{"id":48644,"date":"2020-02-13T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=48644"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:32:00","slug":"table-tennis-team-championship-held-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/sport-health\/table-tennis-team-championship-held-in-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"Table tennis team championship held in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Competitors from across Wales gather in Cardiff to ranking points for bigger tournaments.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-500x281.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG35-500x281.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>People of different age groups are competing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The table tennis player across Wales have arrived in Cardiff to compete for ranking points that could help them get into higher level events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams came from all places around Wales will play with each other. It is very important for ranking points, and for selections for bigger tournaments. The winner will get \u00a3 500 as a reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Jenkins, the coach director said: \u201cIt is personal prevail, they come together as a team, so it is good for the town or city where they from, so obviously it is nice for them to get respect from their host town.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This competition runs every year, one before Christmas, one after Christmas, and there is no requirements for athletes, each team must have at least three players, and can mix male or female.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott\nJohnston, one contestant said: \u201cIt is good but challenging, with a lot of\ndifferent players from different ages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-500x281.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/WechatIMG37-500x281.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The competition is in full swing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Phill\nMead, one of the audience said: \u201cI enjoy it, it\nis really good, especially for the youngest. My son has also participated in\nthe competition and he played table tennis for 14 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\nis good to have competition at a young age, although there is older people in\nhere. I think it is good to put the youngest against the people who are\nconsidered to be better than them, it could be good for them in the long run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with most sports, table tennis provides excellent physical and mental stimulation, aerobics and social activities, but the overall risk of injury from table tennis is very low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lara\nWhitton, a 15-year-old female player said: \u201cI love it. I play lots of\ncompetitions in Wales, like five competitions a year, and then I play in\ndifferent places in Europe. Sometimes I train in Swansea, but here mostly, I do\ntraining in Europe as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can you participate in table tennis training in Cardiff?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>From the final in the fourth quarter of 1901, the table tennis team rose and expended rapidly in Cardiff.  If you have an interest in this sport, here are the clubs you can join in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competitors from across Wales gather in Cardiff for ranking points and get into higher level events to gain a reputation of their city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":460,"featured_media":48951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[700],"class_list":["post-48644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Table tennis team championship held in Cardiff - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Table tennis team championship held in Cardiff - 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