On June 29, the 2024 "Big Hands Holding Small Hands, Healthy Movement" and "Fighting Putuo" Table Tennis Series Challenge and the 7th Fun Table Tennis Tournament in Putuo District were held in the gymnasium of Shanghai Wenda School. Bao Longgen, deputy director of the Veteran Cadres Bureau of the Municipal Party Committee and first-level inspector, and Li Hongzhen, member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee, director of the Organization Department and director of the District Customs Working Committee, attended the event.
Launching ceremony
The competition was jointly sponsored by the Shanghai Putuo District Working Committee for the Care of the Next Generation, the Veteran Cadres Bureau of the Shanghai Putuo District Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Shanghai Putuo District Sports Bureau, and the Shanghai Sports Association for the Elderly, and invited a total of 88 veteran cadres and young players from the member units of the "Reliable Time-honored Brand" community to participate in the competition.
Before the competition, the "big players" were eager to try, actively prepare for the competition, and expressed their desire to create good results in this year's competition. During the battle, the players were full of energy, heroic posture, dare to fight, serve, chip, confrontation, smash action skillful, full of momentum, the tenacious, hard-working, united, cooperative sportsmanship to the fullest. The superb ball skills and handsome killing posture made the game climax one after another, and the audience applauded continuously.
Athlete's demeanor
On the other side of the field, the "big hands, small hands" fun competition is also in full swing, and the retired veteran comrades and the students cooperate tacitly. Although there is a big difference in body shape and age between the players, the boundary between age and height has gradually blurred between the small table tennis players, leaving only the energetic posture on the court.
"Big hands" and "small hands" communicate and interact
On the basis of the continuation of previous years' projects, this year's competition has added table tennis carnival activities, and the organizers have set up an activity experience area such as "'table tennis' in the city", "chopsticks speed competition" and "table tennis bowling" on the spot, so that retired comrades and students can warm up and interact and relax in the pre-game game by knocking down bowling with table tennis serves, holding the ball with chopsticks and passing and receiving the ball with props, which has improved the viewing and participation of the game.
Table tennis carnival activities
"Hand in hand", this is not only a table tennis competition, but also a cross-generational exchange and cooperation, sports as the medium of table tennis as a bridge, connecting the older generation and the new generation of "building the Chinese dream together". The organizers said that the veteran cadres are the witnesses of the times and the builders of society, and they have written a brilliant chapter with wisdom and sweat. Young people are the future of the country and the hope of the nation, shouldering the important task of inheritance and development. Table tennis is like a bridge, which closely links the big and small hands together, and goes hand in hand to create brilliance.
Singles champion Tan Junhao
Doubles champions: Chen Guowei and Cao Yuliang
"Big Hands Holding Small Hands" Fun Pushing Tournament Champion Wu Yonggang He Haoxuan
Source: Shanghai Putuo