By Bernhard Of The Pomona Table Tennis Group
POMONA State School hosted a tournament between Noosa District State High School and Burnside State High School from Nambour on Tuesday 6 December.
Heat wave conditions added sheen to enthusiastic faces as games were played off in seamlessly organized succession.
Pomona Table Tennis Group members volunteered their time as umpires set the brisk pace for the day’s play.
Lee Christie and Andrew Fearon, sports teachers from both schools, did a great job organizing their players for the big event.
Two primary school students from grades four and six filled out the team for Noosa DSHS bringing the count to 12 teams participating from Noosa and Burnside SHS.
Noosa High School took first, second and third places with Burnside fired up for the next challenge.
Good sportsmanship and humour among all players were in evidence throughout the day
Bernhard Trauer from the Pomona group advises that the plan is to establish separate table tennis leagues for secondary and primary school players.
Weekly coaching sessions then games would attract the sportiest of kids as well as strategists usually found the computer labs.
Chess like moves in table tennis exercise the brain as much as the body.
The school looks forward to supporting its young players from their schools and parents and plan to get the ball rolling and spinning in early 2017.
