Sports and leisure activities Poitou-Charentes

This easily accessible gym is located in the commercial area of Lagord. The large car park makes parking easy and the opening hours - particularly wide - allow you to come and train at the time of your choice. The proximity to the shopping centre and cultural area is a real advantage. The 800 m² fitness room has all the equipment you need to stay in shape. Once you have registered, you will be given a magnetic card allowing you to train from 6am. Clever, courses are given by teachers and another larger room is located in the commercial area of Angoulins.

This professional skydiving school, located at Rochefort airport, is the place to be if you're looking for a first flight! Before the big jump, you'll meet a relaxed and professional team. A 15-minute briefing ensures total confidence before boarding the plane for a flight to 4,000 m altitude. The panorama is magnificent: Bassin de Marennes Oléron, Fort Boyard... The jump lasts an average of 8 minutes - thrills guaranteed! Please note that a medical certificate is required.

While bicycles have long been a popular choice for touring enthusiasts, Green Trott now offers an original way to get around: the all-terrain electric scooter. It's the perfect way to get around Oleron quietly! Green Trott's discovery tours promise some great rides. Equipped with a GPS, you'll make your way along the trails, silently admiring the scenery! You'll enjoy a warm welcome and sound advice on how to make the most of your walk. You can also rent electric bikes and fat bikes.

We really have the feeling of being in our usual small merchant, both welcome and advice are delivered with entrain and spontaneity. It is a real pleasure to talk to a seller who will find the solution to your problem. Yet this is a great area for rural and diy. There is an important place for gardening, tooling and gardening. A knowledgeable amateur or new owner of the culture of a small garden, you will find your happiness at the Attitré brand dealer. Construction materials are not forgotten. The store also provides expertise in the area of heating solutions, especially with regard to wood granulés poëles. The Espace Emeuraude organizes two open doors per year, in March and December.

No, the CVS does not organize downhill avenue Paris. The association manages a former hotel in the Pyrenees and offers summer and summer stays for mountain and ski enthusiasts, a coaching and lessons included in the rates. Home of snow classes also. For more information and contact the association at 05 62 92 83 41.

This walking tour leads you to discover the wonderful local heritage, the town of Echiré and its dairy cooperative, the old hamlets as well as the homes of the lords of yesteryear. In 3 hours, you will admire the château de la Taillée and its superb dovecote, the dry valley of the Maie and the Braye fountain, Coudray-Salbart, the Salbart and Moulin-Neuf wash houses, the Milan farm, the famous Château-Gaillard and of course the bucolic banks of the Sèvre.

The Comité Départemental de Spéléologie des Deux-Sèvres (CDS 79) is an association of caving clubs in the Deux-Sèvres département. It represents two caving clubs, the Spit Club St Maixentais in St-Maixent-l'école and the Société Archéologique et Spéléologique du Mellois (SASM) in Melle. The CDS 79's main missions are to protect cave-dwelling fauna and the underground environment, coordinate speleologists in their exploration and clearing of caves in the département, conduct scientific research, promote and teach caving, and organize the Journées Nationales de la Spéléologie (National Caving Days) in the département.

This society will allow you to initiate and popular yourself for this science that is archaeology. Many conferences and the (often free) visits of sites with members of the association allow a new vision of regional history, the time of dinosaurs to present day. So it's a fairly broad time period that should be enough to ensure you don't bore yourself in archaeology!

Accrofit offers courses in Zumba and Bokwa: these two disciplines come from South America and combine a number of very colourful and dynamic dances that make it possible to spend by having the impression of celebrating! From now on to Mazières in Gâtine on Tuesday evening for 1 h 30 for adults and also open to children between the ages of 4 and 12 (see planning on the site), Accrofit offers the advantages of a collective fitness course without needing to make kilometres. And then it will allow you to make new encounters! From 19 € to 220 € depending on the formula chosen. Consider making a medical certificate, towel, water bottle and clean shoes.

