Meet Harry: World’s first qualified table tennis coach with Down’s syndrome

Harry Fairchild recently passed his Table Tennis England Level 1 Coaching Qualification to become the world’s first qualified table tennis coach with Down’s syndrome. The demanding three-month course included a practical assessment of delivering table tennis skills to a group of children. A scribe helped Harry with the written work.

For the past three years, Harry has worked as a professional Makaton teacher at St Luke’s Primary School, Brighton. Harry is also a talented actor, dancer and musician, however table tennis is his passion. He has been part of the Brighton Table Tennis Club (BTTC) coaching team for the past six months and has a fantastic relationship with all the young people he teaches in three local primary schools. Harry took his Level 1 Coaching Course at BTTC.

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