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Table tennis - Stirling
In the early 19th century, British army officers in India and
South Africa played a form of indoor tennis using cigar box lids as
paddles, rounded corks from 
wine bottles as balls, and a table with a row of books
serving as a net.
In the 1890s, alternate versions of the game emerged, including
flim-flam, pim-pam, pom-pom and whiff-whaff. Games manufacturer
John Jaques & Son introduced the game to the world in 1891
under the name gossima.
After a trip to the United States in 1900, Englishman James Gibb
returned with some lightweight hollow celluloid balls.
In 1901, John Jaques & Son renamed and trademarked the game
ping-pong, after the sound the ball made on the racquet and table.
They sold the trademarked name to Parker Brothers in the US.
When there was a revival of the game in the 1920s, table tennis
became the preferred name to avoid trademark disputes. The game is
governed by the International Table Tennis
Federation, founded in 1926.
Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988.
Download the rules of table
tennis.
The Stirling Centre has one table tennis court.
- On weekday evenings and weekends, members pay £7 per hour per
court; non-members £11.20 ;
- On Wednesdays, 9am-4pm, members pay £4.50 per hour per court;
non-members £9.70.
- Customers can hire table tennis bats for £1.30, with a £5
deposit which will be kept if the item is broken or lost.
Book online
now.
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