday October 9 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Manon Pruvot is determined and she proves it. At 19, she is one of four players who have been selected to represent France at the European Youth Petanque Championships in Palma de Mallorca.
After a very close final once morest Germany, Alexia Pinto, Camille Agrinier, Chloé Roux and Manon Pruvot demonstrated all their talent to win the title. “It was magical, rejoices Manon, there is no word. It’s like in a dream. I haven’t recovered from it yet.“
A victory which is also the pride of his club, the union bouliste feuquiéroise, in Feuquières-en-Vimeu, in the Somme. “Manon was very strong at the end of the game, remembers Kevin Evenou, the president of the club. She had some super important balls to play and knew how to play them all.“
The girl’s dream began just two months ago, at the time of the selections. “To go to the championships, we were 8, then 6, then 4, the one we were all waiting for. It was a great pride because it’s what I’ve been training for a long time”.
It must be said that the young Abbevilloise was born with pétanque balls in her hands. “His parents, they are relentless petanque“, smiles Kevin Evenou. But for Manon, who has always had a competitive spirit, pétanque is above all a sport. “What I like regarding this sport is that there is so much concentration, precision, composure, that once you manage to do what you want, it’s pure happiness. .“
And the young girl made her way. Anxious to do well, diligent and determined, she stands out very quickly and participates in many competitions where she reaches the podium. In 2018, she joined the French young school team and won the gold medal at the Gymnasiades in Morocco. She is only 15 years old. “A kind of school Olympics, summarizes Manon. It helped me.“
Strengthened by this victory, Manon will not stop there. His next challenge:trying to get a national because you’re going to have to wear the jersey and everything that goes with it.“ In the meantime, the Oustoise resumes the course of its life. Registered in college of letters in 3rd year of license humanity in Beauvais, she is preparing to become a school teacher.
