{"id":33955,"date":"2016-11-22T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T10:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=33955"},"modified":"2016-11-22T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T10:57:55","slug":"ping-pong-serves-up-a-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2016\/11\/22\/ping-pong-serves-up-a-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Ping Pong will serve up a storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand Prix is coming to Cardiff, but it\u2019s not all Ferraris and revved up engines \u2013 oh no \u2013 it\u2019s more table and er, tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Table tennis is fast-paced, is lively and is on the rise in Wales. The proof for this is very much in the pudding, as Cardiff is hosting a weekend long event in December as part of the UK Grand Prix series.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/tabletennisengland.co.uk\/tournament\/cardiff-satellite-grand-prix-2\/\">Satellite Grand Prix<\/a> lands in Cardiff on 17 and 18 December. It\u2019s one of the eight events on the Grand Prix circuit and is the <a href=\"https:\/\/tabletennisengland.co.uk\/play\/tournaments\/grand-prix\/\">only host city in Wales<\/a>. The event gives competitive players of all abilities the chance to face-off against similarly weighted opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is spread across two days and hosted by the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/sport.wales\/about-us\/sport-wales-national-centre\/about-us.aspx\">Sports Wales National Centre<\/a>. As well as the competition element players are also given the opportunity to referee, allowing them to brush up on the legalities of table tennis in an energetic environment.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Davies, the event organiser, has made the event highly inclusive for spectators too. He says that, \u201ceveryone is welcome free of charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 416px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/starsinaction.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-34064 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/starsinaction-416x312.jpg\" alt=\"starsinaction\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34064 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/starsinaction-416x312.jpg\" alt=\"starsinaction\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Athletes in action taking centre stage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The event is also fully supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffcitytabletennisclub.co.uk\/\">Cardiff City Table Tennis Club (CCTTC)<\/a>. Nathan Thomas, the club\u2019s head coach expressed excitement at the prospect of such a world-class event where both his colleagues and students will compete.<\/p>\n<p>These hopefuls currently train at the club\u2019s home in Cathays, but are hoping to relocate to a new venue at the beginning of next year. This expansion on Newport Road will more than double their pitch space to a 16 table venue, where they hope more of Cardiff\u2019s residents will be enticed to take up the sport.<\/p>\n<p>On site facilities also accommodate for wheelchair users and the club\u2019s coaching team have a plethora of experience teaching at the highest level of para-athletics, which given the Paralympic table tennis success is another point on the scoreboard for this club.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 416px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/rackets.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-34066 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/rackets-416x312.jpg\" alt=\"rackets\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34066 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/rackets-416x312.jpg\" alt=\"rackets\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Dust of those paddles and head indoors for some winter time fitness<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Satellite Grand Prix bounces in to Cardiff on its whistle stop tour of the UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":34063,"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":[5699,4940,4942,5700],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-33955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-grand-prix","tag-ping-pong","tag-table-tennis","tag-whiff-whaff"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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