Sign In Subscribe Now A teammate and friend of basketball star Deanna Tuchscherer is heading overseas to play hoops in Europe Maddy Gobeil has inked a contract with US Poinçonnet Basket a club in France’s Nationale Féminine 1 (NF1) league Gobeil joins Tuchscherer as the second active UFV women’s b-ball player spending the 2020-21 season in Europe Tuchscherer joined ZTE NKK in Zalaegerszeg Gobeil felt that with the uncertainty surrounding the status of the Canadian university sport season amidst the COVID-19 pandemic taking the opportunity to develop overseas was her best option She will have her remaining four years of eligibility intact when she returns to UFV in 2021 she is able to continue her kinesiology studies online “I’m excited to get to compete at a high level against older more experienced women,” the sophomore guard from Kamloops said “I’m looking forward to learning from my teammates and other players in the league and then bringing that back to my team at UFV next fall.” READ MORE: Chilliwack’s Deanna Tuchscherer to play basketball in Europe READ MORE: Canada West conference delays decision on term-two athletics Gobeil was one of the top rookies in Canada West last season good for third on the team as the Cascades posted a 16-4 record in conference play Her campaign was punctuated by a number of impressive scoring outbursts – a season-high 19 points (including four three-pointers) vs and a team-high 16 points in a playoff loss to Alberta on Feb leading the South Kamloops Titans to back-to-back B.C earning tournament MVP honours on both occasions Gobeil and Tuchscherer are not the only Cascades playing professionally this fall unable to return to Canada from her native Australia amidst the pandemic has suited up for the Norths Bears of the Waratah League Recent graduate Taylor Claggett has launched her pro career with Maree Basketball Club in Ireland “I believe we’ve found a great situation for Maddy,” Cascades head coach Al Tuchscherer said “She’s going to be challenged every day in practice and having watched a few of US Poinçonnet Basket’s games This team has a very good and experienced point guard and I’m excited for Maddy to compete against her every day “I think every U SPORTS team is trying find a way to challenge their athletes in 2020-21 Our approach has been to support our players who want to find a challenge like this – Maddy is our third after Lauryn and Deanna this really opens the door for some of our other athletes to play and to be coached hard and really puts everyone in a position to grow We’re really excited to bring everyone back together in the spring and see the growth in our team.” Playing professionally overseas is a thrill for Gobeil in more ways than one – she’s always dreamed of traveling to France (specifically Paris) and this will be her first opportunity to do so my room had a Paris theme,” she said with a chuckle and I think that’s what captured my eye as a kid.” Gobeil may finally get her chance to see the City of Lights in person @ProgressSportseric.welsh@theprogress.comLike us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Want to support local journalism during the pandemic? 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To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines Jamie Meehan (AVC Aix-en-Provence) has taken his best result since stepping up to UCI Continental level this year and told stickybottle he may have taken his first victory had he adopted a more aggressive approach in the final of Le Poinçonnet-Panazol Limoges Métropole the former Irish U23 road race champion still shrugged off very wet conditions late in the race to go on the attack over the final climbs He made the key split of about eight off the front and then had the legs to leave those he was with as part of a two-man move Meehan attacked off the front and rode clear with France’s Tom Lambert Wetzel (Vélo Club Villefranche Beaujolais) with the duo finishing 