Mark Kemp | The best table tennis tables

My name is Mark Kemp and I love table tennis. Anyone who knows me knows that Table Tennis has been a part of my life since I was about 6 years old and it’s been a few decades now!

I started playing table tennis when I was 6 years old, when my father bought a table tennis table for the summer cottage at the end of our garden. I played with family, friends and my passion grew from there.

From then on I was hooked and continued to play and beat everyone in my school. After school I joined a few county clubs in Reading, England called Our Lady of Peace and the Kingfisher Table Tennis Club.

Then I started playing 6 days a week every night and competitions on weekends. I came up through the Reading Table Tennis leagues and got to play Division 1 at 16 and then started playing for County Berkshire.

I started getting coaching from Jimmy Stokes Senior, his son Jimmy Stokes Jr was in the top 10 in England at the time. I went to a few table tennis training camps where I was coached by Alison Gordon who was a Commonwealth Table Tennis Champion in 1982 and Fiona Eliot, who became a ranking English table tennis champion in the 1990’s.

After that, Jimmy Stokes Senior invited me to play at the Center of Excellence and train the England table tennis team. Unfortunately, I was away at boarding school during this time and my parents thought it would be best to focus on my studies.

I’m starting to see the rise of table tennis both at home, in bars and at the club level, and it’s great to see people of all ages and walks of life enjoying the game.

So I thought by writing this blog I can share my knowledge, experience and understanding of the game. This blog gives you tips, tricks and general advice for the world of ping pong! I hope you enjoy my review of the best table tennis tables on the market today!

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