FASNY Headmaster Retires - Franco-American School of New York

Sh a r kSp o r t sJanuar y 2012On Est Les Champtions!On May 5th, FASNY held the first Annual Varsity Rugby Tournament,and the boys beat out the competition to win the cup.The tournament included Greenwich High School, the Lycée Françaisde New York, and South Shore Rugby Club. FASNY beat local rivalsGreenwich 15-10, then lost to South Shore 20-10. FASNY then demolisheda weakened Lycée 40-5.FASNY then faced off with South Shore once again in the final. Athalf-time, it was all tied up and the atmosphere was tense. FASNY took overin the second half, though, and pulled off a gritty 25-10 victory.“A beautiful display of what French rugby is all about was demonstratedand we can only hope for more next year,” wrote coaches JulienLaveyssieres and Jérôme Faure in a celebratory e-mail to the community.Mr. TaylorLeft: As Jack Faure (’12) hoists the trophy, Coach Laveyssieres showshis pride and Trustees Chairman—and father to players Sacha (’12)and Lucas (’13)—Mischa Zabotin applauds the victory.FASNY Middle School Rugby:A Rising TeamBy Thomas de VillemejaneFASNY Middle School Rugby:Meet the PlayersPar Paul Castaybert et Louis Le JamtelWhen the date was announcedfor the Greenwich-FASNY rugby match,people laughed. They thought that Greenwichwould crush the FASNY players, likea little ants. Critics complained that theFASNY were too small. FASNY were indeedthe underdogs, but Greenwich had alot of trouble dealing with them.Both teamsstepped on to thefield. It was time forkick-off. The gamestarted. The game wasone hell of a ride. Everytime Greenwichscored a try, FASNYresponded. After atry by Greenwich’snumber 8, Cyril passes it to Aleksi. He’sgone. He’s too fast. He powers past thedefense and is well into FASNY’s half beforehe is brought down! The crowd goeswild. From there, Gonzague Demoulinpulled the ball out of a ruck and passesthe ball to Paul Castaybert, who scoresthe FASNY’s first try of the day, bringingFASNY within one try of the lead.But that’s when disaster struck: NicolasGranato was down. As the players andcoaches kneeled down next to him, hewas slowly carried off the field. FASNYparents and players cheered for Nicolas,as he exited the field with a concussionA couple of moments later MatheoRemy shows his skills and agility and scores!With FASNY only down a few points dueto missed conversions from nearly impossibleangles at halftime, the parents starein shock. FASNY is in the lead! But theinjury train is not derailed, as Thomas deVillemejane gets stomped on the eye by apair of cleats. As he exits the game, Greenwichscores again.After a powerful Paul Castayberttry and yet another try by Greenwich’snumber 8, the score is 19-17. As the crowdcheers, number 8 has crossed the lineThe Evolution of Rugby Kidsagain. He is a beast. One second, Paul iscelebrating, and the next, the score is 26-17. But here comes Aleksi Goulet to therescue. He shoves players off, he runs pasteverybody and scores. 26-22. But everyonehere knows time is running out. FASNYreceives the kick. They give it to Aleksi.He’s off! But someone somehow catchesup to him and tackles him. The ref looksat the coach and signals that this is the lastplay. Number 9, Gonzague, looks at Louis.He passes it to Louis Lejamtel, who runstowards the try line. The crowd is on theirfeet. Moments before Louis runs past theline, the ref signals the end of the game.Louis had stepped out of bounds!In the end, the score didn’t matter.FASNY played a heck of a game, and that’swhat mattered. Everyone played really welland now, FASNY is one scary team!!!!La saison de rugby 2012-2013 a été une des meilleures saisonsde l’équipe du collège depuis la créationdu programme de rugby deFASNY en 2008-2009. M. Ekottoet Robin Deroche (’13) ont entraînél’équipe avec l’aide de M. Taylor.Leur passion dans les entraînementset les matchs a beaucoupcontribué au succès de l’équipe.Mais ce succès n’aurait pasété possible sans les joueurs. Lesavants ont fait, la plupart du temps,un excellent travail : la première ligneconsistait de joueurs très solides « LesRois des Rucks »: #1 Coby (The Wall)Hilelly, #2 Louis (Rambo) Le Jamtel,#3 Jules (The Last of the Le Jamtels)Le Jamtel. Ces joueurs se sont trouvésdans chaque ruck de la saison.La deuxième ligne del’équipe utilisait un mélange de force,agilité et rapidité, les « Tough Guys »: #4 Mark (La Brute Epaisse) Fagueret #5 Paul (Chewbacca) Castaybert.La troisième ligne avait desjoueurs qui travaillaient dur, maisqui, après le match, se regardaientdans le miroir pour des heures pours’assurer qu’ils n’avaient pas abîméleur figure. « Les Beaux Gosses » :#6 Jean (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi,Oi, Oi) Horikawa, #7 Thomas (EverybodyLoves Him) Horikawa,#8 Hector (Goldilocks) Sonnois.Mais, quand les titulairesétaient fatigués, il fallait des excellentsremplaçants pour maintenir lehaut niveau de rugby. Benoît (SuperMario) Charriaud, Augustin(The Peacemaker) Rivoire et Louis(Allez La Belgique) Marchand remplaçaientles joueurs de la premièreligne. Les gros de la deuxième ligneétaient substitués par Thomas (TheCreator) De Villemejane et Mathieu(Do I Really Have to do This) Rizk.Pour les trois quart, il yavait : Gonzague (Salut les Filles)Demoulin, Aleksi (Crazy Canuck)Goulet, Mathéo (Creator) Remy,Cyril (I’m better than you) Douady,Alban (You did what) Douady, Nicolas(Seeing Stars) Granato, William(Ginger) Mason, Nathan (FaisGaffe) Poisnel, Guillaume (Coeur deLion) Dupaquier, Melchior (Hippie,Cowboy, Who actually knows whathe is) Deroche, Mattéo (Eh! Ca vapas non) Trulli. Finalement, notrecapitaine était Marcel (No commentneeded) Dupuy D’Angeac.La star de l’équipe, pourtant,était Aleksi Goulet quiutilisait sa vitesse pour marquerun maximum d’essais.Chaque joueur a fait sonplus grand effort pour gagnerdes matchs, mais surtout, pours’amuser. Avec un équilibre dejoueurs sérieux et amusants, les deuxétaient possibles. Il faudra faire demême l’année prochaine, mais sansles 4e (3e de 2012-13). Nous leursouhaitons une bonne saison avecl’équipe du lycée, et nous espéronsque les 6e de l’année prochaineseront aussi sérieux et amusants.