Sports and leisure activities Nîmes

At the exit of Nîmes, on the old road of Montpellier, you will find in this "mini supermarket" all the material necessary for your artistic practice. Water paintings, oil or acrylic, canvas, paper, latex for molding, clay for modelling, brush and other scissors will allow you to indulge in your passion, casual or professional. Products are sold wholesale and in detail and vendors, if there are not too many people, you will be aiguilleront in your choices. Another shop, smaller and more user-friendly, is located in downtown (8 rue des Marchands).

A great specialist in two-party dance dances (rock, mambo, swing, paso doble, waltz, slow fox, quick step, country), Daniel Manin created his dance center. With different teachers, a large, elegant Latin dance panel will be taught to you: salsa, flamenco, tango, samba, rumba, bachata, cha-cha-cha, madison. The rooms are air-conditioned and welcome the budding dancers, the more confirmed ones, the older ones for evening courses and weekly courses. The gypsy gypsy, whose feet on the wood floor, is taught by Nina de Fuego, a high-colour character, Chico dancer and Gipsy. And if you despair of having one day its dexterity and its appearance, we appreciate the humour and the friendly atmosphere of this centre located behind the train station.

Paintball Pro is a leisure park dedicated to paintball and laser games. With 55,000m2 of terrain, it offers an adrenalin-filled experience for fans of these activities. In addition to paintball and laser games, the park also offers archery games, an activity that combines archery and paintball. Paintball Pro places great emphasis on safety, with specially trained staff on hand to guide players and a video briefing to explain the rules and how the games are played. The equipment used meets safety standards, and the park uses only biodegradable paintballs.

A small workshop but great ideas on colours and materials is the credo of the Emporte Association. Accompanied by the moderator, children are invited to create their "explorer books" and play all the things: collage, painting painting, mosaic, jewelry. On the basis of two Wednesdays a month, the calendar is fast filled and the works have time to dry! Adults are not forgotten: evening workshops on the same dates as children (18 h to 20 h) are reserved. Flexibility in the organization, mixed sessions (children-adults) allow to evolve together on the same theme. On Saturday, internships on free theme, to be determined during registration are developed on antique mosaic, fresco or patinas, mould moulding, résine détournement, etc.

A good idea for the holidays, the collective workshops of plastic arts with a family! In free and free access, they welcome, on the first floor, large and large, according to a schedule on the monthly programme of the activities of the Audiovisual Library. The museum also organizes plastic testing workshops for children between the ages of 5 and 14 who take place on Wednesday afternoons and during holidays for individuals and groups from Tuesday to Friday by appointment.

At Vacquerolles, the golf course is on the edge of town, in the eponymous district, which is growing steadily. The golf course, designed by architect Bill Baker, fills the combe and defines a demanding course, making it the venue for numerous federal competitions. It appears as a green lung in this residential area. The mild climate makes it an ideal place for golfers who want to combine sport with a vacation. The Vacquerolles golf course is open to beginners and offers different levels of difficulty. Green fees can be booked online. For total comfort, well-equipped studios can be rented on site, as can the equipment, in the calm of the garrigue and its Provencal scents.

Nîmes is fortunate to be a impartiality between the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Cévennes-Lozere, any region where skiing can be done in winter. For the Cevennes, it is less than an hour's drive away. The Ski Club de Nîmes, which celebrated its 75 years of existence in 2010, organizes skiing/surfing or day-to-day hiking, as well as weekends or snow stays. You are Méribel or Mont-Aiguoual? For the day, the departure is often given around 4 am in the morning (!) with a scheduled return around 22 pm. Will there be sport!

Like all Asian martial arts, judo closely combines spirit and body. In addition to strength and physical flexibility, judo allows us to acquire concentration, self-control, respect for the other and rules of good conduct that preside over the practice of this sport. The kimono and belts that bear witness to the evolution of the practice are one more appealing to children, who can claim to be judo for four years. Judo Club is affiliated with the French Judo Federation, and courses are provided by state-run professors.

The founders of the OBC, the city's other badminton club, were found to create a new structure, keeping the spirit that had transformed the first successful adventure: a relaxed club where the amateur or the leisure player quietly meets the masons who stack up the high-flying smashes. This also makes it possible to see how physical recreation at weekends can be. Sometimes, usability pushes the plug up to you in an aperitif where you will necessarily marry Seb and Sylvain, two of the founders, whom it is better to keep away if you want to keep the benefit of physical effort in your body. Répartissant'Bad is divided into the city's gyms with other clubs. So better information.

The teacher, Claude Louvel, 5 ^th dan, made up champions! Accompanied by Christophe Artal, black belt 3rd dan, he leads a club appreciated by everyone, children and adults (quite rare). An active club, not partisan for two under, which shines regularly in the regional competitions, with no less than 93 podium in 2007, far before the second club of the department, which counts 26… In addition, the club is a social life: special reception for disabled people, internships during the summer, initiation for children of primary schools, etc. The club does not forget that, like any sport and perhaps more than others, judo is a school of life, to defend itself and not to attack, to beat the other through its strength, without forgetting knowing-drop. Last but not least, Claude received the coveted title of "Best Coach of the year" in Nîmes!

