\usepackage {colortbl} \setlength{\extrarowheight}{2mm} \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline Sydney & OG4G &Thu Oct 10 &Mon Oct 21 or 28 &11 or 18 days &999\\ \rowcolor[gray]{0.5} & &Thu Oct 17 &Mon Oct 21 or 28 & 4 or 11 days &999\\ &OG7A &Sun Oct 13 &Mon Oct 21 or 28 & 8 or 15 days &999\\ \rowcolor[gray]{0.5} & &Sun Oct 20 &Mon Oct 28 & 8 days &999\\ \hline \end{tabular}