Table Tennis
I belong to a table tennis club and have been playing the game for seven years. This summer we had a lot of games. The biggest game is Zennkokukou, a national tournament many universities participate in. It was held in Park Arena Komaki in Aichi, which was big and clean. My club has four female members, which is fewer than any other club, so it was difficult to win the games.
However, we got through the first heat. Next, we fought and won against Shimane. The team that we fought next was Okayama, a very strong team. We lost the game although we tried our best. We were frustrated and thought that we would practice harder and win the next game. Finally we won the third prize. We were very happy, yet next year I want to reach the finals! We must practice hard and recruit more female members.
Many English majors played together in the gym during summer vacation. We played tennis, basketball and table tennis all day long. I was happy to spend a good time and see everyone playing table tennis. Especially, Yu-san became good at table tennis because some guy who came to the gym to play table tennis taught him. It’s great to see everyone getting together and playing sports again!
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Comments (2)
Rudolf
wrote on October 16, 2005:
Hey—winning the third prize in a national contest isn’t that bad. Congratulations!
Now that the new term is just about to start, are you holding any events to attract new players to your club?
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Yasuki
wrote on October 16, 2005:
Thank you very much for your comment and congratulation!
To attract new players, I’m asking my friends to join the table tennis club, and we are going to advertise the club with a booth at the university festival in November. When freshmen get into the university in April, we will invite many people.
A table tennis magazine has published an article and a picture on the Zennkokukou tournament. I hope that a lot of people see it and enter this university and my club.
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