The look of a mother on her son, which radiates pride and the pleasure of sharing a common passion. Céline and Matt meet up at Juan-les-Pins International Bridge Festival, this Thursday, May 14, « to have a good time, then make fun of each other »they smile. During the Open, which continues until tomorrow, they will play thirty “deals”, or four hours a day, for four days, « without counting the débrief ».
Bridge inhabits this entire Juanais family. First Patrick, the patriarch. It was he who introduced Céline and Pauline, his two daughters, to the game of cards. “He was playing in a club. When I finished early, I went to see himrecalls Céline. I was 25, I loved maps. The manager told me: ‘‘Stop watching and play.” It’s a game that grabs you. HAS” It is also around a gaming table that Céline meets the man who will become her life partner, Matt’s father.
“Bridge is part of our life”summarizes Matt, who returns to a passion that was not so obvious at the start: “I had an aversion to bridge. For me, it was the shouting matches between my father and my mother, on the way back home, between Antibes and Callian. Then, I wanted to understand what they were talking about. I was completely bitten. HAS”
Céline and her son, Matt, at the Juan-les-Pins International Bridge Festival at the Fort Carré spaces, on May 14.
Céline and her son, Matt, on May 14, at the Juan-les-Pins international festival, which is held until Sunday at the Fort Carré spaces.
A pair “very fragile in the game, very solid in life”
As a teenager, he gets involved “Thoroughly, for two years”frequents the best French and international players, goes through tournaments. He creates a network, very “reassuring”when he left to study literature in Paris. “Even 1,000 km away, I knew he could count on people he knew.”souffle Céline.
“It has become my own passion… Which I share with my motherâ€says Matt, 20 years old. Surprising distraction for a young boy? No way. “During the Juan Festival, the house is full. He was always immersed in it.”illustrates Céline. Family and the like, everyone is there, for the bridge and, above all, for the sidelines: “It’s always festive. Because the key word of bridge is conviviality. HAS”
Both happily delve into this pleasure: “It’s amazing to share this with my son. Imagine that your partner is the person you care about most in the world.”. In this activity, where “Affect plays a huge role” according to Matt, they form “a very fragile pair in the game, but very solid in lifeâ€. For him, Céline “is one of the best players on the Côte d’Azur”.
A mother-partner, “funny, tenacious and understanding while many are boring”. Quant à l’infirmière liberal de 50 ans, son Matt est “solid, able to take pressure, easy to play, calm and thoughtful”. If they don’t need card games to find each other, Céline knows that this channel is always open: “ I tell him all my tournament anecdotes. We often talk about bridge ».
