Burnaby North has been a table tennis powerhouse for 17 years, and teacher-coach Larry Seehagen says its high time they got new tables.
Burnaby North Secondary School's girls table tennis team are back-to-back B.C. champions – and their longtime coach thinks it's time for the school to get new tables.
The girls – Grade 12 Italian exchange student Sabrina Pastori, Grade 10 students Amy Qian, Melissa Shen and Louise Fan , and Grade 9 student Joanna Wan – claimed top spot over 33 other schools in a field of 210 athletes.Over the last 27 years, the school has won the boys or girls championships 16 times and has had players who've competed at the national and international level.
In some years, more than 100 students turn out for the school's table tennis team, according to Seehagen.
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