LAHORE, March 4: The 42nd National Table Tennis championship will be held in the provincial metropolis in last week of April

Lahore District Table Tennis Association (LDTTA) secretary Shahjehan Latif said Monday that 27 men’s teams and 20 ladies teams would take part in the contest.

Allied Bank (ABL) will defend both the men’s and women’s team titles. Besides the team events, the men’s singles, ladies’ singles, men’s doubles, ladies’ doubles and mixed doubles competitions would also be organised. The mixed doubles’ event was not organised last time.