Table Tennis makes a comeback in New York City

From: The Weekly Gleaner | Date: May 5, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

TABLE TENNIS is not among the popular sports in the American sports arena and this follows suit for New York City. Against this background, meaningful and tremendous efforts have increased amid some table tennis lovers in New York City to stimulate interest in the community and expose the world's second most popular sports to all New Yorkers.

The Dynamic Table Tennis Community, is the organization based in Brooklyn, New York which is pooling all possible resources to create a demand for the sport.

The organization is targeting every New Yorker who is interested in table tennis, but will focus ...

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