Whether a master at the sport or a total newcomer, the pingpong club is searching for anyone interested in an entertaining after-school activity, according to the club organizers.

Founder of the club and junior Danny Goldstein said he is trying to reach out to as many people as possible.

“We want everybody and anybody to play, no matter of skill level,” Goldstein said. “It’s about enjoying pingpong rather than teaching how to play the sport.”

After assessing how many people wanted to join the club, Goldstein continued the process of getting necessary equipment to play, and said he recently acquired pingpong paddles.

Freshman Jack Lynch said he sees many students who may want to join the club, but are not able to due to other responsibilities.

“It’s a great opportunity to competitively bond with other students,” Lynch said. “But other activities and sports will make it difficult for most people to join and be able to go.”

Junior Shugri Bashir said when Goldstein asked her to join, she thought the club would work around people too busy to participate.

“The club shouldn’t and probably won’t target people already playing sports or in multiple activities,” Bashir said. “They should find people with fewer activities or obligations after school to join.”

According to Goldstein, if the club has enough members, it could possibly reach out to other schools in the Twin Cities with pingpong teams and compete against them.

Many schools in the Twin Cities have pingpong teams, and the Minnesota State High School Team Championship is the largest high school pingpong tournament in North America.

Schools in the Twin Cities including Academy of Holy Angels, Wayzata, and Eden Prairie all won this tournament in the past.

Goldstein said he aims to gain members through word of mouth, and he hopes people will realize how exciting pingpong is.

However, Junior Noah Gustilo said he had never heard of the pingpong club, and doubts it will be successful.

“It doesn’t sound enjoyable to me and I haven’t heard of it before,” Gustilo said. “I am not compelled to join it, obviously the word is not getting around.”

Goldstein said that he expects people to hesitate joining if they have never played, but wants to stress that skill is not important.

“You could have never picked up a paddle, it doesn’t matter. It’s more about having fun,” Goldstein said.

Pingpong club has no current plans to meet, waiting for the end of finals before setting up a time and date to play.