Belmar, NJ, bans beer pong

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Drinking game prohibited in N.J. town:-
BELMAR, N.J. | September 05, 2005 2:12:04 AM IST
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A New Jersey town has prohibited outdoor drinking games, ending a popular summer activity.

Twenty-eight-old-year Rob Failla says the Labor Day holiday would not be the same without his usual beer-pong tournament that drew dozens, the New York Times reported Sunday.

It was a social activity; something to do, Failla said. We were loud, sure, but it's summer -- a time to have fun.

Year-round Belmar, N.J., residents found the late-night noise and the litter associated with the game annoying and a nuisance.

In beer-pong teams on opposite sides of a table try to toss Ping-Pong balls into their opponents' cups of beer -- a successful toss means that the team holding the cup must drink the beer. The team whose cups are drunk first loses.

We want to change the frat image this town has, said Belmar Mayor Kenneth E. Pringle. We are more interested in people who want to come here and raise a family than we are people who want to come and raise hell for a week.