The first Romain and Dimitri Casier challenge raised €5,000 for cancer research in Collobrières

The first strong heat of summer did not dampen the sporting and solidarity spirit of the sixteen football teams who came to compete all day Saturday at the Romain-Casier space, on the occasion of the 7th edition of the Romain Casier challenge and the first of the Romain and Dimitri Casier challenge , organized for the benefit of the Paoli-Calmettes institute and the fight against cell lymphomas.

Sixteen teams of five players, or eighty footballers from all the surrounding villages, played in friendship under the shade of the sports area in the name of these local children who died too soon.

Eighty players and their companions to share with Laurence, Pascal and Mathilde, the family of Romain and Dimitri, and the volunteers who invested in making the meeting warm and fraternal.

The funds raised through everyone's commitment and the association's participation in various village festivals were donated to the Institut Paoli-Calmettes (IPC) in Marseille. Present at the event was Dr. Sylvain Garciaz, an oncologist and hematologist at the IPC, who received a check for €5,000 from Laurence and Pascal, and Mathilde, parents of Romain and Dimitri.