The Star Online: Metro: Central
The Star Online: Metro: Central |
| 20 young talented young badminton players identified through coaching clinic Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:54 AM PDT THE Tamilians Physical Cultural Association (TPCA), following the success of the junior badminton coaching clinic, will be conducting follow up programmes. About 60 participants took part in the junior clinic, under the supervision of former national back-up coach M. Krishna, at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras recently. Krishna said they had identified about 20 promising juniors and they were invited to attend regular training at selected centres. "The centres are headed by coaches who were part of the coaching programme. The coaches will be able to monitor the juniors' progress. We expect the parents to play an active role in this programme,'' said Krishna. The other coaches involved in the programme were V. Silvaraja, P. Ramalingam, S. Yogendran, K. Asokumaran. Yeoh Kay Bin and P. Manoj. The participants were divided into three age groups - Under-10, Under-12 and Under-14 - and started the programme with a half-hour warm up session. Then they were briefed on the grips and swings in badminton followed by a one-hour basic skills drills. The participants were given a 30-minute insight on the footwork skills and culminated with multi shuttle skills. The final one-hour was devoted to match play among the participants. Krishna said they were pleased with the response. "Some came from as far as Bangi. We are confident the participants will continue training,'' he added. Programme co-ordinator A. Karthigesu said they would be organising another coaching clinic in December. "Our aim is to attract about 500 children for the coaching clinics within the next three years. The programme is part of TPCA's centennial celebrations in 2014. We will be promoting the coaching clinics among parents and school children in the Klang Valley,'' said Karthigesu. Bank employee R. Kannan, who accompanied his two daughters to the clinic, praised TPCA for initiating the programme. "My daughters enjoyed the training session. Now they have to attend training sessions regularly,'' said Kannan. Deputy Sports Minister Datuk Razali Ibrahim's wife Datin Melissa Munshir was pleased with the TPCA's initiative. She presented certificates of attendance to the participants. For details on the coaching clinic, contact 012-234 2637. |
| Lefties bowled over at Tenpin Bowling carnival Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:54 AM PDT FORMER international Ben Heng won a double in the World Lefties Day Doubles Tenpin Bowling carnival at the Sunway Megalanes recently. Ben, who is currently a coach, and his partner Heric Chong ended the competition with a combined score of 1,753 pinfalls. In second place was Alex Khoo and Kamarul Azwa with 1,705 pins while Nik Radzi and Tajul Arrifin were third on 1,610. Both Beng and Heric, as the champions, received RM2,500 as well prizes from sponsors. Alex and Kamarul settled for RM1,500 and Nik Radzi and Tajul went home with RM1,000. In the high game, Ben was the winner with 279 pins. The championships was organised by SportsUnite Sports Club with support from Milo, Gatorade, Fusion Excel International and Sunway Mega Lanes in conjunction with the World Lefties Day. The organisers had limited participation to 48 pairs but response was overwhelming and the number soared to 72 pairs. Each participant bowled four games and the combined scores with handicaps of the pair was used to decide on the winners. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Star Online: Metro: Central To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 ulasan:
Catat Ulasan