The Table Tennis Academy has just terminated the second part
of its coaching and participation phase for 2007 / 2008 and is now rigorously preparing
the Intensive Summer School schedule.
Huge interest was shown last year and
therefore the Academy has taken the initiative to engage Edwin Cotter who is
one of Australia ʼs best Junior players to coach
during the summer program also assisted by Harald Werner from Austria . This should be one of the best
programs ever and sessions will be held daily in the mornings and afternoon.
There will be one program for absolute beginners to the game of Table Tennis
and also sessions for Advanced and four star categories. Due to heavy demand in
the past two years potential children and their parents are asked to book early
to make sure that children are allocated in the right program.
This season has seen an upsurge in
the number of students attending at the Academy with an overall increase of 35%
new students attending.
The participation of Daniel Vella,
Steve Bugeja, Daniel Portelli, Dario Portelli, James Dawson and Marcus Portelli
from the Academy in the International Schools Federation Competition gave new
impetus to the Academy students.
This year saw the introduction of the
Doubles Ranking Tournament and the Davis Cup Team Tournament with the
eventual winners being TT Devils Team Steve Bugeja and Marcus Portelli close in
second place came TT Tibhar Team James Dawson and Massimo Anastasi.
