TT coaching clinic today and tomorrow

S M Jiffry Abdeen- Kandy Sports Correspondent

Over a hundred Table Tennis coaches and Referees from all parts of country will participate in a two day residential coaching clinic organised by the Sri Lanka Table Tennis Coaches Association and with the blessings of the Sri Lanka Table Tennis Association which will be held at the Jagath Rajapakse International Table Tennis Stadium at Ganegoda off Peradeniya today and tomorrow commencing each day at 8 am.

This is one of the major table tennis coaching clinics to be held in the hill country. One of the main influencing factors is the multi million International Table Tennis stadium being located here. This Table Tennis stadium the only one of its kind in the country has facilities to play 16 matches simultaneously and has been built upto international standards with even the floor being carpeted at a cost of nearly Rs 10 million with Jagath Rajapakse channelling all his resources towards improving the facilities at this stadium which was declared two months ago.

Jagath Rajapakse who is also the National table tennis coach said that the coaching clinch scheduled to commence today has been targeted to reach schools which does not play table tennis and this includes rural areas. It is not only the coaches and referees who have been invited but also Teachers in Charge will participate at this coaching clinic.

By training the Table Tennis coaches and Teachers In Charge, the game could reach a larger area. The participants could in turn train the youngsters under their charge.