Dennis Brown has expressed his dismay over the low turnout of coaches at a “Coaching for Success” panel run by West Ham United and Charlotte FC, held in conjunction with the Bermuda Triangle Cup last month.

Despite the event being free, only a handful attended the event held at the Clyde Best Centre of Excellence on July 27, much to the disappointment of Brown, president of tournament host Bermuda Sports International.

“I thought the tournament was a resounding success for what we want,” Brown told The Royal Gazette.

“The only disappointing part for me was that we had a coaching panel from the coaches from West Ham and Charlotte where they talked about their programme and took in a lot of questions. It was a free event and we had only four coaches. To me, that’s a big disappointment.

“As a coach you must always look to learn, you never stop learning in this game. I have been in this game for over 40 years and I am still learning.

“At the end of the day, we will continue doing what we are doing for the betterment of football in Bermuda; and it’s only going to be one winner, the players.

“It’s also good for the young referees as well, so it’s good for the players, officials as well as the coaches.”

The former Somerset Trojans and Bermuda defender reckons the benefits of the tournament have already borne fruit.

“You can definitely see the benefits of this tournament, especially when you look at the CFU Boys Under-14 Challenge Series that’s going on in Trinidad,” he added.

“[Bermuda Under-14] were actually playing against guys three, four years older than them and held their own in the tournament here. You can see the benefits of having the Triangle Cup prior to these boys going overseas to play internationally.

“I was very pleased with the type of football I saw in the tournament. It was some good football from all teams.

“I was very pleased and would like to thank the local teams, Somerset Trojans and the Bermuda Football Association for assisting us in so many ways. It’s a good benefit for the under-15, under-17 and under-20 teams. Although we had an under-20 team, most of those boys were 16 and 18.

“It was a very good tournament. I saw some good talent and one player, in particular, from that under-17 team who I feel needs to be knocking on the door for the national team is left back Logan Jimenez, who in my eyes is one of the best full backs to come through in a long time. This young man is good offensively and defensively, and has the type of passion to be a good defender.

“I also saw young Xahvi DeRoza and player of the tournament Riley Robinson. It’s so much talent in all teams; the under-15s, under-17s and under-20s.

“We have so much talent in those teams that we just need to make sure that now we push them in the right direction and keep exposing them to higher opposition.”

Brown is delighted to see the tournament continue to grow and has plans to enhance it moving forward.

“We are looking to expand next year again and already have interest from other teams to come in,” he said.

“Next year will be a strictly under-17 tournament, plus we are now looking to bring an under-19 academy team here to play against our under-20s and under-23s, so it’s all about the development of youth football in Bermuda.

“We are here to assist the BFA for the betterment of football in Bermuda. This is good, not just for the players, but also for our coaches.”