http://www.nagasaki-np.co.jp/kiji/20120529/02.shtml translated by Brett Larner Corporate women's track and field teams Juhachi Ginko and Kagoshima Ginko of Kagoshima, Higo Ginko of Kumamoto and Toto of Fukuoka, began a joint training camp together in Shimahara, Nagasaki on May 21. Fifty athletes participated in the nine day, eight night program in and around the Shimahara Municipal Track and Field Grounds and Shimahara Fukko Arena. The joint training camp was the brainchild of Team Juhachi Ginko head coach Koji Takagi . Through the assistance of the parent Juhachi Ginko bank, Takagi was able to enlist the brand-new bank-sponsored Kagoshima Ginko and Higo Ginko teams, training together for the first time last July in Kuju, Oita. For the second joint camp this time they were invited to Shimahara, the site of Team Juhachi Ginko's regular training camps. Team Toto was a new addition. The athletes' training at the camp including shifti...
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