Ping-Pong anyone?!

NatAless



Joined: 31/03/2009
Posts: 789

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 10:32

Does anyone know of a place where they have ping pong tables around Girne as myself and my partner like to have a game...thanks in advance!

Natx

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 11:25

the Sempati Hotel in Lapta have one

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 11:26

How about any facilities in the Famagusta region? I used to play in North London second league but that was a very long time ago.

ismet

semtcm


Joined: 13/01/2009
Posts: 249

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 11:47

5 fingers bungalows - ozanköy and oscars hotel.....

BushyTail


Joined: 10/05/2009
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 16:15

Acapulco and Oscar Resort...

NatAless



Joined: 31/03/2009
Posts: 789

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 16:45

Thanks! It's a shame some of the bars don't have them as you have to sometimes pay to use hotel facilities!

Natx

cornish



Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 186

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 17:40

Oh - you were looking for somehting for nothing. You should have said.

Magbs


Joined: 26/02/2009
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 23:39

"It's a shame some of the bars don't have them..."



Bars?! This is table tennis not snooker. Well, it depends on the styles of you and your opponent, but you need space to play.







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sporty


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 685

Message Posted:
11/05/2009 23:46

i'm treasurer of my local cricket club,it has a bar and yes "a table tennis table". The table is used far more than the dart board and the pool table,in fact it rarely is not in use!so it can work believe it or not.

lobylud


Joined: 14/10/2007
Posts: 242

Message Posted:
12/05/2009 19:18

Magbs, you must be popular in the middle east, being a long pimple merchant.

Magbs


Joined: 26/02/2009
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 08:55

Re, Lobylud



I am not a merchant or a seller. TT is my passion not business. Regarding the long pimples...well, as you get older you try to make time slow down

lobylud


Joined: 14/10/2007
Posts: 242

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 13:00

Hi Magbs,

I don't know if you are English but when I said you were a long pimple merchant I didn't mean you were selling the stuff.

In this context it means you are a user of long pimples on your backhand.

Saying you must be popular also means because you use long pimples you must frustrate many of your opponents and not really be popular with some of them.

English is a funny language, it doesn't always mean what's actually written or said.

By the way at 38 you should still be in your prime.

Somebody in a previous post said they play Table Tennis at one of the Universities in Nicosia.

Magbs


Joined: 26/02/2009
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 22:27

Hi Lobylud,



Now I see what's the added value of this forum Wow, I never thought one could attribute that meaning to "merchant", though English is not the only language (I am Israeli) that has same words with (context dependent) different or even opposite meaning. Btw I remember when I took courses in metallurgy the verb temper sometimes meant to harden (metal, glass) or to soften (cast iron)...

Magbs


Joined: 26/02/2009
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
13/05/2009 22:29

"you should still be in your prime".



Well I (hope) am in a good shape nevetherless about a year ago started giving long pimples serious consideration. Not hoping to win easy points but rather because I felt I could not play the young players style forever. And btw long, hard rallies are not less fun. Yep, the LP players are pretty popular among some players (I too used to say they ruin the excitement;) but at the advanced and even intermediate level, most do not not lose points by misjudging the spin. And also today, as the frictionless pimples are banned now, there are no rubbers with really frustrating effects.