{"id":2029,"date":"2016-08-18T10:12:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T09:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2017-01-16T11:04:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T11:04:44","slug":"the-olympic-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Olympic Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Olympics is currently in full flow, and despite a few hiccups, such as the diving pool turning green, it has been a brilliant spectacle, and a hugely successful games for Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Here in the Floors of Stone office, we have really embraced Rio 2016.\u00a0 Sports that most of us wouldn\u2019t usually have much interest in are now on our TV screens every evening, and a constant subject of conversation the next day.<\/p>\n<p>One Olympic sport we\u2019ve been trying our hand at here at Floors of Stone is Table Tennis.\u00a0 Paul O\u2019Leary, our owner, loves the sport and purchased a table to keep here at Cotes Mill. \u00a0For a few of us, moving the table in to the showroom and playing after work has now become a regular thing.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/&text=The Olympic Spirit\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s fair to say that in the office, the ability is quite wide ranging.\u00a0 For some, this is the first time they\u2019ve ever played Table Tennis, and just getting the ball back is an achievement.\u00a0 For others however, they regularly played at school and when they were growing up, and it\u2019s just been a case of blowing out the cobwebs.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_2.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_2.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/&text=The Olympic Spirit\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_2.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>All of a sudden we\u2019ve become avid viewers of the Table Tennis at the Olympics, looking to see how the World\u2019s best play and to see if we can get any tips for when we try (and fail) to re-create the shots and rallies the next day.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_3.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_3.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/&text=The Olympic Spirit\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Table_tennis_3.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Since we\u2019ve started playing we\u2019ve definitely all improved, but Paul is a class above the rest of us and still unbeaten.\u00a0 We\u2019ll keep practising though, and maybe one day one of us will defeat him.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly than who\u2019s the best however, is that we all really enjoy playing and despite the Olympics ending on Sunday, the Table Tennis will certainly be continuing at Floors of Stone.<\/p>\n\n\t<ul id=\"socialbar\" class=\"x8\" style=\"margin-top:0px; float:left;\">\n\t\t<li class=\"tw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/&text=The Olympic Spirit\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"pi\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"gp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-olympic-spirit\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"li\"><a 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