THE sound of ball on bat reverberates around one house in Tarrington in particular, as Michael and Billy Fitzpatrick continually practice at the family table tennis set up as each prepares for their individual representative careers in the sport.

The father and son combination have both been selected to represent Victoria this year with Billy having competed at the national Under-11 titles held in Caloundra in July, while Michael will head to Darwin this week for the Table Tennis Australia National Veterans Championships, as part of Victoria’s Over 40s team.