diff --git a/api/src/routes/course.ts b/api/src/routes/course.ts
index b1b3195..c6f0343 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/course.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/course.ts
@@ -67,19 +67,5 @@ eventRouter.post('/', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     }
 })
 
-// //insert a new latest rank for a user
-// ur.post('/', async (req, res) => {
-
-//     try {
-//         const change = req.body?.change;
-//         await insertMemberRank(change.member_id, change.rank_id, change.date);
-
-//         res.sendStatus(201);
-//     } catch (err) {
-//         console.error('Insert failed:', err);
-//         res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to update ranks' });
-//     }
-// });
-
 module.exports.courseRouter = courseRouter;
 module.exports.eventRouter = eventRouter;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/services/CourseSerivce.ts b/api/src/services/CourseSerivce.ts
index cff6c2a..43a1238 100644
--- a/api/src/services/CourseSerivce.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/CourseSerivce.ts
@@ -61,14 +61,15 @@ export async function getCourseEventDetails(id: number): Promise<CourseEventDeta
 }
 
 export async function insertCourseEvent(event: CourseEventDetails): Promise<number> {
+    console.log(event);
     const con = await pool.getConnection();
     try {
         await con.beginTransaction();
-        const res = await con.execute("INSERT INTO course_events (course_id, event_date, remarks) VALUES (?, ?, ?);", [event.course_id, event.event_date, event.remarks]);
+        const res = await con.query("INSERT INTO course_events (course_id, event_date, remarks) VALUES (?, ?, ?);", [event.course_id, event.event_date, event.remarks]);
         var eventID: number = res.insertId;
 
         for (const attendee of event.attendees) {
-            await con.execute(`INSERT INTO course_attendees (
+            await con.query(`INSERT INTO course_attendees (
                         attendee_id,
                         course_event_id,
                         attendee_role_id,
@@ -78,12 +79,12 @@ export async function insertCourseEvent(event: CourseEventDetails): Promise<numb
                         VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?);`, [attendee.attendee_id, eventID, attendee.attendee_role_id, attendee.passed, attendee.remarks]);
         }
         await con.commit();
-    } catch (error) {
-        await con.rollback();
-        throw error;
-    } finally {
         await con.release();
         return eventID;
+    } catch (error) {
+        await con.rollback();
+        await con.release();
+        throw error;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/trainingReport.ts b/ui/src/api/trainingReport.ts
index 7bf7432..1c93232 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/trainingReport.ts
+++ b/ui/src/api/trainingReport.ts
@@ -45,4 +45,21 @@ export async function getAllAttendeeRoles(): Promise<CourseAttendeeRole[]> {
         console.error("Something went wrong");
         throw new Error("Failed to load attendee roles");
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+export async function postTrainingReport(report: CourseEventDetails) {
+    const res = await fetch(`${addr}/courseEvent`, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(report),
+    });
+
+    if (!res.ok) {
+        const errorText = await res.text();
+        throw new Error(`Failed to post training report: ${res.status} ${errorText}`);
+    }
+
+    return res.json(); // expected to return the inserted report or new ID
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/trainingReport/trainingReportForm.vue b/ui/src/components/trainingReport/trainingReportForm.vue
index c5d202b..269ff10 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/trainingReport/trainingReportForm.vue
+++ b/ui/src/components/trainingReport/trainingReportForm.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { trainingReportSchema, courseEventAttendeeSchema } from '@shared/schemas/trainingReportSchema'
-import { Course, CourseAttendee, CourseAttendeeRole } from '@shared/types/course'
+import { Course, CourseAttendee, CourseAttendeeRole, CourseEventDetails } from '@shared/types/course'
 import { useForm, useFieldArray, FieldArray as VeeFieldArray, ErrorMessage, Field as VeeField } from 'vee-validate'
 import { toTypedSchema } from '@vee-validate/zod'
 import { onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
-import { getAllAttendeeRoles, getAllTrainings } from '@/api/trainingReport'
+import { getAllAttendeeRoles, getAllTrainings, postTrainingReport } from '@/api/trainingReport'
 import { getMembers, Member } from '@/api/member'
 import FieldGroup from '../ui/field/FieldGroup.vue'
 import Field from '../ui/field/Field.vue'
@@ -30,14 +30,27 @@ const { handleSubmit, resetForm, errors } = useForm({
 
 const submitForm = handleSubmit(onSubmit);
 
-function onSubmit(vals) {
-    // TODO: move this date conversion to a date library
-    const clean = {
-        ...vals,
-        event_date: new Date(vals.event_date).toISOString(),
-    }
+function toMySQLDateTime(date: Date): string {
+  return date
+    .toISOString()                 // 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
+    .slice(0, 23)                  // keep milliseconds → 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000
+    .replace("T", " ") + "000";    // becomes → 2025-11-19 00:00:00.000000
+}
 
-    console.log("SUBMITTED:", clean)
+
+function onSubmit(vals) {
+    try {
+        const clean: CourseEventDetails = {
+            ...vals,
+            event_date: toMySQLDateTime(new Date(vals.event_date)),
+        }
+
+        postTrainingReport(clean);
+        console.log("SUBMITTED:", clean)
+
+    } catch(err) {
+        console.log("There was an error submitting the training report", err);
+    }
 }
 
 const { remove, push, fields } = useFieldArray('attendees');