58 seconds up on a seven-rider chase group; Lambert Wetzel winning it in a two-up sprint “I think I gave up a win,” Meehan told stickybottle “I definitely felt strong and he told me afterwards that he was dead And there was a good climb with 10k to go and if I’d gone there “But I’m pretty happy with the shape; how the legs were how the body was considering my map wasn’t working my power meter wasn’t working in the rain And I know what to watch out for going forward Meehan said with a climb some 106km into the 158km race adding after the flat opening section of the race And with about 60-70km completed it was clear to him the conditions were starting to impact morale in the bunch “Heads were dropping but it didn’t really phase me too much with being where I’m from,” laughed the Donegal man the head for the front and when I saw it was in one line I attacked.” had a strong squad out on the day and they rode the climb hard with Meehan cresting the first peak of the climb in a group of eight They started to work and when they reached the top of the climb proper the Irish rider took the climbers’ prime before his group swelled close to 20 riders eventual winner Lambert Wetzel attacked and when the riders at the front couldn’t hold him Meehan jumped across to the leader to form the winning two-man move and we just went for it from there,” he said I put in an attack with maybe 3k to go but he saw that coming I ended up leading in the sprint and really he just had more power in the sprint.” We’re determined to make stickybottle.com much better for your enjoyment So become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ now from just €5 per month We’ve grown our audience significantly in recent years but the advertising market has become harder and harder each year In order to survive and grow – and create much better content – we need to develop an income from our readers By signing up to become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ you’ll be helping to secure independent coverage of Irish cycling for years to come Every cent collected from readers will be used to directly fund content Sign Up Kaden Hopkins helped French team Vendée U maintain their strong form as his team-mate Nicola Marcerou claimed victory in the fourth edition of the Tour des 4B Sud Charente race on Sunday the 22-year-old gave an astute ride over the 151.1 kilometre course in Brossac as Marcerou went on to clinch the win in a time of 3hr 39min 48sec Hopkins ultimately crossed the line in 3:40:24 to finish 15th and that performance came just a day after the Bermudian rider finished in 24th-place in the eleventh edition of the Le Poinçonnet-Panazol Limoges Métropole race Taking on a challenging 159.6km course between the suburbs of Le Poinçonnet and Panazol slightly more than two minutes adrift of race winner Killian Theot and finished as the second Vendée U rider over the line You must be Registered or to post comment or to vote Which of the Throne Speech promises is the Government best equipped to deliver on View Results Kaden Hopkins and his Vendee U Cycling teammates won the Tour des 4B Sud Charente Hopkins teammate Nicola Marcerou won the fourth edition of the Tour des 4B Sud Charente [National Elite] contested over 151.1 kilometers around Brossac [Charente] clocking a time of 3:39:48 He was ahead of Oliver Knight [AVC Aix-en-Provence] and Maxime Jarnet [Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole] Hopkins finished 15th overall clocking a time of 3:40:24 Hopkins had finished 24th competing in the 11th edition of the classic Le Poinçonnet-Panazol Limoges Métropole [Élite Nationale] Hopkins clocked a time of 3:53:55 over 159.6 kilometers between Le Poinçonnet [Indre] and Panazol [Haute-Vienne] Category: All, Sports Jason Tesson (St-Michel-Auber 93) a remporté au sprint la troisième étape de la Ronde de l'Oise (2.2),disputée entre La Croix-Saint-Ouen et Ressons-sur-Matz sur une distance de 184,8 kilomètres