No match this weekend, so I'd recommend watching the World Ping Pong Championships on the telly (live on SKY) or at Ally Pally. Played with sandpaper bats, it made fantastic viewing last year.
2 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Sat Jan 25 2020, 11:34
karlypants
Nat Lofthouse
Natasha, have you ever thought about giving this sport a whirl? It may help to rid of your bingo wings!
4 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Sun Jan 26 2020, 08:56
Ten Bobsworth
Frank Worthington
Great atmosphere at the Ally Pally yesterday and nice to see the only female doing well again.
Chen Jie reached the semi-final last year losing eventually to the previous world champion, Wang Shibo.
Another of last year's semi-finalists, Chris Doran, is coached by six-times England table tennis champion, Denis Neale. About 50 years ago I remember Denis playing for Silcoms in the Bolton & District TT league.
Apparently Denis is best known for the song 'Its Dennis Neale' made at 4.00 a.m.in McDonalds.
Don't ask me how it goes but supporters of last year's champion, Andy Baggaley, have taken to singing his name Aaron Wilbraham style.
Looking forward to today's finals.
Chen Jie reached the semi-final last year losing eventually to the previous world champion, Wang Shibo.
Another of last year's semi-finalists, Chris Doran, is coached by six-times England table tennis champion, Denis Neale. About 50 years ago I remember Denis playing for Silcoms in the Bolton & District TT league.
Apparently Denis is best known for the song 'Its Dennis Neale' made at 4.00 a.m.in McDonalds.
Don't ask me how it goes but supporters of last year's champion, Andy Baggaley, have taken to singing his name Aaron Wilbraham style.
Looking forward to today's finals.
5 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Sun Jan 26 2020, 12:50
Norpig
Nat Lofthouse
Is ping pong the same as table tennis or are they now 2 separate sports?
7 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Sun Jan 26 2020, 13:20
Ten Bobsworth
Frank Worthington
Basically the same. Main difference is that players can't choose their own bats and have to play with standard issue bats with sandpaper covers.Norpig wrote:Is ping pong the same as table tennis or are they now 2 separate sports?
Sadly Chen Jie's got knocked out today. Next up is Gavin Rumgay a red-headed Scot who looks like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo.
8 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Sun Jan 26 2020, 14:21
Sluffy
Admin
Chester Barnes was the only table tennis player I was really ever aware of.
9 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Sun Jan 26 2020, 15:36
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
In passing, Chester Barnes became assistant to Martin Pipe, the racehorse trainer. Bit of a rebel in the table tennis world by all accounts.
10 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Sun Jan 26 2020, 15:46
Cajunboy
Frank Worthington
A gay icon to many young boys.
11 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Sun Jan 26 2020, 17:00
Ten Bobsworth
Frank Worthington
Not that I was much good but, back in the day, I played agains Chester Barnes and Denis Neale.Sluffy wrote:Chester Barnes was the only table tennis player I was really ever aware of.
It was just practice against Chester but in a match against Denis when he played for Silcoms. No idea how, Middlesborough lad, Denis wound up playing for a Farnworth engineering company.
Came across this when delving back.
https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1964-65/tt_issue187.pdf
Fantastic atmosphere and some brilliant matches coming up on SKY from 5.00 onwards.
12 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Mon Jan 27 2020, 09:28
Ten Bobsworth
Frank Worthington
Do you mean to say, Sluffy, that you are too young to have heard of Victor Barna, Johnny Leach, the Rowe twins or Ann Haydon who later, as Ann Jones, won Wimbledon and the French Open twice? Tha must be nobbut a lad.Sluffy wrote:Chester Barnes was the only table tennis player I was really ever aware of.
P.S. It's George 'Chester' Barnes birthday today. He's 73. The Chester comes from his Dad listening to Charlie Chester on the radio and deciding that he'd use Chester as a nickname and it stuck.
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13 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Mon Jan 27 2020, 09:30
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
Ping Pong isn't a sport. It's a parlour game.
14 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Mon Jan 27 2020, 15:30
Ten Bobsworth
Frank Worthington
How big's your parlour, Bonce? You'd need a big un to play ping pong like these lads and lassies. They all seemed to enjoy it and so did the spectators.boltonbonce wrote:Ping Pong isn't a sport. It's a parlour game.
Spending Saturdays watching fourth rate football players lose every week to third rate footballers aint all its cracked up to be either.
Pleased to see that Chester Barnes seems to be enjoying life to the full even if his beloved 'ammers got 'ammered on Saturday - well maybe not 'ammered but they'll not be going down Wembley Way this season.
15 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Mon Jan 27 2020, 17:03
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
I rather like those exhibition table tennis games. Some of the shots are unbelievable.
16 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Tue Jan 28 2020, 10:43
Ten Bobsworth
Frank Worthington
Chester was a master of the exhibition stuff. Yesterday there was a picture on his Twitter page, @ChesterPingPong, of him doing a through-the-legs shot with a frying pan.boltonbonce wrote:I rather like those exhibition table tennis games. Some of the shots are unbelievable.
17 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Tue Jan 28 2020, 10:50
boltonbonce
Nat Lofthouse
Table tennis with frying pans! Now that's something I'd pay to see.
Snooker with walking sticks I wouldn't mind either.
I'd rather like to see an exhibition football match, where a typical ball from the 1950's is used, with the players also wearing boots and kit from the period.
Snooker with walking sticks I wouldn't mind either.
I'd rather like to see an exhibition football match, where a typical ball from the 1950's is used, with the players also wearing boots and kit from the period.
18 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Tue Jan 28 2020, 11:01
Ten Bobsworth
Frank Worthington
You'll find the shot here:boltonbonce wrote:Table tennis with frying pans! Now that's something I'd pay to see.
Snooker with walking sticks I wouldn't mind either.
I'd rather like to see an exhibition football match, where a typical ball from the 1950's is used, with the players also wearing boots and kit from the period.
https://twitter.com/ChesterPingPong
Just a photo mind you. Can't seem to find any videos.
Interesting collection of photos on Chesters Twitter page.
19 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Wed Jan 29 2020, 10:29
Ten Bobsworth
Frank Worthington
Chester's thrown out a challenge to 'name this footballer' on his twitter page today.
https://twitter.com/ChesterPingPong.
Any offers. I'm fairly sure I've figured out who it is.
https://twitter.com/ChesterPingPong.
Any offers. I'm fairly sure I've figured out who it is.
20 Re: World Ping Pong Championships Wed Jan 29 2020, 11:46
Sluffy
Admin
Ten Bobsworth wrote:Chester's thrown out a challenge to 'name this footballer' on his twitter page today.
https://twitter.com/ChesterPingPong.
Any offers. I'm fairly sure I've figured out who it is.
I would reason that his initials are LS.
I think you have probably come to the same conclusion too.
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