The Silicon Valley of India, the centre of the country’s information technology business and the capital of the state of Karnataka; the city of Bangalore brought the trilogy of ITTF/PTT Level One Courses, conducted in the country in the space of three weeks, to a close.

Organised under the auspices of the ITTF Development Programme and in liaison with the Table Tennis Federation of India; the three courses were conducted by Richard McAfee, the Chair of the United States Table Tennis National Coaching Advisory Committee.

Ajmer saw the start of what proved to be a well organised and administered itinerary; matters commenced on Wednesday 3rd October and terminating on Sunday 7th October.

Next on the schedule was Indore from Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th October with the third and concluding course in Bangalore, being staged from Wednesday 17th to Sunday 21st October 2012.

Excellent Attendance
Home for the course in Bangalore was the Innsfree House School with 27 coaches attending; thus making the grand total for the three week itinerary 62 coaches in total. 

Extensive Media Coverage
An impressive number and just as in Ajmer and Indore, the level of interest was high. 

Not only from the course members; there was also extensive media coverage.

“The concept of offering training for coaches drew great interest”, enthused Richard McAfee. 

The Tenvic Company
Furthermore, Bangalore was a most appropriate final stop on the tour as Richard McAfee highlighted.

“One of the Information Technology Companies headquartered in Bangalore is Tenvic a sports development company”, he explained. “Along with the Table Tennis Federation of India and the International Table Tennis Federation they are spearheading a new nationwide programme of coaches development.”

First Courses 
It is an exciting project and most certainly the efforts have been well received.

“They were the first ITTF Coaches Education Courses to be held in India and their success was an historic start to Tenvic’s programme”, added Richard McAfee. “With the great response from coaches around India to the programme many more courses are being planned for the near future.”