As he is affectionally know in the Northern Mariania Islands, Coach Robbie – Badminton Ocenana’s Coaching & Development Manager, is on his fourth visit to Northern Marianas, working with 20 local players plus two from neighbouring Island Guam, facilitating the National Junior training camp. Assisting with this camp is current Oceania Men’s Singles Champion and participant in the upcoming Crowne Plaza Northern Marianas Open 2024 and Dove Saipan International 2024 tournaments, Edward Lau.
The players train twice a day from 9am-12pm and then again from 2pm-4pm. The sessions cover all aspects of badminton including physical, tactical and technical. Coach, Robbie Thackham believes the players have been working hard since his last visit saying “There’s been a big improvement in the players since the last training camp which was held in October 2023”.
Two of the participants, LIna Tsukagoshi (NMI) and Allan Zeng (GUM) are part of the Tier 2 Badminton Oceania development programme that will be training in Thailand at the end of 2024.
