[Other Sport] Table tennis

[Super Steve Earle]

Table tennis is the most fun you can have with your clothes on. My mission is to get everyone on NSC playing regularly.

Even with your clothes on, you still need good quality rubbers

 

[Seagull58]

Wif-waf, allegedly.

 

[zefarelly]

Are there many clubs about ? ( I will google it)

biggest problerm is you need a fair amount of space . . . I need to rearrange the man cave just to set scalextric up on the table. But playing TT needs even more space . . . Ie moving lambrettas about and guitar amps n stuff

proper 1st world problems!

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Sounds great ! Let's get everyone on NSC playing on a regular basis. I can state quite categorically from personal experience that it really can be life changing.

Brighton TT club gets all the kudos for what it does in the community for the sport, but the Brighton League is still there, albeit only two divisions. It's trying to grow again and will welcome new entrants to the League and new teams as they attempt to move back up to 3 divisions again this winter season to spread the standard. If you have the premises and play regularly, why not enter as a club? You only need 3 players and a reserve or two to form a club and team and enter. Hollingbury club based at Bevendean Scool is the biggest club now and has practice on Sunday evenings from 7pm till 9pm for all comers for £5 a session.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Are there many clubs about ? ( I will google it)

biggest problerm is you need a fair amount of space . . . I need to rearrange the man cave just to set scalextric up on the table. But playing TT needs even more space . . . Ie moving lambrettas about and guitar amps n stuff

proper 1st world problems!

Just Hollingbury in Bevendean, Pavilion in Portslade and Woodingdean now. Used to be a table and a team from every big employer in Brighton and 14 divisions. Plus The other adjacent town League like Crawley, Horsham, Worthing.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Brighton Table Tennis League | TT Leagues

The Official Table Tennis England Website for Brighton Table Tennis League

brighton.ttleagues.com

 

[Binney on acid]

Brighton Table Tennis League | TT Leagues

The Official Table Tennis England Website for Brighton Table Tennis League

brighton.ttleagues.com

Brighton table tennis club is so accommodating. The club is so inclusive. The common denominator is the smiles on the faces of all of the participants, irrespective of their level of competence, and physical disabilities. I believe that the premises was even open for a while on the afternoon of Christmas Day, because the people that run the club were aware that some of their members would be alone at Christmas. I feel so proud to be a part of its success, just by attending regularly.

 

[METALMICKY]

Brighton TT club gets all the kudos for what it does in the community for the sport, but the Brighton League is still there, albeit only two divisions. It's trying to grow again and will welcome new entrants to the League and new teams as they attempt to move back up to 3 divisions again this winter season to spread the standard. If you have the premises and play regularly, why not enter as a club? You only need 3 players and a reserve or two to form a club and team and enter. Hollingbury club based at Bevendean Scool is the biggest club now and has practice on Sunday evenings from 7pm till 9pm for all comers for £5 a session.

Wow! I thought only two divisions in little old Eastbourne was poor but a city like Brighton.

Ask the man in the street to name a top English table tennis player now and they'd struggle terribly. When I was a kid most would know Desmond Douglas and going back a little further Chester Barnes or Johnny Leach.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Any ping pongers out there on NSC ? I'm retired and my spare time is structured around table tennis. It's fantastically beneficial physically, mentally and socially. I've found it to be incredibly therapeutic. I'd go as far as to say that it's been life changing for me. I hope I'm not the only one on NSC who's life has been enhanced by the fantastic sport.

Are you an old Chinese lady who wanted to humiliate me in front of my child in Kings Cross about 2 months back?
There are a couple of nice tables in the art school part of googletown there, and my son and i pop down there early on a weekend to have a low quality back and forth of pingpongery. The Chinese lady in question told me she was now retired and spends her main time there, playing allcomers. I resisted her gameswoman lure, and whilst we played for moments with her warming up her wrists, she started to stagger toward a junior dance troop practising their routine down a couple of mobile phones.

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

Any ping pongers out there on NSC ? I'm retired and my spare time is structured around table tennis. It's fantastically beneficial physically, mentally and socially. I've found it to be incredibly therapeutic. I'd go as far as to say that it's been life changing for me. I hope I'm not the only one on NSC who's life has been enhanced by the fantastic sport.

I still have my Desmond Douglas blades and Butterfly rubbers purchased from Swifts when I was 15/16 (1980/81!). The days before glue sniffing caught on!

 

[Binney on acid]

Table tennis isn't run buy oligarchs, isn't funded by Middle Eastern oil revenue, isn't played at a time that suits Asian betting syndicates, and doesn't rely upon constant ads promoting 'sensible' betting. Probably just as well ! That's why with a little effort, we can all go out and sample the benefits of this wonderful sport for ourselves.

 

[METALMICKY]

Even with your clothes on, you still need good quality rubbers

Tacky or pimples for her pleasure?

 

[withdeanwombat]

Anyone else remember when the Bath Arms pub had a table tennis table in the back room?
I used to play a lot when I was much younger, sadly arthritis in my right shoulder, and both knees , prevent me from participating now .

The Bath Arms ping pong!
Always the best place to start a Friday night out in the Lanes. I wasn’t any good at the game, but it was great fun - when you finally got your turn. The beer was well kept, too, so all good.

And thanks for the memory.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Wow! I thought only two divisions in little old Eastbourne was poor but a city like Brighton.

Ask the man in the street to name a top English table tennis player now and they'd struggle terribly. When I was a kid most would know Desmond Douglas and going back a little further Chester Barnes or Johnny Leach.

I can't name later than Matthew Saied. My dad renamed Chester Barnes for comedic effect. Chester Drawers.