As passionate as she is smiling, Julie will be delighted to share her passion with you on a ride, a rando (for the more experienced) or a riding lesson. Her small equestrian center specializes in equifeel and equine education. It's a great way to forge real links or consolidate a budding relationship with horses. His credo: pleasure and conviviality with companions who are well-versed in the exercise of riding. For 1 hour or 1/2 day, recharge your batteries in the fresh air and in good company! By reservation only.

The Club de Sport FFRandonnée Pédestre Deux-Sèvres represents the Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre in the Deux-Sèvres département. The club is made up of 41 associations affiliated to the Federation, bringing together 2619 hikers. In partnership with the Conseil Départemental and the Agence de Développement Touristique, the club creates, marks out and maintains the department's approved hiking trails (GR©, GRP© and PR). The club's volunteers work tirelessly to develop a network of hiking trails covering some 3,000 km, making the Deux-Sèvres a recognized hiking destination. To support the club and enjoy some of the finest trails in the Deux-Sèvres, you can take out an individual license (Randocarte) or join one of the 40 clubs in the département.

The bressuira club offers traditional karate education. Open for everyone from 7 years old, this sport, which requires concentration, flexibility and precision, is an excellent way to make sport by working as well. Like many martial arts, karate practice is based on Buddhist and meditative designs. Here, the "empty hands" or "naked hands" (translation of the word karate) have everything to do with the "release taken" and the idea of putting a distance between itself and its worries. Karate is also based on respiration, like yoga. The practice of this type of sport will allow you to stay fit but also to open up to yourself.

Martial and Régis deliver karate lessons to the Léo Lagrange Sports Complex. The frame is perfectly adapted and training is differentiated at levels. Children will take their classes on Friday evening, while adults will have a choice between Monday and Friday evening. Several types of karate are provided: karate, karate-do, karate karate and karate competition. Each specialty is designed to develop specific aspects of the practice and also allows everyone to find what is best for them.

Open to beginners and confirmed artists, the school provides students with the various aesthetic practices. Through drawing, painting, living model, the artists of each class exercise their eyes and hands to techniques used since the night of time. Thus, 27 hours of instruction mark the week and allow each age group to come to express its creativity. Teachers, qualified and attentive, will help you to make progress by valuing your efforts and your work.

A graduate of the École des Beaux-arts de Poitiers and C.A.F.A.S., Richard Gautier is an exceptional painter who perfectly masters oil painting, watercolour and of course drawing. It is therefore at his workshop that he proposes to discover his art and teach you the basics, unless you come to perfection in which case, you will be enchanted by his talents to work light. It will teach you, in particular, oil painting, in the way of the Flemish and the Venetians, which allows for more real light than nature.

Eve, a French champion of Karate Contact in 2006 and Judikaël, a federal instructor, awaits you to share their passion for this martial art. Many forms of karate are proposed so that everyone finds what suits him best. In the right mood, you will learn karate movements and combinations and develop your flexibility, concentration and trust in you. Not to mention your body that will be changed! A serious but fun art!

Art too little known, the Taïji Quan - Qi Gong is a physical practice of all the body demanding, in sweetness, all muscles. Flexibility and breathing are improving and at the rate of each one is a whole palette of profits on the body and mind that make sense. A true school of slowness and consistency, this art teaches patience and achieves a high level of concentration. The sequence of movements follows the rhythm of the body and in practice of practice will make it possible to obtain the right gesture, the one that follows natural continuity and the injunctions of the yi.

Thai Chi Chuan is a lifelong research practice that allows people to get to know each other better and to welcome others and their environment. It is an art of movement that reveals at its source the Taoist thought as well as the bodily techniques that will give birth to acupuncture, for example. It is also an art of seeking balance both physical and mental, it opens to meditation and relaxation.

The Bears in Niort are not bears that have been tried to reintroduce in the Poitevin Marsh, but the city hockey team! A sport that comes from a far-reaching point of view and which is not yet very democratized today but which nevertheless deserves attention. Our cousins in Quebec swear only through hockey and they are right: The games are impressive but the atmosphere is there. In Niort, children, but also adults can learn to play hockey and integrate a team. Contact the club or visit the website to find out which team and what niche suit you best!

