Paddle Tennis

[Norfolknights]

Doea this incur an extra charge on the QM2 and how popular is it? Does the court need booking etc? I can see this being our main activity while aboard.

[Ray66]

No there is no charge and no you don't need to book.

[Norfolknights]

Thanks! What's popularity like?

[Chart Room Princess]

Thanks! What's popularity like?

I was just on the QM2 Cruise over the Fourth of July. It was pretty popular then. We got there around 10 am and no one was around. However we did have people waiting to take the court after about 20 minutes.

 

It seemed pretty popular in the afternoons and evenings with the teen crowd.

[tangoll]

On my Oct 2016 eastbound 7 day crossing, all days good weather, the sports staff organized two tournaments (announced in daily programme), with each tournament attracting about 20 players, organized by staff randomly into doubles teams, and playing a single elimination tournament. Winner and maybe runners up got some of the vouchers which could be turned in for trinkets near end of voyage.

 

Similar for my March/April 2017 QE and QM2 voyages around Asia.

 

Note that the rules of game as given by sports staff are pretty much made up by the staff, and differ from ship to ship, ie how many points per game, stepping into no man's land near the net, rotation of serves, first return cannot be volleyed, etc.

[irulas]

I want to play paddle tennis with a good racket and I don't know what is the best one:(

[Norfolknights]

I want to play paddle tennis with a good racket and I don't know what is the best one:(

 

The paddles are provided. They’re fine for what the game consists of.