Newbury College hosted Camp Hopson's charity tennis day on Saturday 6 July where Jonathan Hopson, CEO of Camp Hopson played table tennis for 12 hours with various opponents who all paid to play for charity.
The event was held in order to support the West Berkshire Alzheimer Association and raised £300 for the organisation. Participants made a small donation to play against Jonathon with time slots ranging between 10 minutes to 12 hours. There was a range of abilities from beginners to advanced, including Berkshire Champions, Duncan Campbell and David Barr. Duncan Campbell is a former champion now retired and David Barr is currently ranked 3rd in the county.
Players had the chance to win £50 Camp Hopson vouchers one for the longest rally, and one for the longest length of play. Commenting on the 12 hour event Jonathan Hopson, CEO of Camp Hopson in Newbury said, "I was pleased to be able to play over 60 games of table tennis in 12 hours and the level of support from all those that took part was very encouraging. There was a wide variety of skill levels represented, ranging from some who had not picked up a table tennis bat for more than 30 years, to 2 former Berkshire table tennis champions. On behalf of the Camp Hopson charity committee, we would like to thank Joe Pegg and his team at Newbury College and everyone who took part on the day in helping to raise £300 for West Berkshire Alzheimers".
Joe Pegg, Sports Maker at Newbury College who helped organise the event said, "This was a fantastic event which was really well supported by community members. Jonathan did an outstanding job and was so motivated to complete this exhausting task. The event saw a constant flow of people joining in and playing as well as supporting the event and the charity".