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Foil Coaching Education course conclude

DOHA, April 30, 2010: The Federation Internationale D’Escrime (FIE) organised Foil Coach Education Course concluded Friday at the Qatar Fencing Federation (QFF) training center in Al Sadd.

The 35-day course was conducted by the FIE experts with great experience of coach education.

Qatar was represented by Abdulaziz Al Amoudi, Ahmed Abdeayem and Fatima Marhoon in the 5 weeks teaching programme that consists of 30 hours per week and 150 hours over the 5 weeks.

At the end of the course and after a final examination an FIE coaching diploma was awarded to all participating delegates.

The ceremony was attended by FIE and QFF officials including, Ivan Pop, FIE Technical Director, Saleh Amer Al Hemaidi, QFF Secretary General, and Khalid Al Yazeedi, QFF Assistant Secretary General.

The total number of participants at each course was limited to 20.

The FIE experts for Doha foil coach education programme were:
1. Hugues Leseur - Professor of sports, former foil champion, former national foil coach in France, he created and established the famous French coaching school in Chatney Malabry.

2. Petru Kuki – Professor of sport, former foil champion and former national foil team coach in Romania and several times FIE expert for international coaching courses.