Rally support: Table tennis group keeps sufferers active

An inspiring group of table tennis players with Parkinson's disease are proving that the diagnosis does not have to mean the end of an active life.

- by James Connolly

Leeds ParkyPing!, which competes in the Chapel Allerton-based Community Table Tennis Club, is the first group of its kind in the UK - and members want to encourage others with the neurological condition to take up the sport.

Playing in custom-designed shirts to help raise awareness of their cause, the team competes in division three of the Leeds Summer League.

All members of the squad have Parkinson's, except one - the partner of a player with the condition - who plays for the team occasionally.