Table tennis, bending the rules, and why smug pedants have no business being referees or umpires
The Senior British League is in full swing again and this brought to mind a pre-covid article about the relationship between officials and players.
The Senior British League is in full swing again and this brought to mind a pre-covid article about the relationship between officials and players.
eBatt Table Tennis Club has numerous historical roots. London Progress, Harefield Academy, Greenhouse Sports and Barnet Table Tennis Club, to name but a few. Driven forward by highly successful player/ coach/ manager Eli Baraty, eBatt has quickly established itself as a key piece in the London table tennis jigsaw.
There are so many glittering aspects about the London Academy Table Tennis Club, not least its near unrivalled record in the National Schools Championships. But today it is all about the London Academy as host.
Welcome to the first edition of LONDON PING, a radical voice of table tennis in the Capital. Free from the usual staid, bureaucratic routines of the governing body, and free also from the unwritten constraints of the sponsors’ commercial interests.
Whatever grim situations arise throughout the ongoing pandemic, ping can be played in virtually any conditions and with any equipment.
The idea was simple: tournaments for people who don’t play tournaments.