Ping pong fanatics outgrowing ‘nerdy’ stereotype
Catherine Cross, Centretown News
Ping pong players face off at the National Table Tennis Training Centre.Archive 1997-2016
One summer night in 2009, Michael Kirkpatrick and his pals were busy lugging ping pong tables onto the dance floor of the Capital Music Hall, a musty and now shuttered venue more suited to thumping tunes than thumping balls. Catherine Cross, Centretown NewsPing pong players face off at the National Table Tennis Training Centre.
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