PBC table tennis group (photo) are back from Scotland and the players have learnt much from their exposure both in the coaching sessions and competition.

Julian and Simon Sultana, Mark Ebejer, James Zammit, Gabriel Debattista, Gabriel Buhagiar certainly returned with valuable lessons learnt in the sport of international table tennis.

The team played an average five hours daily of table tennis over five days of coaching and competing against counterparts from Ayreshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Perth.

Coaching sessions were conducted by Lindsay Muir, Patrick Duffy, Ian Macpherson, Neil Doherthy and former director of coaching for England and Scotland table tennis David Fairholm.

Scotland’s top senior players Sean Doherty, Chris Main and U15 Scotland’s national players Jason Fleming ranked no.2, Jamie Arnott, Greg Robertson were a few of the prominent sparring partners throughout the tour.

Head coach Peter Borg Cardona commented: “Now is the time to expose our players to different styles and I am satisfied with their performance during our stay. The youngsters have talent and with the right preparation these players will continue to progress”.

The summer table tennis coaching sessions for all ages and level start this month, interested players may sms or call on 99424382 for details.