French TT coach to train our paddlers

Sampath BANDARA

French Table Tennis expert Sylvain Chermette will be conducting the level Two Advanced Coaching Session from December 3 to 10, 2009 at the Marawila Aquarius Beach Resorts Indoor Stadium.

Twenty two level one coaches in the ITTF Coaches Registry will be selected for this residential training coaching session.

Sylvain Chermette is an experienced trainer who has conducted several TT coaching sessions in African countries and this is the first time he is conducting a coaching session in a South Asian Continent.

Two more coaching camps will be held in Trincomalee and Nuwara Eliya the coaching camp in Kandy will be conducted along with the one in Nuwara Eliya.

Coaches selected for the advanced Coaching sessions

Sarath Gunarathna, W.A. Buddhasiri, Chathura Dushan, Dumindu Shantha, B.R.B. Dikkumbura, Chaminda Rodrigo, Mahinda Ellepola, D.M.G.S. Kumara, Chandana Perera, Chaminda Roshan, Gamini Silva, Deepal Piyathissa, Aruna Samarasinghe, Pubudik Pushpakumara, Upul Samantha, Sunil Karunarathna, Dilmini Direkze, Shiromi Wattetanne, Namal Gunasekara, Chandima Abeyrathna, Vajira Wickkramasinghe, Reza Latiff.