The first "Ginkgo Lake Cup" Press Pik Ball Invitational was held in Nanjing, and journalists promoting emerging projects experienced it first
On September 16th, the first "Ginkgo Lake Cup" Press Pik Ball Invitational and China Tennis Association Pik Ball Promotion Event, supported by the China Tennis Association, hosted by Jiangsu Kaixuan Sports Development Co., Ltd., and hosted by Nanjing Ginkgo Lake Agricultural Tourism and Leisure Co., Ltd., was held in the picturesque Ginkgo Lake in Nanjing. The competition attracted nearly 20 journalists from news organizations to participate.
The quietly emerging sport of badminton in China originated in the 1960s, but it has become popular worldwide in recent years. It is on the doubles court of badminton, holding a rectangular large ping pong racket and playing hollow plastic tennis balls. Easy to get started, full of fun, not easy to get injured, suitable for exercise, suitable for all ages and genders, these are the outstanding characteristics of the sport of badminton.
The organizers of the event have specially invited coach Huang Kaiping from the International Pique Federation to provide basic skills and rules training for participants. After a brief training, the reporters were able to swing their hands and take action. After drawing lots to form teams, the players engaged in fierce competition, and the stalemate of the scores made each game full of suspense. Finally, after four rounds of competition, they were ranked.
Coach Huang Kaiping said in an interview, "In recent years, the sport of badminton has emerged in China and has gradually been promoted among the people. Today's competition has attracted the participation of numerous journalists from news organizations. After learning, everyone quickly mastered the skills of badminton, and the enthusiasm during the competition was also high, which surprised me very much. I hope this series of competitions can be held for a long time and allow more people to participate in the sport of badminton."
During the competition, the "Ginkgo Lake · Welcoming Happiness" Olympic cheer themed painting creation activity was held at Ginkgo Lake. Ten painters from the China Ink Painting Academy also participated in the pique ball training and had a friendly competition with friends from the news industry.
Zhang Minxia, representative of Jiangsu Kaixuan Sports Development Co., Ltd., the organizer, said in a post match interview, "In recent years, the atmosphere of mass sports in China has been increasingly high, and many high-level national fitness activities have been developed. Holding such a sports competition is a new attempt to promote mass sports and a new content to continuously promote the spirit of national fitness to the general public. In the future, we will continue to pay attention to sports, help the development of sports in China, and actively encourage the participation of the general public in sports."
Photo by Xinhua News Agency, Nanjing, September 16, 2023
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On September 16th, coach Huang Kaiping was explaining the essentials and competition rules of the sport of badminton.
On the same day, the "Ginkgo Lake Cup" press event and the China Tennis Association event to promote the sport of badminton were held in Nanjing, Jiangsu.
Photo by Yang Lei, Xinhua News Agency reporter
The initiator of this invitational tournament, Liang Jinxiong, has been working in journalism for many years. He said, "As a sport that is suitable for all ages and has a high level of fun, badminton has been loved by many sports enthusiasts. He hopes that the news invitational tournament and the China Tennis Association's badminton promotion event will continue to be held in the future, making the media's due contribution to the promotion of badminton and national fitness."