Nîmes Olympic

Hermach replaces Bompard. It was a clap of thunder that shook the planet Nîmes Olympique on Monday afternoon. Frédéric Bompard, coach of the first team since November 2022, is sidelined. This comes after Friday’s defeat in Épinal (2-1), while the Crocodiles are relegated just six days before the end of the National, two points behind the retention zone. His replacement, Adil Hermach (37 years old) is from Nîmes, trained at the club and wore the NO jersey during the 2003-2004 season and in 2015. He has so far headed the reserve team, currently 4th in the ranking. Regional 1 group, and still in the race to progress to N3. During his first training, Adil Hermach showed himself involved, he gave voice and gestures. The former Moroccan international is therefore the last card that the management of Nîmes Olympique is trying to save in the professional world.

Diallo returns against Versailles. The left back was sent off against Cholet (2-1 win) and has served his four-match suspension. The former Boulogne player’s absence was cruelly felt, as without him the Crocodiles collected only two points out of twelve (2 draws and 2 defeats). But if Diallo becomes available again to host Versailles on Friday, this will not be the case for captain Formose Mendy, who will be suspended for accumulating three yellow cards in a three-month period. For his part, Patrick Burner, warned at Sochaux and Niort, will be threatened with a third warning.

Stade Beaucairois FC

SBFC falls at home. Beaucaire, winner of Cannet Rocheville (3-2) the previous day, had the opportunity to follow up a poorly classified match. But the SBFC missed this opportunity by losing at the Philibert-Schneider Stadium (0-1). It was enough for FC Rousset to score a goal (42nd) before half time to leave with the three victory points. The Gardois have not won at home since January 13 and have gone four games without a home victory (two draws and two defeats). The SBFC still has five matches to play in this championship with a calendar consisting of the major teams MHSC II (2nd), Corte (3rd), Agde (4th) and Fos-sur-Mer (5th). Beaucaire ends its season with the reception of Cagnes Le Cros (11th).

Regional 1

Nîmes Olympique is a bull’s eye. After Vendargues was crushed the previous day (5-0), it was Aimargues who was crushed by the Nîmes reserve (8-0). This contrasts with the difficulties the Crocodiles face in National. The now ex-players of Adil Hermach, who thus experienced his last match with the reserve, made the day very good as Lunel and Narbonne were neutralized (1-1) and Aigues-Mortes lost. The Saliniers missed a great opportunity to take the lead in the group by losing to Montpellier Paillade Atlas (2-1). Grau-du-Roi, for its part, remains in the race to climb after the victory in Béziers (2-1). At the bottom of the table, Bagnols-Pont lost to Vendargues (4-2), and Uzès brought back the point from the draw at Fabrègues (0-0).

Classification : 1st Narbonne 34 pts, Lunel 32 pts, 3rd Aigues-Mortes 32 pts, 4th Nîmes Olympique II 32 pts4th Montpellier Paillade Atlas 31 points, 6th Le Grau-du-Roi 31 pts7th Béziers 23 pts, 8th Bagnols-Pont 18 pts, 9th Uzès 16 pts10th Fabrègues 14 pts, 11th Vendargues 11 pts and 12th Aimargues 7 pts.

Next day ; Saturday April 20 Le Grau-du-Roi – Vendargues (7 p.m.), Bagnols-Pont – Aimargues (6:30 p.m.), Uzes – Lunel (7 p.m.) and Olympic II of Nîmes – Fabrègues (6 p.m.). Sunday April 21, Montpellier Atlas – Béziers en Aigues-Mortes – Narbonne (3 p.m.).

Women’s division 3

A draw with the taste of defeat. Upon arrival in Gard, Mérignac had lost all its championship matches. With fifteen defeats and zero points on the clock, the Girondins have already been sentenced to relegation to the lower level. The Nîmes, fighting to maintain their position, therefore had no room for error. But the FFNMG, who have not won in D3F since November 5, 2023, failed to win. This tenth game in a row without a win is very disappointing for the Gardoises and they are only relegated because of a better goal difference against Lattes. The end of the season promises to be difficult for the Nîmes who still have to compete against Cannes (2nd), Grenoble (3rd), Lyon (4th), Clermont (5th), Le Puy (6th) and Lattes, which is likely the meeting will be of the last chance.

Billiards

Pironato champion of France. Valentin Pironato, member of the billiards club from Nîmes, won the French strip championship in National 3, which took place this weekend in Pont-à-Mousson. The 23-year-old from Nîmes played in his fourth French championship final. He was almost flawless, losing only the third group match of the first round, even though he had won the first two and was assured of qualification for the rest of the competition. On Sunday, the Gardois (80-59 in 24 innings) dominated the Annécien Michel Poupon in the quarter-finals, the Clichois Philippe Le Gac (80-33 in 29 innings) at halftime and the Parisian Christophe Jaffré (80-37 in 26 innings). time) in the final, which gave the club from Nîmes Billard the fourth national title in its history, after those of Bernard Nieto (free, 9th category) in 1988, José Uranga (3 belts, 4th category) in 1996 and Régis Grégoire (free , N3) in 2017. This season Valentin Pironato will still play individually in the three bands (1st category) but also per team in division 4. On May 10 and 11 he will play Elsewhere with Edouard Rodriguez, Régis Grégoire, Frédéric Prades and Alain Guillaumie, take part in the Occitanie final against Toulouse, Béziers and Saint-Chély d’Apcher, which will offer the winner a ticket to the final of the French Championship.