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  • Games Preparation Centers

Jo Maso Stadium

Communauté de Communes du Haut Lignon
Tence Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Altitude: 980 meters
1 Stadium

Center's disciplines

  • Rugby

Description

Haut-Lignon : 1 000 meter altitude, the right place for champions !

Tence is located at 900 meters in Auvergne and is crossed by the Lignon river, a tributary of the Loire river facing the Lizieux pick, an old extincted volcano and the famous Mount Mézenc, peaking at 1 753 m, the highest point of The Cévennes.

Devesset and Lavalette lakes, bordering on territory, offer an unique countryside resort with a wide variety of outdoor activities.

In Tence, natural turf « Jo Maso » rugby field for 7-a-side rugby practice, has a range of excellent sport facilities (Jo Maso is an ex rugby player and a famous coach).

Many accomodations and services are available next to the rugby field (hotels, restaurants, shops, nearby heath care services …).

On the spot, you will have access to a multi-activity centre (changing rooms, toilets and showers, fitness room …), a club-house and a meeting-room fitted with wifi and big screens.

Here in the Haut-Lignon we have the professional skills to welcome high-level athletes (rugby, soccer, handball teams and so on) and a high-quality sporting equipment. We propose altitude acclimatisation courses and sporting cohesion experience.

Specific programs can be proposed such as orienteering or mountain bike courses, overnights in bivouac, « acccrobranche » : monkey-bridge trails ! a canoe trip and why not an amazing golf lesson and to rest … a spa !

Find out more online on www.ot-hautlignon.com

Special features

Here you are in an unspoilt environment, we will do our best to make your stay a success ! with a personalized and warm welcome and high-performance equipments. Sure our preserved landscape and the quality of our air generates a positive and invigorating energy.

Julien Deloire, XV de France rugby fitness coach (2011) says « the best way to prepare himself physically is going to middle-mountains areas, each athlete gets the benefits from fresh, highly oxygenated air especially in summer ».

Known for

Sport has always been a part of our DNA since the time we organized many major sport events :

In 2007, the Portugal rugby team base camp during the world cup.

In 2011, « Le XV de France » the French national rugby team trained here !

Spring 2015, the famous ASM Clermont-Auvergne rugby club trained here for the European Rugby Cup and the TOP 14.

In 2017, the « Tour de France »

Each year, many high-level sport teams train here as sport sectors are concerned : Dijon, Clermont-Ferrand, Bastia, Lille, Nîmes, Saint Etienne football teams, AG2R La Mondiale and Trek Segafredo for The Tour de France in 2017, Créteil Handball Team and the National’s Women Volleyball Team.

Options in this center

  • Meeting room
  • Salle de visionnage vidéo
  • Ice bath
  • Infirmery
  • Physiotherapy room
  • Weights room
  • Floodlit facilities