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PongNow: Bowie and Melba Martin

PongNow: Bowie and Melba Martin

(by Steve Hopkins)

PongNow is an interview series talking table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. This week, we have Bowie and Melba Martin – who turned their love of table tennis (and a $60 investment) into one of the most important table tennis companies in North America. Bowie and Melba, the origin story of the Martin Kilpatrick Company and Butterfly in North America.

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