glennboltw Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Just to let you all know a fellow Bolton fan in Andrew Rushton today became a world champion in the hard bat table tennis world championship team event. He will play in the singles event at the Alley pally after the darts world championships. Quote
Spider Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Has his dad dyed his hair ginger? If so Booooo Quote
glennboltw Posted December 27, 2015 Author Posted December 27, 2015 I am not too sure, last time I saw his dad he was grey! Quote
Casino Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 ive had a read up theres real table tennis, the one the good uns play, and then theres hard bat compared to darts, i think its the one about 3 steps below bdo Quote
Underpants Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Hard bat. Is it the same shit Barry Hearn tried to make popular? Quote
land_and_sea Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 If there's hard bat then what about soft bat. Quote
Whites man Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Has his dad dyed his hair ginger? If so Booooo No, he's a naturally flaxen haired Anglo Saxon. Quote
glennboltw Posted December 28, 2015 Author Posted December 28, 2015 Andrew is actually from Walkden but played table tennis in the Bolton league as a youngster and always followed the super whites. There are two kinds of bats in table tennis a hard bat (the kind that has pimples on both sides of the blade) and a bat which has sponge under the rubber. The hard bat competition isn't as recognised as the regular world championships and won't be as hard to win (just like the BDO in darts) but its still some achievement to win it. Just to put it into perspective when Andrew was at the top of his game he was ranked about 5 in England with the regular bat. Quote
glennboltw Posted December 28, 2015 Author Posted December 28, 2015 Yes Barry Hearn did try to promote the game and I think he still is. Quote
jules_darby Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Well congratulations to him anyway Quote
deane koontz Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Is it not whiff-whaff? Fair play to the lad anyway. More of a sport than darts will ever be Quote
RoadRunnerFan Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Coyle sign him up, Coyle, Coyle sign him up! Quote
Farrelli Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Well done, would imagine this format is less reliant on funny spins from highly padded bats. On a similar theme, I wonder if there is a traditional brass darts world championship? Nearly impossible to get three of then in the treble. Or a tennis tournament using the old wooden rackets? Quote
gonzo Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Well done, would imagine this format is less reliant on funny spins from highly padded bats. On a similar theme, I wonder if there is a traditional brass darts world championship? Nearly impossible to get three of then in the treble. Or a tennis tournament using the old wooden rackets? They still play that real tennis bollocks where they whack it on to a little roof. Quote
e2e4 Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Yeah, and what's with that eton fives thing with the concrete moulds of steel handrails and steps forming the 'court' ? The farnworth version of that probably has moulds of upturned bins and a bonfire as the 'hazards' . Quote
Whites man Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 Yeah, and what's with that eton fives thing with the concrete moulds of steel handrails and steps forming the 'court' ? The farnworth version of that probably has moulds of upturned bins and a bonfire as the 'hazards' . Farnworth rules have replaced the bumming with petty theft. Quote
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