A TOTAL of 36 participants from five countries completed a 10-day Star-1 Coaching Course at the CCM building in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The course, held from July 26 to August 6 was attended by 30 coaches from Tanzania, Ethiopia three and one each from Malawi, Comoros and Bangladesh.
Boxing Federation of Tanzania (BFT) organised the course in conjunction with the International Boxing Association (IBA) whose Coaches Committee Chairman Dr. Gabriele Martelli conducted the online course.
BFT President, Lukelo Willilo, said the course was not only beneficial to the hosts Tanzania but the rest of the participants taking into account the importance of coaches in disseminating crucial knowledge to the boxers.
“It’s a big step forward to BFT in our efforts to empower our coaches with knowledge, we will organise more such courses to ensure eventually we have a big number of Star-3 coaches in Tanzania, all participants were satisfied with the knowledge they gained from Martelli,” said Willilo who is also the Secretary-General of the Africa Boxing Confederation (AFBC) Zone 3 Region.
Willilo said plans are underway for BFT to organise another international coaching course towards the end of the year in Dar es Salaam.
