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KUALA LUMPUR: The Tourism Ministry may soon fund badminton events.
Mailsport learnt several representatives from the ministry met with BA of Malaysia (BAM) general manager Kenny Goh yesterday to discuss how the Tourism Ministry can play an active role in hosting international tournaments.

Kenny confirmed meeting the officials but declined to reveal further details.

The ministry has been lambasted in the past for spending millions on sports events, including exhibition matches hosted in near-empty stadiums.

Tournaments, like the Malaysian Open and Thomas/ Uber Cups, enjoy good following as attested to in the number of spectators and wide coverage by local and foreign Press.

This comes as an additional boost as BAM are in the midst of signing a sponsorship deal with Maybank.
Meanwhile, BAM will start their Level 3 coaching course at the end of the year.

This could see the likes of seasoned coaches like Yap Kim Hock and even Misbun Sidek (pic) signing up for the course.

Misbun has until Thursday to decide if he wants to return to the national set-up after having quit BAM in December.

Misbun, Kim Hock and even foreign coaches such as national doubles coach Rexy Mainaky and singles coach Hendrawan do not possess formal qualifications in coaching.

Misbun was sent to the United States for a six-month coaching course more than a decade ago but failed to complete the programme.

Ironically, Misbun's thoughts were penned down by two representatives from a public varsity and translated into a module for their coaching course.

Among those who possess the Level 2 Sports Pacific coaching certificate are Rashid Sidek and Tey Seu Bock.

BAM secretary Ng Chin Chai confirmed there were efforts to produce a proper structure to ensure sufficient qualified coaches.

"You are right. Not all good players can become good coaches. It is always good to have proper qualification," admitted Chin Chai.

"Sadly, there is no proper coaching structure in the Badminton World Federation. We also don't have experts to conduct such courses. Hopefully, all this will be sorted out by the end of the year."

Wong Mew Choo, who just quit playing, has been offered a coaching position but is required to sit for the coaching course.

"We can then ensure that every coach is properly qualified to train our youngsters," he added.



MALAY MAIL
Haresh Deol
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

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