Thonon Black Panthers
The Black Panthers of Thonon is a French American football club based in Thonon-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie) and founded in 1987 by Benoît Sirouet, Nicolas Schpoliansky and Frederic Mériguet. Jérôme Garnier quickly joined the three founding members and became the first President of the Club. The first Head Coach of the team was called Jolly Bruno, former player of Blue Angels of Joinville le Pont. Now chaired by Benoît Sirouet, the club has led since 2017 by Fabien Ducousso also known as Coach Hippo. Teams The club has four different teams of American football and three flag football. * The elite team in the first French division, the Diamond Helmet since 2005. * The reserve is playing in the Romande League of American Football, the NSFL since 2011. * Juniors, champions of France in 2011. * Cadets since 2010. * As three teams flag football (-15 years, -18 years, and +18 years). Awards Seniors * France's Championship Elite ( Diamond Helmet) ** Champion (4): 2013, 2 ...
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Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains (; frp, Tonon), often simply referred to as Thonon, is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 35,241. Thonon-les-Bains is part of a transborder metropolitan area known as Grand Genève. It is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (french: Lac Léman, or simply ). History Thonon-les-Bains was the historic capital of Chablais, a province of the old Duchy of Savoy. The Chablais Savoyard is the portion of Chablais in France. Chablais Valaisan and Chablais Vaudois are those portions of Chablais in the adjacent Switzerland cantons Valais and Vaud.(cite: Chablais Wikipedia) The town was the capital of the Dukedom of Chablais. During the debates on the future of the Duchy of Savoy in 1860, the population was sensitive to the idea of a union of the northern part of the duchy with Switzerland. A petition circulated in this part of the country (Chablais, Faucigny, Nor ...
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