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Richmond train 21 new level 1 national coaches

7th May 2007

Last weekend Richmond Volleyball held their first National Volleyball Coaching Course Level 1 at St Mary’s University College which was a great success! There were a total of 21 candidates from all over London of which six were from Richmond Volleyball Club (Neil Kenyon, Evan Penglis, Tom Paulo, Silvia Cabral, Anna Will, Deborah Lane). All 21 candidates completed the weekend’s course and all Richmond candidates successful passed with flying colours.

The course was taken by Paul Westhead who has a long distinguished coaching career in England and Japan were he successfully coached from beginner to international level and taken school and senior sides to win national championships.

Richmond Coaching Coordinator commented that by bring a national coaching course to our community confirms that Richmond’s vision of bringing athletes, coaches, and the local community together by integrating sport, competition, training and education is going in the right direction.

Richmond has now 12 qualified coaches working within several areas of the community such as Richmond’s secondary and primary schools, Richmond College and Kingston College; St Mary’s University College and Kingston University. Richmond is becoming one of the fastest volleyball growth areas in London and with more qualified coaches will only help us to deliver a better and safe volleyball environment.

Richmond Volleyball would like to thank St Mary’s University College for their support in using their facilities and their staff who were very professional and friendly. Finally congratulations to our newly qualified coaches who worked hard to increase their coaching knowledge and development and thereby contributing to our community coaching projects.

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