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| Step up to the table. Here comes Ping! ~ London's street table tennis project. |
15 Jul, 2010
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This summer, 100 ping-pong tables will pop up across London's landmarks, squares, shopping centres, estates, offices and train stations ~ from Soho Square to Westfield Shopping Centre, Tate Britain to the British Library, St Pancras International to Heathrow's Terminal 3. Marked 'Stop and Play', the tables are up for four weeks for all to enjoy. Bats and balls are supplied: to join in the fun just borrow a bat from the side of the table!
Ping! has been created by Sing London, the participatory arts organisation that produced last year's Street Pianos Project with artist Luke Jerram. With its array of surprising locations and varied public events, Ping! makes participation irresistible.
Supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England's Innovation Fund, Ping! aims to get a million people playing more sport by 2012. Ping! is delivered in partnership with the English Table Tennis Association who will bring Ping! to four more cities over the next two years, returning to London for 2012. Further support comes from Yahoo! ~ a company who happens to love ping-pong.
Colette Hiller, Creative Director of Sing London, says ''Ping! is for everyone ~ those who love table tennis and those who didn@t know they did. A quick game of ping-pong en-route to work or over a lunchtime sandwich? What better way to put a smile on the face of Londoners!''
As well as free-play, each ping-pong table features a varied programme of master-classes, competitions and free to join activities.
3 Facts about Table Tennis:
~ Table Tennis is the second most popular participation sport in the world next to Soccer, with 300 million members worldwide.
~ Ping Pong began in Victorian England as an after-dinner amusement.
~ London hosted the first official world championship in 1926. In 1988, table tennis became an Olympic sport.
For further information please visit: www.pinglondon.com
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