The governing body in the African country used money received from Olympic Solidarity - the International Olympic Committee's funding mechanism for National Olympic Committees around the world - to pay for the course.

It was run in partnership with the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and The Gambia Table Tennis Association (GTTA).

Twenty participants were involved in all, with the course taking place over 10 days in Kololi, a town close to capital city Banjul.

As well as education for the coaches, the event also included a training camp for some of the country's most promising young players.

The Gambia has competed at every edition of the Summer Olympics since the Los Angeles Games in 1984 but has never sent a representative in table tennis.

The country has produced Olympians in five sports - athletics, boxing, judo, swimming and wrestling - but has yet to win a medal of any colour.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August, The Gambia sent a team of four athletes.

In track and field, Adama Jammeh and Gina Bass competed in the men's and women's 200 metres respectively, with both sprinters coming fifth in their heats and failing to advance.

Swimmer Pap Jonga competed in the 50m freestyle with judoka Faye Njie contesting the men's under-73 kilogram division. 

Dodou "Capi" Joof, The Gambia Athletics Association President, was elected as President of the GNOC earlier this month.

He will serve a four-year term after replacing Momodou Dibba, who stepped down.