With the new cirques, which changes and the poetized kind, this practice has the wind in its sails, it attracts more and more children, teenagers and adults. And it is true that there is enough to dream: to walk, access to fly in the air, to aiguillon on the floor, to make laugh. The school of Turbul, circus tent, does not try to make fantasize on the crafts of the circus more to approach its various disciplines, to tame the self-control, artistic challenge, confidence and mutual respect by the body and mind. Classes are practical lover adults-only Monday to Thursday (7:00 pm at 21:00). The training of various disciplines is given by artists in residence and teachers, whose mission subsidized by the State is also contact the young people of the disadvantaged districts. You will learn the accrobaties air, scales, juggling, collective work on the apprehension and security. And to make the pointe-à-pitre is a serious business. Note that the town of Alès obtains a national pole of the circus (the Glass: 04 66 86 45 02).

1 km from the Carémeau Hospital, the sport field (basketball, beach-volley, mini tennis, badminton) has three outdoor and enlightened tennis courses, two battered land courses and a swimming pool for members and customers of the Ace restaurant. The mazet, located in club-house for relaxation, is increased by a miles store and equipment. State-run teachers ensure the club's management and animation, which operates through an annual subscription system and rental per hour for non-members. During day or evening, adult or individual adult courses are divided into competitions and recreation. In the junior club, very busy, training courses and competitions are organised. On Saturday evening, tournaments and finals bring together a busy audience. The quality equipment, the pleasant environment and the professionalism of the courses stimulate these athletes, as well as the unifying club spirit found here.

A shop shop adjacent to the cinema, the Semaphore, where the bookbinder craftsman manufactures in situ books and small notebooks, which he markets. Interested persons can learn different techniques and participate in practical internships (6 hours application). To make binder of works to the old or manufacture manual and modern notebooks, you must learn to assemble the sheets, shape the covers. The effect result and often the quality comes closer to art editing. The other side of this workshop is the preservation of the old book, which is to resume page by page. A more sophisticated restoration work, which uses careful techniques.

The universities of fine arts (ESBA) are not reserved for only students. Classes and extra-curricular post for children and adults are open throughout the school year. Course of the evening in drawing, paintings and engravings are given in Nimes. €179.66 for Nîmois and €346.72 for non-smokers Nîmois! Wednesday, children from 7 years learn drawing while teenagers lean on the drawing of observation. Inscriptions are made from July. It is better not to linger because these courses are very taken. Educational quality of the public institution, interesting rates, free stay for the non taxable people... the place are quickly taken. Note that weekly cycles of conferences, with programs during the year are free and without registration.

These weekly workshops, which are held in the evening, will delight all those who wish to feed themselves on painting and exercise their talent. Addressing the different pictorial techniques, these art workshops offer a specific approach, through the study of different materials and supports, movements of bodies and objects, perpective, expression. Besides the acquisition of know-how, the practice of drawing, watercolour and ink, but also mixed techniques of painting, which mix gouache and acrylic for example, all this learning aims to awaken the graphic sensitivity of each, the creative meaning of the person. Teenagers and adults at its own pace.

When you arrive in the south, equipping yourself for the bowls or the square ball is a good way to integrate! In Mr Ortega's shop you will have all the information about the city's own spots, the boulistes clubs and local competitions. The weight of the ball, the composition of its material and the anti-rebounds options will be explained to you. You will determine your ability to be a pointer or shooter, unless you already know your strengths. The marks Obut, JB Bowls or the Black Ball are represented; don't leave without your piglets and casquette hat, because here you can customize everything. The boutique is overflowing with cuts, medals, badges and trophés.

The Nîmes airfield is convenient for domestic flights: You can make your baptism of the air and other air exits less than 5 km from the city centre. School of parachuting or pilotage? Both my captain! While the Para Club Gard introduces you to the first parachute jumps, the French Federation Aircraft has its aero-club aéro and organizes training in its Pilatus Goldeneye, with a team of instructors. Obtaining basic patents or pro license, Private Pilot License (PPL) takes no less than 45 hours of regulatory flight. The airfield is also the preferred place for some of the amateurs. They come to test their gliders or remotely-controlled miniature planes. Sometimes it is kites that take the base of the assault and stamp the sky of coloured traces and movements of free gear.

Who has never tried to grow wood? This expression, unique to chess players, is like recognition of their sport or art. This is one of the oldest games in the world, yet still trend. The Nîmois circle invites you, small and large, to discover this art of strategist, to play with pleasure and even to improve in this game constantly renewed, where you never do twice the same part! It also invites you to play games (fast games in 5 minutes), friendly parties, competitions or parties outside.

A good initiative for all those who would like to start with Asian cuisine. The association Welcome to Onboard invites you to participate in courses, twice a month, on Mondays at pm. Associations, specialized on the world's cuisines, give lessons. A participation around 10 € will be requested, which is very affordable to try to handle and dosage spices, use du or art to fold the nems!

Under the leadership of the choreographer, Zéline Zonzon, this Compagnie de Danse has a nice record of exhibits presented in France and abroad, the last of which has been sensation (remember that the air brings us). Trained among the great names of dance (Odile Duboc, Caroline Carlson, Josette Baïz…), the Antillean choreographer offers dance courses to children, adults and adolescents. His contemporary creation feeds on his work experience in walking with his students. In its courses, the requirement is equal only to the added value of teaching and artistic experience. A contemporary dance, where rhythms and weightlessness affect body movements. For the classes at Pablo-Neruda Centre, please contact the Association Life of Artists.