Pinging through the Pong

BEP met up with Kriti Jain, the captain of the girls’ table tennis team, and talked to her about the team and its level of preparedness for BOSM 2008. Talking about the dwindling participation of girls due to their lackadaisical attitude towards sports, we were shocked to note that only three girls had turned up for the tryouts this time. Of them only a single first yearite had been selected to play in the team which takes the total number of members in the team to three. Disappointing as this is it also rules out the possibility of our team playing in any doubles event, something extremely unfortunate. While talking about the facilities provided, Kriti was satisfied with the coach and the tables provided at SAC although she admitted that racquets for the players were still awaited. We talked about the teams that are coming over and the toughest competition that we face. Last year our girls’ team won a silver medal in the event and Kriti confidently asserted that this year they would be aiming for nothing less than the gold. Her message to all BITSians was to turn up, watch the event and support them. Truly, we wish her and the team all the very best and are sure that they will certainly add to the medals tally!