Athletics: IAAF Level Two lecturers’ course-Seychellois Volcy meets grade three standard |13 March 2008
Seychellois coach and lecturer Joseph Volcy achieved the grade after participating in the
The course, originally scheduled for Nairobi, Kenya, before being shifted to South Africa, was officially opened by the chairperson of Athletics South Africa, Leonard Chuene.
Attended by 24 participants from countries like Mauritius, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Seychelles, the course was directed by Englishman Peter Thomson who was assisted by Mauritian Joel Séve and Algerian Thahar.
On the very first day of the course, which started at 8.30 a.m. and ended at 5.30 p.m., the participants sat for a written examination.
Speaking to Sports Nation, Volcy described the course as “very demanding and of a high standard”.
He added that all the lecturers were assessed on practical and theoretical presentations and they also had to answer 50 questions.
Given the results obtained by the lecturers, they received one of the four grades – grade one (not competent to lecture), grade two (competent to lecture in own country assisted by a senior lecturer), grade three (competent to lecture anywhere alone and with anyone, and grade four (course director).
An athletics coach for the past 21 years, Volcy made a name for himself by coaching some of the country’s top long and triple jumpers like Beryl Laramé, Linda Felix, Sharon Henry, François Vinda, Paul Lesperance, Antoine Barbé and Kevin Antat.
Employed by the National Sports Council as an athletics development officer, Volcy explained that his aim to lecture in as many courses possible and added that “I will also make it my duty to prepare one of two Seychellois coaches so that they too take up the challenge of becoming lecturers. This will surely be of great benefit for Seychelles’ athletics.
G. G.