The only after-school club for boys at Nishiiya Junior High School is table tennis, so every boy is on the team. They practice four afternoons a week, but it's tough to compete with the bigger schools in the area for sheer lack of numbers. Still, I see them getting better every time I turn up to practice. It's nice that I can still give them a run for their money. :)

The current table tennis team, from left to right in the photo, is:

Mr Taketani, the coach
Yuu Onodera (2nd grade)
Yuuki Yamamoto (2nd grade)
Masaki Kayamoto - crouching (2nd grade)
Hiroki Mukumoto (2nd grade)
Daichi Iiba (1st grade)
Katsuhiko Kita - back (2nd grade)
Daisuke Hanaoka (1st grade)
Daisuke Tanimoto (1st grade)