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Description
La Boulie is an exceptional venue tucked in the middle of a beautiful forest of more than 100 hectares. Located only 10 km south-west of Paris, close to the prestigious Palace of Versailles, it can be easily reached from the main road network, via the Pont Colbert route in Versailles.
It is one of the closest venues to the Yves du Manoir Stadium (20 minutes approx.), where the field hockey tournament will be played during the 2024 Summer Olympics.
La Boulie is home to the Racing Club de France’s 45-hole golf course (one of the most prestigious golf clubs near Paris) and to the Racing Club de France Field Hockey Club with its three pitches (one watered synthetic pitch, one sand-filled pitch and one grass pitch). It is in a secured environment, with a gate that can only be opened with a fob or code.
In addition to the changing rooms and sport facilities, there is also a “traditional” timbered Club House, built in the typical British style, with its restaurant, bar, patios and trophy room.
La Boulie is a nationally and internationally renowned venue offering a mixture of leisure and relaxation and top-level sporting activities.
The Racing Club de France Field Hockey Club’s teams, both women’s and men’s, are the most successful in France (32 titles won). Interestingly, it was the Racing Club de France who co-organized the 1924 Olympic Games in Colombes. The circle is complete.
Special features
The beauty of the place –with the Eiffel Tower and the Palace of Versailles close at hand, on-site restaurant, secluded location, top-quality facilities, the possibility for hockey players to play golf, a wide choice of hotel accommodation close by and customized service: these are some of the advantages of La Boulie. Moreover, the Racing Club de France has a strong international brand image, which will give greater prestige to the country whose team will be hosted there.
Known for
1897 – Creation of the Racing Club de France (RCF) Field Hockey Club
1919 – Very good female hockey players in the RCF
1923 – The French national hockey team included five players from the RCF, and this has always been the case ever since
1928 – Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Pierre PRIEUR, the French hockey team’s captain, was voted best center-half
1941 – Hockey matches were played in Croix Catelan in the Bois de Boulogne
1960 – A new pitch was created in La Boulie
1979 – The first junior World Cup was organized in La Boulie
1993 – European Cup in Brussels: the RCF was then one of the best teams in the world
1990-1996: The RCF Field Hockey Club won the French championship for seven years running
2008 – A third hockey pitch, Olympic-style and watered, was created in La Boulie
• 2015-2017: The RCF Field Hockey Club won the French championship for three years running
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