Conor Higgins wins the 13th annual King Ping Pong tournament 2025

From: Davey Moor.
18 November 2025.

Conor Higgins wins the 13th annual King Ping Pong tournament 2025 for Out of Focus, Kilkenny in the RHA

King Ping Pong announces its 2025 inter-art-organisational table tennis tournament was won, in Royal Hibernian Academy, by Conor Higgins, who represented Out of Focus, Kilkenny.

Sixteen competitors battled it out at the tournament, which was held on 11th November, with Higgins defeating Jerome O Drisceoil (for Green On Red) in the nail-biting final in front of a highly energised crowd.

In addition to all the tournament excitement, a brand new krazy ping pong table by Liam O’Callaghan was unveiled.  This is the 11th table to be accessioned to the National Novelty Ping Pong Table Kollection since 2016.  Also enjoyed on the night was Elinor O’Donovan’s Got the Snip, from last year’s tournament & exhibition in Crawford Art Gallery, Cork.

More info: http://daveymoor.com/king-ping-pong/

Winners Roll
2025 – Conor Higgins for Out of Focus in RHA
2024 – Fergal Ganor for Enclave Review in Crawford Art Gallery
2023 – Liam O’Callaghan for Abbey Studios in Solomon Fine Art
2022 – Declan Power for Fingal Arts in Complex
2021 – Liam O’Callaghan for Abbey Studios in Complex
2020 – Covid :'(
2019 – Barry Lynch for DCC Arts Office in Pallas
2018 – Paraic Leahy for RHA Tony O’Malley Residency in Pallas
2017 – Jerome O Drisceoil for Green on Red in Kevin Kavangh
2016 – Will Curtis for Project Arts Centre in Kevin Kavangh
2015 – Peter Prendergast for Monster Truck in TBG&S
2014 – Nick Miller for Rubicon in TBG&S
2013 – Mark Durkan for Solstice in Monster Truck
2012 – Peter Prendergast for Monster Truck in Monster Truck

Image credit: Former champs Jerome O Drisceoil (Green On Red), Liam O’Callaghan (Abbey Studios), Barry Lynch (InFocus) & Pete Prendergast (Creative Place) w/ 2025 winner Conor Higgins (Out of Focus) [pic: Davey Moor]