The newest sports association on the Island has made inroads into the Cayman sporting scene attracting up to a few dozen players on any given night of play at the George Hicks canteen on Tuesday and Thursdays as well as on Saturday mornings.

 

Players range from as young as 10 years old on up to the more ‘mature’ players; from beginners to the more seasoned competitors; attracting both male and female players. Table tennis truly is a sport with wide appeal to all ages, both genders and all levels or experience, with some just getting in the grove of the game and others really having an aerobic workout.

 

In addition to hot play at the George Hicks campus, First Baptist Christian School also saw the first After School Table Tennis Club take shape with students taking up the sport and increasing their skills on a weekly basis. 

 

With the students leading some of the warm ups, doing a variety of drills, watching some awe inspiring videos of international competition, and taking up their own racquets and competing on the boards amongst each other, they each showed tremendous progress over the course of the Fall term and are anxious to continue again in the new year.

 

CITTA President Peter Smith was able to visit the ‘Baptist Barracudas’ as they named their Table Tennis After School Club on their last week of play and was greatly impressed with the enthusiasm and progress in their new sport. He amazed the students with an incredible story about reflexes, a mosquito and a pair of scissors that had the students in awe!

 

 

The Association is now accepting memberships from anyone interested in learning the game or coming out after not having played for some time. “We want to make it a fun and exciting experience, so we invite everyone who ever even thought about taking up Table Tennis to come out to the George Hicks campus on any given Saturday in January to check out the game, pick up a racquet, (table and balls are also provided), from 10am until noon. To give it a try”