BWitcher Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Do sponsors really matter as long as they put the cash in. Are people really daft enough to be influenced by the name in front of their favourite sports league. Did people really drink Carling because of Football or put all their money into Barclays? Anyway those who pay silly money to sky are idiots with no common sense. All the money saving sites point out the fact that you can get 50% off of your annual subscription. Sky are not the bad guys here. Some of the rubbish shown under the guise of Speedway was itself enough to make sky lose interest i rarely watched a meeting being broadcast to the finish as the racing was generally pathetic. Speedway had a chance to get into the big time again but those administering the sport and sadly some of the riders too were guilty of feathering their nests without a care in the world for the sport's fans Racing is and was not much different from that of years ago. Racing back in the early 90's was a HELL of a lot more strung out than it is now for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I've just dragged myself away from Sky Sports4 coverage of the The World Ping Pong Championships to see if there's been any update or announcement?! No, nothing! Still I can't recall any announcement about Ping Pong either - it just appeared in Sky's programme schedules!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirateandi Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Saw a trailer on sky sports last night for the coverage they are showing this year and every sport was on even netball but no speedway !! Any idea sky sports ffs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) I've just dragged myself away from Sky Sports4 coverage of the The World Ping Pong Championships to see if there's been any update or announcement?! No, nothing! Still I can't recall any announcement about Ping Pong either - it just appeared in Sky's programme schedules!! That's a bit derisory - to describe table tennis as ping pong. It is a really fast and spectacular sport at top level and players have to be very fit. However, I do think it is extremely wrong that dirt track motorcycle racing - sorry speedway - seems to have been left out. Table tennis by the way is a recognised Olympic sport. Edited January 6, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 That's a bit derisory - calling table to describe table tennis as ping pong. It is a really fast and spectacular sport at top level and players have to be very fit. However, I do think it is extremely wrong that dirt track motorcycle racing - sorry speedway - seems to have been left out. Table tennis by the way is a recognised Olympic sport. Are you for real and know anything. Ping Pong is a sport with standard rackets and entirely different from Table Tennis, and both hold their own Championships. Obviously humour is also not for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Are you for real and know anything. Ping Pong is a sport with standard rackets and entirely different from Table Tennis, and both hold their own Championships. Obviously humour is also not for you. Is it pick on Gustix week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) Are you for real and know anything. Ping Pong is a sport with standard rackets and entirely different from Table Tennis, and both hold their own Championships. Obviously humour is also not for you. Thank you for the information. It's nice to learn something new. In all the years I worked in sports journalism the premise by myself and others was that Ping Pong was a lesser comment for table tennis. In view of your profound comment can you explain this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Pong Is it pick on Gustix week? It probably is...much more than a week however. There are some who seize on virtually everything I comment on and delight in deriding any opinion I make. It's flattering (!!!) to see that I attract so much attention from a few people. When I did something similar a couple of months ago, one Mod banned me for several days and gave me two warning points! Edited January 6, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Are you for real and know anything. Ping Pong is a sport with standard rackets and entirely different from Table Tennis, and both hold their own Championships. Obviously humour is also not for you. Apart from the rackets, in what way is it 'entirely different'? Curious as there doesn't seem to be much information available... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 I cannot see a difference between table tennis and ping pong but will not dispute the opinion of Tsunami on this. Obviosly this Link has got it wrong? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Pong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 When I played Table Tennis for a Club - they were Table Tennis Bats - not rackets. However whenever I played a Match and couldn't go out with my Pals they used to take the mickey by saying - oh he's off to play Ping Pong. I always understood that this was a derogatory term for Table Tennis. I am open to being corrected if I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Ping pong is another minority sport picked up and promoted by Barry Hearn. I think they use standard bats and slightly larger balls. Remember reading somewhere it's about slowing the game slightly to have longer rallies Hearn promotes, puts the championship in Alexandra Palce the week after the darts, tinkers with the rules a bit & sells coverage to Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Ping pong is another minority sport picked up and promoted by Barry Hearn. I think they use standard bats and slightly larger balls. Remember reading somewhere it's about slowing the game slightly to have longer rallies Hearn promotes, puts the championship in Alexandra Palce the week after the darts, tinkers with the rules a bit & sells coverage to Sky. Thanks for this. We live and learn all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Thanks for this. We live and learn all the time. Yes - thank you - I did not know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 So it's basically table tennis with a slightly larger ball and a standardized bat, is that it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 I believe so. According to the website they use the traditional sandpaper bats. Found the info through Google but cant post a link from my iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Eye Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 What about Wiff Waff? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pedaler Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 http://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/world-championship-of-ping-pong-2014/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Using traditional sandpaper rackets, the World Championship of Ping Pong is a throwback to the early days of table tennis and aims to catapult ping pong into the big league and onto the international television stage. So I guess they will be on 2 valve uprights and wearing black leathers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 http://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/world-championship-of-ping-pong-2014/ This is another view on Ping Pong and table tennis. http://www.pingpong.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 This is another view on Ping Pong and table tennis. http://www.pingpong.com/ Cheers gustix - I've learn't something today. :approve: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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