Grab a bat for a supreme sport whatever your age

YOUR SERVE: Table tennis is ideal for older people

- BY CAMILLA FOSTER

YOUR SERVE: Table tennis is ideal for older people

If you've been to the cinema recently and watched Timothee Chalamet expertly firing a ping-pong ball across the screen in his Oscar-worthy performance as table-tennis hustler Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme, you might feel inspired to grab a bat and try the sport for yourself.

"With the release of Marty Supreme and the World Championships coming to London in April, it's a huge year for table tennis and is a great chance to shine a light on the sport," says Chris Brown, director of development at Table Tennis England.

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