You thought American football only practiced in American movies for teenagers? That only the leader of pom pom girls could be the girlfriend of the soccer team captain? Come and take a look at a Match Match game! Everything is: players protected by their helmet, wide shoulders and violent contact, cheerleaders (this is the real name of the Pom Pom Girls in the United States) but a game with serious and just as strategic rules as our holy football.

A sacred champion in R 2 in 2013-2014, A.S. Niort Basketball is evolving today in R 1! With a shock team like this one, we hope to see it quickly climb up! Meanwhile, new recruits arrive every year in men's teams as well as women. Training takes place all week, Monday to Saturday morning and everyone will find their place. Beginners, seasoned, small, medium or large. Here, good humour, fair play and above all love of this collective sport animate the club.

For all lovers of sliding, roller roller is a fantastic club to practice or start. Adults will appreciate the relaxed atmosphere and all the meetings and events they can take part in. Children can register as early as 6 years. They will find out how to balance and skate without hurting. Children's training takes place on Saturday afternoon. During this time of relaxation and learning, they will learn to slow down, skate forward and back and make jumps.

Roller racing isn't just the roulettes of the 90 s, but it's also a very complete sport and it offers very pleasant slides. At Roller Club Niortais, several disciplines are offered to you: skating, hiking (for adults), race, freestyle and hockey for adults and also for children. Derby are also organized and you will have the opportunity to meet many people with the same passion as you in a cool atmosphere.

One of the flagship clubs of the Deux-Sèvres, Hope Pétanquaise participates in numerous meetings and competitions always in the right mood. It must be said that Champdeniers has been boules to allow his team to reach the summits! Bowls classes are offered on Wednesday evening to small and large, younger and old alike. And then it's a great way to get your friends to the next aperitif before you start the barbecue!

This is the game of the summer, the game of the summer, that of the aperitif with the friends, it smells like straw hats and barbecue, and we almost forget that it's a sport. The 79 committee is a reference in the region for organising competitions and training. Whether it's for the bowls or for the Provençal game, the site is full of all the necessary information, especially the regulations of each game, because the techniques and characteristics are more numerous than we imagine, it is not just a question of taking the Marseille accent by launching its ball!

On more than 250 hectares of wood, in a landscape made of fir trees, strawberries, plains and valleys, the estate offers hunting enthusiasts an ideal base for hunting small game. Many species: heavenly pheasant, from Marsay, crooked U.S, Polish crooked, Chinese pheasant, dark pheasant, red perdreau and perdreau gray all year long and have only to be found. A hunting lodge is also available for warm lunches and in good mood. Hunting in Deux-Sèvres also offers hunting trips in Spain, find out!

Theresa and Pierre are booksellers. But Theresa is also a seamstress, she is even tailor-made to be precise. This profession, which has almost no representatives in France, now counts the bookseller who, in the bottom of his armchair (the name of the bookshop) proposes sewing courses. After studying psychology and then becoming a bookseller, Theresa returned to his first love: sewing. It is formed to know everything, the creation of the expert handling of the sewing machine. And she is happy to share her passion today with those who love to do things with their ten fingers.

A few years ago, sewing was a necessity; Don't buy a new trousers as soon as there was a small hole! We recousait, we rapiéçait and for the most creative, we tricotait and created clothes. Who doesn't have a wool sweater knitted by her grandma in his closet? Now, we consume clothes like food, yet knowing how to use a sewing machine is far from useless and the basics get fast. Why not do it? You will be surprised at everything you can learn to do in a little time!

Not very well established in France, baseball is a collective sport that deserves a detour. With our friends in the Atlantic, our practice is becoming increasingly democratic thanks to clubs such as the Garocheurs. In an electrifying and fair atmosphere, each game is a pure moment of happiness! The club regularly plays against teams in the region and the site provides full information on national and international competitions. If you want to discover this sport, don't hesitate to contact us!

The location allows you to welcome skate, roller and BMX. On a surface of 600 m ² with a concrete coating, this skate offers six modules: a ramp, a funbox with a jump table surmounted by a 3/3 (ledge) trunk, a hip in inclined plane, two sub boxes, rails and curbs on the descent. In 2005, some changes made it possible to improve the safety of used users. Admission is free.

