{"id":28329,"date":"2015-11-16T16:17:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=28329"},"modified":"2015-11-16T16:17:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:17:43","slug":"10-feet-tall-to-host-ping-pong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/16\/10-feet-tall-to-host-ping-pong\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Feet Tall to host ping pong event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the success of their weekly ping pong session due to its surprising popularity, <a href=\"http:\/\/10feettall.co.uk\/\">10 Feet Tall <\/a>has decided that they will continue to host the event.<\/p>\n<p>Called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/709099409219308\/\">Bring it Pong<\/a>, fans of the game will be able to unite over their love of the retro sport every Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28392\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ping-pong-1-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28392\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ping-pong-1-copy-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sportnottinghamshire\/\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28392\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ping-pong-1-copy-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sportnottinghamshire\/\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Challenge your friends to game of ping pong at 10 Feet Tall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The more competitive among us will even have the chance to compete in a tournament held every last Tuesday of the month.<\/p>\n<p>But in a world filled with technology, why is this classic game experiencing a revival?<\/p>\n<p>Rosa Bickerton, events manager at 10 Feet Tall muses, \u201cIt think the event appeals to people as it\u2019s something different for people to do rather than sitting in and watching the TV. It\u2019s a lot of fun and everyone secretly thinks they\u2019re good at table tennis!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28393\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ping-pong-2-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28393\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ping-pong-2-copy-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sexindirtywater\/\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28393\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/ping-pong-2-copy-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sexindirtywater\/\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Bring it Pong will be held every Tuesday night at 10 Feet Tall<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Feet Tall are bringing back a retro classic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":289,"featured_media":28392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1360,4938,4939,4940,4941,4942],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-28329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-10-feet-tall","tag-80s","tag-bring-it-pong","tag-ping-pong","tag-retro","tag-table-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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