Ping! Bristol

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Ping! Bristol
Ping! Bristol legacy
Table tennis opportunities in Bristol
Who was involved with Ping! Bristol?
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Ping! Bristol

Summer 2012 saw 46 table tennis tables appear throughout Bristol as part of the national Ping! project.

Ping! Bristol legacy

Although Ping! Bristol has now finished, thanks to the Ping! legacy 14 new permanent concrete tables have been installed across our parks and 23 tables donated to the local community.

Here is a full list of all the table locations and an interactive map of where to find them:

View Ping! Bristol legacy tables in a larger map

Table tennis opportunities in Bristol

To help you play on, we’ve put together some information, so you can continue to play, whether it’s a friendly knock-about, a social game at night or joining your local club - it’s all here for you to enjoy.

Local community tables

There are a number of tables available for you to play on within the local community. These tables will be managed by partner organisations and take your own bats and balls along to play. The locations for the tables include:

Ashton Court Estate - (one static table)
Bristol and Bath Science Park - (one static table)
Bristol City Football Club - (two rollaway tables)
Cameron Centre, Lockleaze - (one static table)
City of Bristol College, Ashley Down Centre - (two static tables)
City of Bristol College, College Green Centre - (two static tables)
Clifton Village Shopping Centre - (one static table)
Colston Hall - (one rollaway table)
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex - (one static table)
Creative Common - (one static table)
Crest Nicholson Harbourside Development - (two static tables)
Horfield Common, The Ardagh - (one static table)
Knowle West Health Park - (one static table)
Pen Park Sports Ground, Southmead - (two static tables)
St Paul’s Community Sports Academy - (two rollaway tables)
The Canteen, Stokes Croft - (one rollaway table)

Leisure centres – pay and play

St Paul’s Community Sports Academy will host two turn up and play sessions where people are able to come along at any time during the session and join in with other ping pong players. The sessions are run on the following days:

Wednesdays 5pm to 7pm
Saturdays 1.30pm to 3.30pm

All sessions are pay and play and cost just £2.50 per adult and £1 per child. There is no need to book so just come along and register at reception.

Knock-about in the park

We have several permanent concrete ping pong tables in Bristol’s parks. All are free to use whenever the park is open - just bring along bats and balls. Visit our ‘ping pong in the parks’ page for details.

Social ping pong

There is a good social ping pong scene in Bristol and to find out more about what events are being run by the Kings of Ping and the Ping Pong Parlour, please visit www.facebook.com/KingsOfPing

Table tennis clubs

If you are interested in playing competitively, in a club atmosphere or getting coaching, why not visit the following websites:

For a list of other table tennis clubs visit the English Table Tennis Association website.

Who was involved with Ping! Bristol?

Ping! is created by Sing London, the participatory arts organisation whose citywide projects aim to lift the public's spirit and include London's Street Pianos Project and Talking Rubbish bins. Ping! Bristol was delivered in partnership with the council and the English Table Tennis Association.

Ping! is supported by National Lottery investment from Sport England, as part of its work to deliver a mass participation legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. For details about Sport England's mass participation legacy visit Sport England's website.