Bib No. 396 – KATE’S PROGRESS

Author : Graham Frankel
Year of Publication : 2021
Cover : Soft Laminated Cover
Pages : 374
Source : BH No.360
Publisher : Amazon
Printer : Great Britain
Comments : Graham Frankel , who did a good job on his ‘Ping’ of 2020, reaches out with his first fictional account of development of a young lady he has called Kate Beavis. The book describes Kate’s
development and the family issues and also the growth of the the fictional Shawton TTC. I agree with the front cover description of ‘an inspiring Table Tennis Story’. The intriguing story is well written and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The book does some futuristic estimates of how our game will progress into standardisation of racquets, no coaching between games, professional players, amongst others.   I wonder??
I remember the sadly missed Maurice Goldstein telling me in about 1980 ‘We should never have allowed the bloody sponge in the first place’. Things don’t always change for the better.