Chronicle No. 1 – Here we go again for the Mariannes – 2022/2023 season

This Monday, August 29, it's back to business as usual for the MARIANNES and their 12th consecutive year in the Women's Professional League A championship. An intense preparation program has been put in place to get the team ready for the first day of the championship on October 22: eight weeks during which the MARIANNES will see their team prepare, but above all come together over the weeks with the late arrivals of MARIANNES still tied up with international competitions in which their countries have qualified.

Six international players are missing.

Four players are participating in the World Championships: HERRERA, theArgentine middle blocker;MILOS, theCroatian outside hitter; and two Bulgarians,MARINOVA, the opposite hitter, andYORDANOVA, theoutside hitter. Two other MARIANNES are participating in the European Championship qualifiers: ALANKO,the Finnish setter, andPALGUTOVA, theSlovakian outside hitter. The other seven MARIANNES in the group have joined the GEO-ANDRE stadium:STIMAC, the Croatian setter;THATER, theAmerican middle blocker; and five French players: the experienced liberoDEKEUKELAIRE, middle blockerNGOLONGOLO, outside hitterSECRETANT, opposite hitterCHOLET, and liberoNDIAYE.The latter four players are residents of the training center. Coach OREFICE will therefore be transforming a 2022-2023 team rich in individual talent into a leading team. That is the goal that has been set for him.

The short-term program.

Monday, August 29:Discovery dayand meeting between players and management, technical and medical staff, and volunteers. Tuesday, August 30:Physical testsand medical examinations.

Wednesday, August 31: Training resumes in earnest at the Géo-André gym... a moment everyone has been waiting for. It should be noted that for this first phase of training, the coach and his assistants will be able to count on six other young MARIANNES from the training center. They resumed training two weeks ago. It should also be noted that the coach will benefit from the presence of American centerWHITAKER as asparring partner during the six weeks of preparation.

The launch party.

At STADE FRANÇAIS PARIS SAINT CLOUD, life is on the field but also off the field, and as such, a new season can only begin with an evening of meeting and discovery. So, on Monday the 29th, at the end of the afternoon,President PETERSbrought together all the club's stakeholders to take stock of the situation at the start of the season and the significant changes that have taken place in recent months. Five deserve attention. The technical staff has been expanded. The medical staff has been expanded. New equipment has been purchased and significant investments have been made, such as the acquisition of a ball machine. Similarly, a giant LED screen has been purchased to enhance the atmosphere at Marcadet indoor matches. Finally, the locker room, medical, and rest areas have been modernized. Everything is now in place, and we are looking forward to a brilliant season that will live up to the human investments made by all the club's volunteers.