Net & Post Set

Jaques' GripStar Net & Posts feature metal posts with strong spring clamp and comes complete with net, suitable for normal sized tables. Among the multitude of games the Jaques family have invented over our 215 year history - to name but a few, Happy Families, Ludo, Tiddly Winks ...Jaques' GripStar Net & Posts feature metal posts with strong spring clamp and comes complete with net, suitable for normal sized tables. Among the multitude of games the Jaques family have invented over our 215 year history - to name but a few, Happy Families, Ludo, Tiddly Winks, Snakes and Ladders - it is perhaps Ping Pong that can be counted as our most successful.

Originally marketed by Jaques as 'Gossima', it attracted little attention from the public. However, John Jaques III saw the potential in the game, and rechristened it Ping Pong, after the noise the balls make during a game. His entrepreneurial instinct was correct: in 1902-03 the game of Ping Pong swept the country, and it soon developed into a fully fledged sport, with clubs and tournaments appearing all over the world.

Ping Pong, or Table Tennis as it is often called nowadays, is an Olympic sport played by over 300 million people worldwide. Jaques' GripStar Net & Posts feature metal posts with strong spring clamp and comes complete with net, suitable for normal sized tables.