If you are heading to Carfest 2014 in August be sure to visit the KETTLER Zone where Table-Tennis-Tables.co.uk will be showcasing our Smash 11, Sketch, & Urban tables. Staff will be encouraging festival revellers to pick up a paddle and play. After the festival, two tables will be auctioned off with the proceeds going to BBC Children In Need. Carfest has always been about supporting Children In Need, ever since it was dreamt up by Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans. Over the course of 3 days, in two separate sites, Carfest North & Carfest South offer festival goers a scintillating mix of delicious food, eclectic live music, and of course, a huge range of cars! In 2013 the festival helped raise £1.1 million for BBC Children In Need and this year they hope to top it. It’s for a great cause and we are glad to be part of it in some way through Table-Tennis-Tables.co.uk. If you do go, enjoy yourself! And please stop by the KETTLER Zone and tweet us some photos of your game on @KettlerGB.

KETTLER retailer Table-Tennis-Tables.co.uk had a busy weekend displaying at the Tunnel 2 Towers Run in London on Sunday 20th July. The UK’s foremost online table tennis table store had runners and supporters alike challenging each other on KETTLER Smash 11 outdoor table tennis tables. The Tunnel 2 Towers is an event that as been running in the UK from 2012. It was originally established in the America after the events of September 11th 2001. The event is in memory of Stephen Siller – a New York fire fighter who ran, in full equipment, through the traffic jammed Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Centre to help people caught up in the day’s catastrophe. The UK run covers Southwark Park, Bermondsey, through the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Wapping and finishes with a street party in Billingsgate Market under the towers of Canary Wharf in London’s Docklands. The table-tennis-tables.co.uk team have sent us this fantastic video that gives us a taste of a great day, and also showcases the weather proofing of the Smash 11, as fully kitted up Firemen face off on a table in a rather large paddling pool… Watch the video here.  

This year’s SOLEX exhibition will see Kettler unveil another exciting new garden gurniture collection for Summer 2015, alongside brand new additions to our landmark Casual Dining range. Visitors to the stand (505) will be the first to experience a new urban collection of contemporary garden furniture, featuring innovative materials, intelligent design and vibrant colours, all created to appeal to a younger audience. As part of this new range, we will reveal a bright, cheerful chair with a new solution to staying refreshed all summer long. The range also features a new furniture set that takes outdoor living to new heights with its stylish and fresh feel. In addition to a new colour extension to the popular Bretagne range, we are extending our Weave collection with the introduction of a new spin on dining which offers ultimate flexibility and comfort. We will also be expanding its hugely successful Casual Dining collection, reinforcing our position as the home of smart casual outdoor furniture that combines dining and relaxing. This innovative range has captured the imagination of retailers and consumers with record-breaking sales figures in 2014, as the market embraces this new concept in outdoor living. The range will benefit from the arrival of new weave products set to bring Casual Dining to a wider audience. Paul Bevington, our Managing Director, says: “We have some great innovative new products in our collection this year. We’re looking forward to unveiling them at SOLEX and with the successful launch of Casual Dining at last year’s show, we are confident the new additions will continue to excite the industry, as we lead the way for innovation.” To those attending SOLEX this July, we look forward to sharing some fantastic developments in our garden funiture range with you.

It might not feel like it yet but Summer is nearly here. As temperatures rise and evenings get lighter, it’s time make the most of the garden furniture with refreshing evening meals, family barbeques, and lazy Sunday brunches. So pull off the covers, wipe down the garden furniture, and celebrate the summer, with 5 simple recipes that we have hand-picked for a KETTLER Casual Dining experience: 1. Beetroot Salad w/ Walnuts & Goats Cheese (Waitrose) – quick and easy, this salad sits well by itself or as a side dish at any barbeque. 2. Strawberry Shortcake French Toast (Food Network) – sneak a little fruit into the childrens breakfast with this weekend treat. 3. Spicy Chicken Salad (Marks & Spencer) – you can’t have a set of summer recipes without a little spice and a classic chicken salads. 4. Smoked Salmon & Tomato Tartines (Good Housekeeping) – great as a starter or a snack. 5. Double Cherry Semifreddo (BBC Good Food) – a refreshing way to top off any meal (or a little slice of indulgence during an afternoon read).

Kettler launched a Garden Makeover Competition for 2012 working with award winning garden designer, Hannah Genders with a prize value of upto £15,000. The competition winner has now been announced and is: Mr Mark Wharton from Hertfordshire. Congratulations! Thank you to everyone who entered the competition.

Kettler (GB) Limited has announced plans to focus on a new range under the KETTLER brand name after over 15 years of marketing the royal garden brand of garden furniture and accessories. Paul Bevington, Managing Director of Kettler GB said: “With support from retailers and based on the quality of the product we have been very successful. We have plans in place to do even more in 2012 and beyond when the focus will be on the KETTLER name.” “All products manufactured by KETTLER will remain the same. And our external design and manufacturing partners will continue to work exclusively with us, so the trade can be assured of the same quality in terms of innovation, materials and production.” Many new products will be on show for the first time at SOLEX. Paul Bevington commented: “This year KETTLER celebrates 60 years in garden furniture and this move to sharpen our focus and identity gives us an exciting platform to do more to support the trade. “New and existing customers can expect is the same quality of product and also several new items and designs to be unveiled at the show – just under the KETTLER name.” In addition to the success the business enjoys in garden furniture, Kettler GB markets quality products covering home fitness equipment, bikes, wheeled toys, and table tennis tables – all under the KETTLER brand name. With the closure of a business in Germany that was part of the KETTLER ‘group’ the intellectual property rights for the royal garden brand have been sold. That brand name royal garden has been acquired by an unrelated Chinese company. Paul Bevington again: “If retailers want to enjoy the quality of product and the excellent customer service that we have supplied for many years, then the name to look for is KETTLER.”

Looking for the secret to the perfect body this year? Look no further than the all new Elyx cross trainer from fitness experts Kettler. The Elyx 7 is a state of the art elliptical cross trainer which not only increases your muscular endurance, cardio fitness and total body strength, it also looks great in any home with its sleek minimalist style. To help you get in shape, it has 68 training programmes, including fitness tests and benefits from the world’s most precise ergometer, which measures your performance accurately*. Keeping you entertained while you work out, there is also a high tech Siemens console with TFT display which means you can watch TV, films or even, when time pressed, view work documents. The built in media centre also means you can enjoy the music of your choice either through speakers or headphones. The Elyx also folds away, meaning you can get all you need from a workout from the comfort of your own home, and it doesn’t take up too much space. The cross trainers are easy on the joints due to the long and flat elliptical movement of the machine, and offer muscle toning, fat burning and a cardio workout in one place. The Elyx range has three models: Elyx 3: £899 (inc. VAT) and is fitted with HeartRateLight – an exclusive feature to Kettler which changes the colour of the display, depending on whether you are working in the optimal fitness zone. This enables a simple way to train within a specific heart rate. Elyx 5: £1,199 (inc. VAT) and is compatible with Kettler World Tours, which enables you to design and create your own course anywhere in the world and race against other users online! Elyx 5 is a precise ergometer which measures performance in Watts. This is ideal for the more serious user who is keen to monitor performance over time. Elyx 5 also folds away to save space. Elyx 7: £1,799 (inc VAT) – this is the top of the range and offers one of the most advanced training systems in the world. It is also compatible with Kettler World Tours software. Stockists and a video demonstrating the product can be viewed here.