Teqball is a new sport. It can be played with the hands, feet or a racket, all on a table similar to ping-pong. For a week, representatives of the French federation crisscrossed Martinique to select teams to participate in a tournament on the Savannah on Saturday June 10. The winners will represent Martinique for the French championships.
Many young people who had a table tennis table tried to play on it with a soccer ball. It was through having fun that teqball was born.
Since then the table has evolved. In order to facilitate the exchanges and that the ball does not come back on the player and does not go in height, the table was curved on the ends.
In addition to playing with the feet, it is also possible to play with a volleyball or a beach tennis racket.
Disciplines are mixed, with no age category. The morphology of the table also allows people with disabilities to play.
A delegation from the National Teqball Federation, led by its president Jawad El Hajri, arrived in Martinique on Tuesday June 6, 2023.
A demonstration was organized as part of the teq tour
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The representatives organized tournaments in 7 towns (Fort-de-France, Saint-Joseph, le Diamant, Marin, Saint-Pierre, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Anne). The winners took part in a big tournament on the Savannah in Fort-de-France on Saturday June 10, 2023.
The objective of this tour is to familiarize people with this equipment and the concept. We are going to set up with the CTM a real project around the table. Beyond the sporting aspect, we wanted there to be a social aspect, that it be a vector of social cohesion, but also a vector of professional integration.
Jawad El Hajri, President of the National Teqball Federation
The short-term objective is to create a French teqball championship in 2024. At the end of the tournament, around twenty tables should remain in Martinique. They will be given to clubs or associations which will be responsible for promoting the discipline.
2023-06-11 07:39:31
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