Tom Herder This month chronicles and shows appreciation to the founders and past leaders of our Table Tennis Club, beginning about 2004 or 2005. It all began when Lewis “Lew” Farmer and Heinz Wilhelm had a single table set up in the Madera clubhouse ballroom. Farmer and Wilhelm attracted two other players early on, Jeff Morrison and…
Our fun and friendly Table Tennis Club meets to play doubles on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Anza facility from 1 to 3 p.m. This month features Jim DiMartino, a great guy, who at 88, is our “most experienced” player. Jim says he still calls the game ping pong, because that’s what they all called…
Is it ping pong or table tennis? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Some say the game was originally called Gnip Gnop. No matter what you want to call it, it is a fun and friendly game! We meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Anza facility in the…