BASKETBALL (all levels) by MPPC 11am-1pm

The MPPC invites you every Saturday from 11am to 1pm to have friendly matches in Alvalade at Rainha Dona Leonor Highschool! Enjoy a few hours of conviviality with Lisbon's coolest expats and locals! All levels welcomed. 
We collect the 3€ donation at the school entrance and then you can choose if you want to stay at the Basketball event or go to several others (ping pong, volleyball and dance jams) within the 2 hours we are in. How much energy have you got?  
Do you have kids? Please bring them. We have a babysitter so that parents and single parents can have some fun while their kids are at the kids area. Please pass the word to friends you might be interested. Thanks! 
 To make sure you don't miss any information and to take part in the organisation of the event, join our WhatsApp group!
Basketball by MPPC https://chat.whatsapp.com/D1wNSMcudwPGNedgAxiTds 
 Please read, fill your name and sign on the link bellow the Physical Activities Liability Waiver Form beforehand of your first appearance on each of the events managed by the Club. This form will be valid for all upcoming events that you participate in.
(https://form.jotform.com/220262413143340) 
We can't wait to see you there!
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Meeting point: Highschool Rainha Dona Leonor. Entrance at secondary school door at Rua Silva e Albuquerque, 23, 1700-360 Lisboa
( https://goo.gl/maps/4EMPuURNtFscULak6) 
More instructions on how to get there: 
Are you coming by car? You can park outside. 
Are you coming by uber? Type " Boteco de Alvalade" and the school is in front of that restaurant. 
Are you coming by underground? Leave station “Roma” or “Alvalade” at green line. It´s a 5min walk. 
Are you coming by bus? Bus lines 767, 735, 736, 744, 783, 750, 727 leave you nearby.
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 Check the other events organized by the Monsanto Ping Pong Club on different WhatsApp groups!
Events on Saturday mornings in Alvalade 11am-1pm 
Ping Pong https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gc5Y5pzXEbP7BVTgHKoCXY 
Volleyball by MPPC https://chat.whatsapp.com/FvaCDphl3T32fAPcvi0mrM 
Dance Jams by MPPC https://chat.whatsapp.com/L5Aow20YCuFF4mkfJNmYJE 
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More about the Monsanto Ping Pong Club 
It all started during Covid, in August 2021, with a strong wish to be more active, social and outdoor. Back then, week days were no different than weekends and Covid just made it worse. So, when I finally pushed myself to take some deserved holidays after 4 years of mumpreneurship, my mentor Kam invited me to go play ping pong at Monsanto park and I immediately thought "why not open this to more people?" and start making my Saturdays look more like weekends and less like another work day. So we gave it the name "Monsanto Ping Pong Club" and opened it to everyone. Soon after and even with the strong and dry heat of 36º we were 10, 20, 30, 50 people playing and the 4 ping pong tables weren't enough anymore. Then the rain came and I spoke with the Head of Sports of my Highschool in Alvalade (Rainha Dona Leonor) and he convinced the Dean to have a meeting with me and Voilá! The school was opened for the first time to other people, besides their students. 
In the meantime, people started asking for more and we added a lot more activities: Volleyball, Basketball and Dance Jams. Each one in a separate school gym and always bearing in mind that we wanted this to be friendly, not competitive. 
People often ask me to play with them ping pong because they think that if I created this group I must be really good at it, but it was just an excuse remember?  My passion is dance! So, without being possible (for now) to use the school during the week, I have added one more fun event in a new location to kickstart your day with morning vibezzz  
I have kept the name of the group (Monsanto Ping Pong Club), despite having people mentioning that the group name does not make sense anymore since we don´t have just Ping Pong and we are not anymore in Monsanto, because it will always remind me of the initial vision I had for it. Inspiring people to be joyful and connected and for now this will keep being the common ground for every event we organize. 
We are now a group of nearly 20 co-organizers and I can´t wait to see more people joining the party. If you have a fun event in mind you would like to organize we can use our team to help you. 
We plan to keep having a lot of fun along the way, so join us. It's always better with friends. 
Inês Lebre