Located behind the swimming pool, this versatile skate is very pleasant. Different modules are arranged on the 900 m ² of land. The room is open to the skates, BMX and rollers. For spectators or those who want to take a break, covered galleries have been set up. There is also a water point for drinking or filling your bottles. The infrastructure includes a mini ramp, a quarter in hip, an inclined plane launcher, jumping tables, an inclined plane - table - inclined plane, two walls and a pallet to weeling. The layout allows interesting combinations but the beginners may be impresionnés by the imposing modules character.

With a larger surface of 600 m ², this skate park in the heart of the city has five modules: a jump table with half-pyramid and a lateral curve, a small jump table with a lateral bridge and two planar planes. The modules are metal and the entry is free. It's a good playground before you get to the étrier or get involved in the étrier.

The association offers several disciplines such as hockey, acrobatics, adult recreation, art, baby roller and skating school. Complete discipline at the physical level, it also allows to work its balance and concentration. The atmosphere is a good child and you will soon be taken into the game, the sensations will surely remind some times of the hours spent making skating a little. To register, consider providing a medical certificate indicating that you are fit for roller, two identity photos (if you wish to register at the skating school) and 58 euros for the license.

The image of the hunters has not changed much for many years, yet whether they like them or not, they have a major role to play in preserving our wilderness. Although it seems contradictory, they are working to protect the environment. On the federation site, everything is explained and developed: educational activities with children, but also awareness of the natural space of hunters. It is also the federation that will have to address its hunting license.

Have you always wanted to fly? The plane annoys you? It seems that parachute jumping is precisely what you need! On the other hand, the Earth's attraction being what it is, don't expect to see you grow wings, the landing is the inevitable end of this experience... But what an experience! Strong sensations, grandiose landscapes, a taste of coming back... However, certain conditions are necessary to be able to send you to the air: be at least 15 years old (or have written authorization from your parents for minors), have a medical certificate from your doctor and do not weigh more than 90kg (if this is the case, go on a small diet!) and plan your half-day. It should be noted that the centre is approved by the federation. Good fall!

It is a unique and loind experience of being natural for a human being: jump at 4000 m altitude! This is certainly why we feel a big rise in adrenaline. If fear and exitation are mixed, you will not run any risk. In the hands of the monitor, which is not at its first jump, you can enjoy this unique moment. The program 50 seconds of free fall and then a gentle descent by parachute. Once the feet on earth, we have only one idea in mind… jump again!

Located to the north of the town of Bressuire, this 18-hole course takes advantage of its surroundings to create a veritable green lung. Less than a kilometer from the town center, Yves Bureau designed each hole. The result is a demanding, technical and physical course. This 5,828 m Par 72 undulating course, with its many natural traps, is a pleasant and interesting course for beginners and more experienced players alike. In either case, scoring will be no easy task.

Starting from the old Thouars abattoir, there are 2 routes: upstream to the chaussée du Château (2.5 km); downstream to the Ursulines meadow (1.2 km). Sailing on the wild, lush Thouet river offers a different view of the Deux-Sèvres, a blend of nature and heritage. A visit to the Château des Ducs de la Trémoïlle is a must! Canoes, kayaks, paddles and pedal boats are available for hire, solo or with the family. Jackets, paddles and watertight canisters are supplied. Please note that boat reservations are mandatory. Ahoy!

Very active in their discipline, the aeromodelling clubs of Thouars and Deux-Sévriens have been organizing a world cup competition on the Noisé plain for almost 50 years: the free-flight stage of the French qualifying championships. More recently, these enthusiasts have also been getting together for the Belgian championship. These two fun-filled events will have your feet on the ground and your head in the clouds. And for the kids: let the junior champions impress you.

The Gâtinéo aquatic center includes four pools, adapted to everyone's activities: the sports pool, the leisure pool, the paddling pool and the giant slide's reception pool. From prenatal gymnastics to various aquagym techniques and swimming lessons, Gâtinéo offers a dozen aquatic activities. These activities are practiced under the responsibility of the lifeguards of the Community of Communes of Parthenay Gatine. Adapted to each public, many beaches are available around the pools.

