This was the first batch of the international coaching seminar conducted by four-time World Cup champion Paeng Nepomuceno (back row, third from the left), a USBC certified coach and USBC Ambassador.I am the only Filipino in this batch( back row, fourth from the left).
Among the 22 coaches, who were certified in both levels, were 7 Hong Kong national team coaches, 3 Hong Kong pro shop operators and 1 Hong Kong national team player; 1 national coach and 3 pro shop operators from Macao, China, 1 England-based Australian and 5 Philippine Kegel Asia/ Bowlmart coaches as well as 1 Filipino bowler.
The new certified coaches were:
Kent Li, Yuet Ming Leung, Daniel Lui, Vanessa Fung, Tilda Shum, Suet Yee Fung, Dorvian Yu, Frankie Cheung, Ivan lee, Carol Pang, Vicky Yeung, Hei Ieong Lok, Cookie Lee, Eurico Lam, David Craig, Jose Manuel Manchon, Lucy Cheng, Johnson Cheng, Yap Seok Kim, Cecilia Yap, Nichol Yap, and Miles Cabia.
"I think that the seminar went well even with encountering translation difficulties", Paeng reported. "Unfortunately, I don't speak Cantonese but one lady, Dorvian Yu, was gracious enough to act as my translator. She did a great job because her group passed with flying colors."
