Pascale Reschko Jacquot is the new President of the FIM Europe Motoball Commission. It is the first time in FIM Europe history that a lady is elected President of a European Commission. Born 53 years ago in France, Pascale Reschko Jacquot is the proud mother of Aurélie, 33 years old, and Jérôme, 23 years old, and grandmother of Noa and Aaron, 6 and 3 years old. “Aaron is already a fan of motoball”, says Pascale, who is a motorcyclist, too.
“I bought a Suzuki 125 cc in 1995 to go to work, to avoid traffic jams in Paris”, says Pascale. “I used my bike to take my son Jérôme to school every day as my passenger, and so he started to love motorcycles very soon. In 2002 he was already practicing Motoball among Juniors in the Club of Versailles. And this is how the big family adventure with motorcycles started.
My partner Philippe lets me live completely my passion for Motoball, which usually means a lot of time spent in the Motoball Commission and many absences from my job during the sporting season, from March to October. I work in a military regiment in Alsace Gresswiller under the French Ministry of Defense, in a Supply Expertise Pole and I use all my days off to combine work and motorcycles.
“When in 2002 Jérôme began training at Versailles I used to accompany him regularly for training and for matches across France (round trips in the South of France in a weekend). So I started living the life of the club, first as secretary and then as President of it. At the same time, I was elected member of the National Commission of Motoball in 2008.
“With the renewal of the federal authorities in 2012, I applied for the FFM Managing Committee. I was elected member of the Managing Committee and Chairman of the FFM Motoball Commission.
“Since then I replaced my predecessor Mr Michel Vige, and I worked with Mr Karl Voegele, Chairman of the FIM Europe Commission, who has great qualities in sharing his passion for Motoball.
“Today I am the first woman chairman of a European Committee. I’m happy of course, because I campaigned for women’s representation in the motorcycle world, but that does not mean only parity: as women we have to work even more to gain respect. I will give my best in performing the mission which was given to me by the FIM Europe Management Council and I would like to thank them for their trust”, concludes Pascale Reschko Jacquot.
