Annoyed French golf equipment flip away gamers in post-Olympics sports activities growth

Many beginner French sports activities golf equipment are struggling to deal with a growth of recent members sparked by the Paris Olympics.

“We’re a bit overwhelmed,” mentioned Catherine Groc, president of a fencing membership within the fashionable Marais district of the French capital. “It has been 10 days now that I have been turning folks away.”

She says round 50 folks got here to check out the game throughout two separate newcomers’ classes organized this month, that means she expects to finish up with round 30% extra fencers in contrast with final 12 months.