31 March 2011 - Olympic Solidarity Scholarships for three African coaches

Olympic Solidarity Scholarships for three African coaches Lausanne – 31 March 2011   Three coaches from Africa are benefiting from the Olympic Solidarity (OS) coaches scholarship programme to enhance their knowledge and expertise in a sport science faculty.   Margaret TUMUSIIME (UGA) will be attending the Semmelweis University programme for a 2-month period in Budapest, Hungary. Thomas SODJINOU (BEN) and Amadou SOUMALIA (NIG) will be attending the CISél coaches programme in Lausanne, Switzerland for a 3-month period.   The main objective of this programme is to offer coaches, who are officially recognised as such and active in their respective sport, access to high-level further training, experience and knowledge, which they will then use for the of benefit their respective national federation.   World Archery is happy to see that more and more members of the archery family are benefiting from OS programmes for the development of our sport worldwide. We encourage our developing Member Associations to continue to apply for such programmes as much as possible.   World Archery Development Department