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Article: TATAP to 'reintroduce' table tennis to Filipinos.(Sports)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- August 7, 2005
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ENCOURAGED BY the huge turnout in the MVP Cup Badminton Classic featuring the best of Asia and Europe recently, Table Tennis Association of the Philippines president Victor Valbuena is setting up an initial national competition, which seeks to reintroduce the sport among the millions of Filipinos.
Dubbed the 1st National Table Tennis Corporate Cup, the tournament features the countrys top tables netters, who will pit talent and skills in the first-of-a-kind team event.
"What we are aiming is to reindroduce table tennis to people. Not known to many, table tennis is widely played in the province. In fact, there is a table tennis club actively campaigning ...