Currently, 25% of the school is interested in joining a new Ping Pong League, and with organizers promising a “Huge prize” to the winner, signups will continue to mount.

The club was founded by four good friends, Hamish Riddell ‘26, Noah Moodey ‘26, Nate Wright ‘25, and Ryan Farr ‘25. The group has created a club that could become a Northwood tradition for years to come.

“I mean, who doesn’t love a bit of ping pong?” said Ridell. He shared the founders’ vision for this league: “So we plan to do a tournament style, as in we will have a round robin and then a set bracket. Once we get to the final four, we hope to host the finals at Donny’s [athletic trainer Andy Donatello] house.”

The combination of competition, fun, and community interaction gives this tournament the chance to turn into a schoolwide annual event in the future. “We would love for this tournament to turn into an annual event, we all feel that it would be such a cool way to bring everyone together year after year,” Riddell said.

Riddell’s desire to contribute to the community stems from his love of the game “I really enjoy ping-pong; I would consider it a passion of mine. I want to have the chance to pair that love for the sport with garnering experience as a founder of something. I just really couldn’t ask for a better opportunity to create my first organization.”

While this new club will certainly be a hit, a couple of logistical obstacles must be sorted out first. The faculty’s two main questions are: 1) Where will this take place? 2) How can you host a tournament with only 1 ping-pong table?

“It took a little time to decide where we would be hosting matches, but we decided it would be on the indoor turf,” Riddell said. “And in relation to the number of tables that we have… we don’t quite have that sorted yet, but we will figure out a strategy soon,” he added.

“So yeah, my final thoughts are just that I hope that this club will turn into a school-wide fun competition. Everyone here is competitive academically and athletically, so we as founders really feel that this can be an awesome talking point amongst the community,” Riddell continued.

If you haven’t decided to join yet, just join! The more people that participate the more fun it’ll be.