Last week, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram sent a video journalist to capture Texas Wesleyan's 11-time national championship table tennis team in action.
Using a GoPro camera and traditional video, journalist Steve Wilson (a former table tennis player himself) made a video of the team for the Star-Telegram Extra, the newspaper's tablet app.
Wilson told Texas Wesleyan that the video inspired the paper's managing editor to purchase a Ping-Pong table for the newsroom and hold their own office tournament.
Members of the Texas Wesleyan team were invited to the newsroom to congratulate the winners — and to demonstrate how championship table tennis skills differ from Ping-Pong.
Kudos to all the Star-Telegram employees who played in the tournament, and thank you for inviting Texas Wesleyan players to visit your offices.
Emil Santos, Anastatia Rybka, Coach Keith Evans, Caroline Kajihara, Steve Wilson (Star-Telegram), Jason Plog and Rick Press (Star-Telegram) gather in the newsroom conference area to talk table tennis technique.
Texas Wesleyan's table tennis team is on the hunt for their 12th consecutive national championship. If you missed the divisional tournament on Feb. 7 (which the team won), you can catch them again in the Sid Richardson Center gym Feb. 21-22 for the regional tournament.
The team competition begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21. Single player competition starts at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22.
Admission is free.
Winners of the Regional tournament will advance to Nationals in Eau Claire, Wis., April 10-12.