Archers de Rennes Claim Double Gold at European Club Teams Cup in Ruse

The two-day competition began on Saturday with the qualification round. Baptiste Addis of Arc Club de Nimes led the Recurve Men individual standings with 681 points, while Elia Canales of Archers de Rennes topped the Recurve Women qualification with 670.

In the team qualification rankings, Arc Club de Nimes led the Recurve Men field with 2012 points, ahead of Archers de Rennes and Clermont Ferrand. Archers de Rennes topped the Recurve Women standings with 1977 points, followed by Arc Club de Nimes and Sambo-70.

The competition then moved into the round-robin phase, with the opening matches taking place on Saturday before the remaining matches, semifinals and medal contests were completed on Sunday.

In the Recurve Women competition, Archers de Rennes secured their place in the gold medal match with a 5-1 semifinal victory over Sambo-70. Arqueros de Pozuelo reached the final after a much closer contest against Arc Club de Nimes, with the teams tied at 4-4 before the Spanish club won the shoot-off 29-26.

Rennes went on to claim the Recurve Women title with a 6-0 victory over Arqueros de Pozuelo in the gold medal match. Arc Club de Nimes completed the podium, defeating Sambo-70 6-2 for bronze.

The Recurve Men competition produced a second title for Archers de Rennes. Arc Club de Nimes advanced to the final with a 5-1 semifinal victory over Kamnik, while Rennes faced Clermont Ferrand in a closely contested second semifinal.

With the match tied at 4-4 after four sets, both teams scored 24 points in the shoot-off. Rennes advanced 5-4 with the closest arrow to the centre, setting up the gold medal match against Nimes.

In the final, Archers de Rennes defeated Arc Club de Nimes 5-3 to complete the double in Ruse. Clermont Ferrand secured the Recurve Men bronze medal with a 5-1 victory over Kamnik.

The competition concluded with the medal ceremony following the final matches. World Archery Europe President Hakan Çakıroğlu was also in Ruse for the event, following the competition and spending time with athletes, officials and organisers throughout the weekend.