This is unique in Table Tennis, and feels in many ways like being at parkrun.īrighton Table Tennis Club players at a London Community Rankings competition. Things have been thought through to make this as flexible and inclusive as possible, and how brand new players to the sport play alongside professional senior international players on the next table. Recently I took ten players from Brighton to the Greenhouse Centre in Marylebone for the latest of these events. There is an online, easy to use form to enter, and if players turn up on the day then everyone is welcomed and put in the band that they ask to play in.

There is total flexibility from the organiser to accommodate everyone by putting up minimal barriers to entry. Absolutely everyone is welcome from senior internationals to six year old complete beginners. Over the last year London Ping has been running fully inclusive London Community Rankings tournaments that are Ping Pong’s equivalent of parkrun in many ways. Some clubs are already on this road and are leading the way.

When considering the next stages in the rapid development of Brighton Table Tennis Club, I have been reflecting on the parallels between the development of parkrun and the potential realisable for table tennis, with an emphasis on social cohesion and community as well as success in the game.

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