Il a devancé Valentin Tabellion (Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole) et Killian Théot (CC Nogent-sur-Oise).James Fouché (Bolton Equities-Black Spoke Pro Cycling) reste leader de l'épreuve.Classementde la 3e étape :1 TESSON Jason AUB les 184,8 km en 4h26'27'' (moy 41,614 km/h) (b : 10'')    2 TABELLION Valentin GRL à 00 (b : 6'')     3 THEOT Killian CCN à 00 (b : 4'')     4 LEITAO Iuri CJR à 00      5 HOLEC Richard SKC à 00      6 VAHTRA Norman GRL à 00      7 DE VRIES Hartthijs MET à 00     8 BLOEM Joren ABC à 00      9 ALONSO MONTES Pablo EHE à 00     10 MAZZONE Leon SPC à 00      11 HUENS Axel LCC à 00      12 SHEEHAN Riley PTU à 00      13 JOBBER James KUW à 00      14 JUNTUNEN Antti-Jussi ABC à 00      15 LECAMUS LAMBERT Florentin ROU à 00     16 ROELEN Jaap MET à 00      17 BRITTON Rhys EVO à 00      18 NICOLAU BELTRAN Joel CJR à 00     19 ARVANITOU Nikiforos JAV à 00      20 VERGOTE Diel EHS à 00      21 HAVOT Sébastien ROU à 00      22 MATTHYS Louka LCC à 00      23 HUENS Rémi LCC à 00      24 MILES Carson PTU à 00      25 LEROUX Samuel GRL à 00      26 MALDONADO Anthony AUB à 00      27 CAÑELLAS SANCHEZ Xavier JAV à 00     28 MC DUNPHY Conn EVO à 00     29 LE CUNFF Kevin LCC à 00     30 GATE Aaron BEB à 00      31 LOOTENS Gust EHS à 00      32 DE ROSSI Lucas CGS à 00     33 PIJOURLET Louis MIL à 00      34 MAURELET Flavien AUB à 00      35 JURADO RODRIGUEZ M EHE à 00     36 JACQUEMIN Théo ROU à 00      37. BAGÜES KALPARSORO Aritz CJR à 00      38 FOUCHE James BEB à 00      39 GARCIA SORIANO Jose EHE à 00 (b : 6'')    40 HANSART Philéas CCN à 00 (b : 3'')     41 CARISEY Clément GRL à 00      42 LINO Julian BAI à 00      43 AVOINE Kévin CCN à 00      44 JOHNSTON Calum CJR à 00      45 DAY Thomas EHS à 00      46 APPEL Stijn ABC à 00      47 GRUBER Pavel SKC à 00      48 CURRIE Logan BEB à 00      49 DAUSCHY Guillaume PTU à 00      50 GONZALEZ LOPEZ Davi CJR à 00     51 PIERRE Eliott MIL à 00      52 LEBRETON Jacques MIL à 00      53 CARLOT Matéo ROU à 00      54 LEVEAU Jérémy GRL à 00      55 MARSMAN Tim MET à 00      56 HUREL Tony AUB à 00      57 VAN NIEKERK Morné AUB à 00     58 MIJNSBERGEN Thomas MET à 11      59 DEBEAUMARCHE Nicola AUB à 20      60 ARTZ Huub MET à 54      61 ISHIHARA Yuki JAV à 1 24     62 KEOGH Cian EVO à 1 24     63 DE ROOIJ Jesse BAI à 1 24    64 LABBE Benjamin LCC à 1 24     65 SEUWIN Paul CCN à 1 24     66 NAZAERBIEKE Bieken CGS à 1 24     67 ŠIŠKEVIČIUS Evaldas GRL à 1 24     68 VANGHELUWE Warre EHS à 2 44 (b : 4'')    69 OTTENA Rick MET à 2 57 (b : 2'')    70 SYMONDS Bradley SPC à 2 57 (b : 1'')    71 GASPARINI Alessio JAV à 3 16     72 FOULON Dorian MIL à 4 6     73 PAHLKE Jasper Levi BAI à 4 26    74 CORDENOS Clément LCC à 4 33     75 DAMIENS Mickael MIL à 4 33     76 CHRETIEN Charles-Etien PTU à 4 33     77 BAILEY Harrison EHE à 4 43     78 HONIG Reinier CGS à 4 50     79 RASCH Jesper ABC à 4 55     80 JULIEN Matisse PTU à 6 23     81 OSPINA CARVAJAL Carl EHE à 6 23    82 CURLEY Liam EVO à 6 23     83 LOOHUIS Lars ABC à 6 23     84 CARSTENSEN Lucas BAI à 6 23     85 MUDGWAY Luke BEB à 8 24     86 VLČEK Radek SKC à 8 46     87 BURNETT Marcus KUW à 9 01     88 MORIARTY Tom EVO à 9 01     89 TIGRINE Mehdi KUW à 9 01     90 HULSMANS Senne EHS à 9 01     91 ALIYAS Abdul Azim KUW à 9 01    92 CHRISTENSEN Ryan BEB à 9 01     93 SCHNAPKA Matthias BAI à 9 01     94 BJERGFELT William SPC à 9 01     95 MAZZONE Tom SPC à 9 01     96 JELÍNEK Marek SKC à 9 01     97 MC LAUGHLIN Mitchell EVO à 9 01    98 PETR Ondřej SKC à 9 01     99 PSZCZOLARSKI Wojciec SKC à 9 01     100 SEXTON Thomas BEB à 9 01     101 RAMIREZ MUÑOZ Jhon EHE à 9 01    102 BRADBURY Stephen SPC à 9 01     103 CONTAL Louis JAV à 15 13     104 OOSTHUIZEN Jason ROU à 15 16     Abandons :ETXEBERRIA AZPILIKUETA Josu CJR PAGE Charles SPC TORRES Edwin Yair JAV LYU Xianjing CGS BAUTRAIT Corentin ROU © DirectVelo - Tous droits réservés. 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