ABOUT PING PONG

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small bats. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.

ABOUT PING PONG WORLD CUP

The World Table Tennis Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed doubles, are currently held in odd numbered years.

ABOUT THE EVENTS

Events played at the Ping Pong World Cup include Men’s individuals, Women’s individuals, Men’s team events, and also Women’s team events. The World Championship was held in Halmstad, Sweden in 2018.

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ABOUT GOLF

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

ABOUT AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB

Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is one of the most famous golf clubs in the world. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts on the site of the former Fruitland (later Fruitlands) Nursery, the course was designed by Jones and Alister MacKenzie and opened for play in January 1933.

ABOUT THE EVENTS

The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside of North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first major of the year, and unlike the others, it is held at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club, a private course in the southeastern United States, in the city of Augusta, Georgia.

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ABOUT GOLF

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

ABOUT ST. ANDREWS

The Old Course at St Andrews is considered the oldest golf course in the world, a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews club house sits adjacent to the first tee, although it is but one of many clubs (St Andrews Golf Club, New Golf Club, St Regulus Golf Club and St Rules Golf Club are the others) that have playing privileges on the course, along with the general public.

ABOUT THE EVENTS

St. Andrews is the oldest golf course in the world and holds many golf tournaments, as well as, many different golf clubs. The general public can witness the golf tournaments with a ticket and are said to be witnessing history in the making when on St. Andrews land.

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ABOUT FENCING

Modern Sport Fencing, also known as Olympic Fencing, originated in the late 19th century. It comprises the three disciplines of épée, foil and sabre, named after three different types of swords. Fencing has featured in all of the modern Olympic games and is a rapidly growing popular and enjoyable sport in Hong Kong and world-wide.

ABOUT EXCEL FENCING

Excel Fencing offers exclusive one-to-one or group instruction and coaching in Cantonese, English and Mandarin, as single sessions or packages. Our new premises offers state of the art advanced fencing equipment and competition studio. We open seven days a week until late in the evening to work within the available times of busy students and members.

ABOUT THE EVENTS

The épée is the heaviest sword weighing 770 grammes. The hand guard is a protective large circular shape bowl in front of the handle. To score points, the hits must use only the tip blade and may be made on the entire body of the opponent. The foil is lighter at a maximum weight of 500 grammes. The foil hand guard is a smaller circular shaped bowl. The target scoring area of the opponent includes the neck, torso and groin. Only touches with the tip of the blade will score.

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