Excellent sports facilities at Centrale Nantes
2017 saw a real transformation of the campus sports facilities at Centrale Nantes - starting with the new artifical pitch. Squash courts and a dojo have also been completed.
Built by the Carquefou-based company ART DAN, this new ground raises the sporting standards of Centrale Nantes even higher. The pitch - Eurofield TT 375 mixed grass system (Eurofield ©) on a layer of Brock © F24 flexibility - meets all the requirements of the World Rugby International Federation. The synthetic grass is composed of two distinct fibres (MSD2 Diamond and TSXT) which stabilize the supports and reinforce the grass filling thus providing optimal playing comfort. The flexibility layer, already installed at numerous training centers and clubs (Cardiff, Saracens, ...), offers unrivalled qualities in terms of height of fall (HIC: 1, 9m) and energy restitution, just like a natural grass. The game system installed in the field will allow Centrale Nantes to meet the standards for the World Rugby re-homologation tests.
The aesthetics of the structure have not been neglected. The pitch entry and clearance areas have been designed in Centrale Nantes colours.
Finally, in keeping with its reputation, Centrale Nantes gives pride of place to technological innovation, since site maintenance will be carried out by a new generation Belgian robot: Astrobot. Meeting the standards FFF and IRB standards, it will facilitate the ground’s maintenance and thus its playability in the long term.
Built by the Carquefou-based company ART DAN, this new ground raises the sporting standards of Centrale Nantes even higher. The pitch - Eurofield TT 375 mixed grass system (Eurofield ©) on a layer of Brock © F24 flexibility - meets all the requirements of the World Rugby International Federation. The synthetic grass is composed of two distinct fibres (MSD2 Diamond and TSXT) which stabilize the supports and reinforce the grass filling thus providing optimal playing comfort. The flexibility layer, already installed at numerous training centers and clubs (Cardiff, Saracens, ...), offers unrivalled qualities in terms of height of fall (HIC: 1, 9m) and energy restitution, just like a natural grass. The game system installed in the field will allow Centrale Nantes to meet the standards for the World Rugby re-homologation tests.
The aesthetics of the structure have not been neglected. The pitch entry and clearance areas have been designed in Centrale Nantes colours.
Finally, in keeping with its reputation, Centrale Nantes gives pride of place to technological innovation, since site maintenance will be carried out by a new generation Belgian robot: Astrobot. Meeting the standards FFF and IRB standards, it will facilitate the ground’s maintenance and thus its playability in the long term.
- 5th win in a row for Centrale Nantes in the InterCentralesOctober 15, 2017Centrale Nantes wins the InterCentrales competition for the fifth year running. Congratulations to all the teams and especially our Nantes sports men and women!
- Qualifying rounds of the French Cross-Country Student Championships: two Centrale Nantes students on the podiumNovember 23, 2017Congratulations to our students for their performances at the qualifying rounds of the French Cross-Country Student Championship (7 km). They won second and third place as well as the team event on 23 November in Le Mans.
- #Culture Semaine Q 2017: Cultural Week ProgrammeNovember 27, 2017 - November 30, 2017As every year, the Student Arts Association offers students and staff the opportunity to showcase culture for a week of campus events. Discover the programme!
- The season gets off to a great start for Centrale Nantes RowingMarch 12, 2018The Centrale Nantes rowing team took part in the Supaerowing regatta in Toulouse last weekend. They returned home with encouraging results for the rest of the season.
- Créa'danse returns for its 13th edition on 14 March!March 14, 2018Créa'Danse is back for its 13th edition. It is an inter-school dance choreography competition in Nantes, an opportunity for Centrale students to attend a unique cultural event and to bring different schools together around the same project. The student troops come from the following schools: Enta, ESIGELEC, Oniris Véto, IMT, INSA Lyon, EFREI and, of course, Centrale Nantes.
- 5th edition of the 3X3 "BUZZER BEATER CENTRALE by GRDF" basketball tournamentMarch 14, 2018The school gymnasium opens its doors from 7pm to midnight on Wednesday 14 March to host the 5th edition of the 3X3 student basketball tournament. Dubbed "BUZZER BEATER CENTRALE by GRDF" this year, it is a one-of-a-kind event in the Nantes area.
- Conference: "The role science plays in preparing for the Olympics"April 16, 2018Olympic rowing champion, Jérémie Azou, and his coach, Alexis BESANÇON, will visit the campus to give a lecture on the role science plays in preparing for the Olympics. An unprecedented event - not to be missed - organized as part of the new "Scientific Challenge 2024" specialisation.
- Nantes plays host to the best student rowing in EuropeMay 5, 2018 - May 6, 2018The best rowing teams from European universities and 'grandes écoles', including Centrale Nantes, will gather in Nantes on 5 and 6 May.
- Centrale Nantes at the French University Rowing ChampionshipsMay 22, 201816 rowers from Centrale Nantes Rowing Club represented the school this weekend at the French University Rowing Championships in Mâcon.
- Another successful outing for the rowing teamJune 13, 2018Another excellent performance from the Nantes rowers at the French Rowing Federation Championships in Libourne on 9/10 June 2018.
- Our sailing team are French University Match-Racing Vice-championsJune 19, 2018A mixed-year group Centrale Nantes crew travelled across France for the weekend of 16-17 June to compete in the France Match-Racing University championship in Antibes against 7 other crews. A close match and suspense right up to the finish line, for this final student regatta of the year.
- Students try out wheelchair handballJune 25, 2018The BDS (Student Sports Association), with the support of the Centrale Nantes Sports Association, organized a wheelchair handball outing for about twenty students. Aliette told us all about the experience.
- One of our students is taking part in the Hop! Young Pilots TourJune 27, 2018Constance PETER, second-year engineering programme student at Centrale Nantes and holder of a private pilots licence, is taking part in the French Aeronautics Federation's HOP! Young Pilots Tour 2018, which gets off the ground from Chartres on 15th July.