A cool, sporty address offering a wide range of family activities around its lake. Playgrounds, fitness trails, picnics, fishing and mountain bike trails are available all year round. In season, you can hire canoes, kayaks, paddles, pedal boats, mountain bikes, tree climbing, inflatables and archery. Climbing is also available in Aigonnay and Thorigné, at the former Cinq Coux quarry (15 min. by bike).

How about discovering the art of beading with a blowtorch? Jewelry designer Dominique Roy welcomes you to her workshop to learn how to make glass beads, an art form that is part of humanity's Intangible Cultural Heritage. With her, you'll transform Effetre de Murano glass rods into 5 or 10 beads that you can assemble at home to create your own jewelry. A magical, colorful experience. Dominique's jewels can also be found in a number of designer boutiques in the département.

A merry band, this association for the defense and protection of nature! In the land of the European otter and the grey heron, a host of guided outings are organized in Natura 2000 protected areas. Observe the microscopic world that surrounds us! You can also hire a light boat, on your own or with a guide, to paddle down the tranquil Argenton river. Nature's treasures and heritage are yours to discover.

Numerous sporting activities at the Cherveux lake. Wood Wakepark rents out paddles and houses THE waterski lift of the 79. Beginners and experts alike can wakeboard from the pontoon, pulled by a cable.

Take to the heights with the accrobranche courses at Accros de Cherveux. Extra the 180 m zip line or those that fly over the lake!

Another choice: a laser game in the middle of the forest on a 2,000 m² plot, accessible from age 7.

Two hiking loops of about 3 hours and a mountain bike circuit of 27 to 33 km, all three marked. Departures from the Monacalis hall. You will explore the remains of the opulent vineyards of yesteryear, devastated by phylloxera at the end of the 19th century: remaining plots of land, old canteens, where the winegrowers used to eat and store their tools, and a windmill. The itinerary "In the footsteps of the Négrette" leads you to this rare grape variety, to a plantation of truffle oaks and to a superb panorama of the Courance valley, with Niort in the background.

Several circuits to be done on foot, by bike or on horseback of at least 10 km are proposed between the communes of Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (departures at the place de la Mairie) and Arçais via Damvix (in Vendée). You will discover the wild marsh by exploring its conches and its small heritage, including the charming little port of Montfaucon. Poplar groves and wild plants (meadowsweet, comfrey, valerian, iris), decorate the walks.

Departure is from Place des Poulies in Saint-Loup-Lamairé. By pedal boat or canoe, it's an opportunity to discover the Gâtine in a different way, as seen from the lovely Thouet. It's a charming and refreshing way to enjoy the region's heritage, including a magnificent panorama of the Château de Saint-Loup. Bookings can be made at the tourist office. 6 canoes (3 pers.), 4 pedal boats (5 pers.) and 3 rosalies (3-4 pers.). Low prices for great experiences !

Dedicated to school activities, the Lidon is open to the public for 6 weeks in summer. Access to the initiation basin and the wild marsh is free. Kayaks and canoes can be rented directly from the site at low cost for up to 3 hours (rates according to family income). There are also signposted trails to help you discover the local flora and fauna. Information on niortagglo.fr, base nautique du Lidon.

Imagine the Marais Poitevin from the air - what a marvel! You fly over the wet and dry marshes between land and sea. We'll take you to the take-off site, introduce you to the assembly of the hot-air balloon (made in France); from there, you'll enjoy a breathtaking 1-hour aerial tour, during which we'll tell you all about piloting and weather conditions. Prices increase on weekends, but are reduced according to the number of budding aeronauts. Private gondolas available (max. 2 people).

Walk through the history of Cerize, which begins in the Neolithic period. You start at the castle of La Roche (3 ears of corn gite), its superb park and its pond. You will then discover the architectural and natural heritage of the surroundings: Saint-Pierre church and its tympanums decorated with ceramics (19th century); Saint-Père washhouse; Puy Genest and the Queen of the Meadows trail, a wetland ecosystem; Le Plessis, an ancient fortified village (9th century), the Celtic educational trail, Les Bourrelières and an observation platform. You will end up at the pretty Vannelière pond (fishing allowed).