Let’s play table tennis!
In the 2006-7 season, 25 teams competed in 3 divisions; in 2007-8, 28 teams started, but this became 27 after only a few weeks. Our club entered 2 additional teams and both Argyle and Formby Holy...
View ArticleWho said, “The more I practise, the luckier I get”?
Well, clearly it was a golfer! Most people credit this comment to Gary Player or Arnold Palmer, but Lee Trevino and Tom Watson also get mentioned as possible sources. It was supposedly in response to a...
View ArticleWhat do you think about illegal serving in matches?
Are you one of the “old school”, maybe brought up playing with a hard bat, or pimples out/no sponge? Do you serve by sweeping the ball straight off your hand? Or do you throw the ball backwards onto...
View ArticleWhat a racket!
A short quiz to start off with… Q. What can the blade of a table tennis bat be made from? Glass? Steel? Polystyrene? Ceramic? Reconstituted cardboard? Anything at all? A. None of these. At least not...
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