This post is sponsored by The National Lottery.

The National Lottery is bringing all generations together this festive season, through the power of… Ping Pong!

Yep, a brilliant new short film sees young players from Greenhouse Sports meet their match when they take on a team of over 70s players from the Veterans English Table Tennis Society.

Geof Bax is the current Veterans Doubles World Champion. An 83-year-old Great-Grandfather from Watford, Geof said: “Making the film was great fun. I knew a few of the young people from tournaments we’ve played at. That’s the great thing about table tennis – it’s an intergenerational sport and it is the best sport for keeping your mind and body fit.”

His opponent was 15-year-old Nabilah from Greenhouse Sports, a National Lottery funded London-based charity committed to using sport to help young people living in the inner city to realise their full potential. She commented: “Greenhouse has helped me gain in confidence. In fact, if it wasn’t for Greenhouse Sports I wouldn’t have been able to put my name forward and get selected to be Head Girl at my school. Greenhouse Sports has helped me build on myself and make me a better person.”

Arabella Gilchrist, Head of Brand for The National Lottery, said: “The National Lottery creates millionaires every week but what a lot of people don’t know is that our players also raise a life-changing £34 million a week for amazing projects large and small all around the country. This includes over £37 million invested since 1994 in table tennis projects and facilities for elite players, grass roots groups and community clubs.

“Special thanks must go to National Lottery players for their life-changing vital contribution to supporting small and large projects across the nation. It’s their play that makes it possible.”

Find out more at lotterygoodcauses.org.uk!