Top Bermuda sprinter Tre Houston is set to relocate his career to Europe early in the new year to train with world-renowned coach Tony Lester.

Lester has worked with star quality UK athletes such as Olympic champions Denise Lewis and Marlon Devonish as well as Olympic silver medallist Roger Black during his decorated career.

He met up with Houston, 19, and his father in Bermuda to speak about the move last week during Lester's two-day workshop at the National Sport Centre pavilion at North Field.

Bermuda Track and Field Association (BTFA) president Donna Watson was introduced to Lester, a Great Britain relay coach, at the World Championships in Berlin last summer through ex-Bermuda triple jumper, Brian Wellman, where she discussed the possibility of Lester and Houston teaming up.

Watson believes that training and competing in Europe under the guidance of Lester will help Houston achieve his goal of reaching the 2012 London Olympics.

"As far as Tre goes he's definitely interested in going to Europe and working with Tony," Watson said. "We are possibly looking at him joining Tony in January but we just have some details to work out.

"Tony was pleased with what he saw of Tre and they both jelled very well together."

More than 50 coaches, athletes and teachers turned out for Lester's master class sessions which included presentations on training methods, preparation techniques and practical demonstrations.

Watson now hopes to extend the arrangement so Lester will return to the Island regularly and also plans to send local coaches overseas to gain experience.

"The workshop went great," said Watson.

"The first day saw Tony presenting to the group about preparation for events, training suggestions and tools.

"He finished off with a presentation and video of how he prepared Nicole Sanders (Britain's 400m runner), including the ups and downs of the World Championships where she eventually won a silver medal.

"The second day involved the athletes and coaches being taught drills on the track taking them through the different exercises.

"I was really impressed when I went to the BTFA half-marathon and 10K on Sunday morning and bumped into Victoria Fiddick who said to me that she wanted to run the 10K quickly because she didn't want to miss the second part of the workshop.

"Victoria is not even a track runner but said she enjoyed it and got a lot out of the workshop."