Table Tennis Tables in Dulwich Park

[Narnia]

There are no tables in Dulwich Park, Ray................honest.

[Magpie]

Yep I will happily play anyone - except Ray

[Brendan]

Rubber balls. If it?s windy you?re going to need rubber balls.

[BECKENHAM CENTRAL]

matthew123 Wrote:

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> By the fact they have installed Table Tennis

> tables outdoors and they have that Magazine (which

> goes straight into the recycle bin) just goes to

> show they have more money than they know what to

> do with from Council tax.

They cost between ?1000 and ?1500 installed (we looked into it for our local park). They are common place in Europe. ONe youngster who was involved in gangs got into table tennis and it turned his life around (he's now a champion table tennis player and helps other kids who were in a similar circumstance to him to take up the game). In a local youth centre near where I live there are indoor tables and they are often used.

So don't be such a grump! ;-)

[raymondouppernorwood]

I guess you are talking about Darren Blake from Croydon SydenhamC I have been following his progress

[raymondouppernorwood]

Hi Narnia and Magpie looks like you have looked at my love song posts. I still have my bat and balls

[MissM]

Brilliant idea - anything that encourages positive use of our open spaces has to be a good thing!

[red devil]

Whiff Whaff...

[MrsR]

Absolutely love them but they would have been better on the rubber play surface rather than the grass.

[Magpie]

Managed to find my old bats - now just need to wait for the wind to die down. Anyone up for round-the-table?

[HueyM]

shame on whoever decided that putting wood chip around the tables was a good idea!

according to the contractors doing it it was done "cos the grass was too hard to mow under the tables".

[boosboss]

Ping-Pong! That's table tennis!

[dubluke]

EDmummy Wrote:

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> Might need to have balls that a slightly weighted.

> Not sure how normal ones would cope with the wind.

> So, who in the council thought this was a good

> use of budget?

I think it's a great use of budget, ping pong is fun!