International Umpires who gained the status of Blue Badge in June 08 and the list of those who lost their BB status are available now.

Hard work of 3 of Irish Umpires have been recognised by the Irish Table Tennis Association.

Results of 2008 International Umpires Examination.

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Bertie (Ireland) and Les (England) have done it again – wins Gold over 85s' in World Veteran Championship 2008 in Rio de Janeiro. Bertie also wins a Bronze over 85s' singles.

Colum won a Bronze over 40s' as well.

We are all very much proud of our heroes in Ireland.
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It’s that time of the year again to report back to you the activities of our association.

Group of International Table Tennis Umpires taking part in Luxembourg Open recently. A large number of Blue Badge(BB) umpires were in attendance. BB is the highest status of International Table Tennis Umpiring.
Some of these Blue Badge umpires are their for:

(a) Evaluation to retain their BB status,
(b) Candidates requiring more Evaluation(s), and
(c) White Badge umpires gaining valuable experience at international tournament.

All umpires ware the same type of lapel pin irrespective of their umpiring status.

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Some articles have been moved to Archive. If you are looking for old information please check in the Archive library.

On a separate note, another batch of 12 International Umpires have been awarded BB status at the end of March 2008. The latest additions are printed in Green. The total number of BB umpires are 165. The list is printed by country.

Racket testing programme to ensure that rackets are free from Volatile Compounds comes into effect from 1st Janualy 2008 for juniors.

"Based on a majority decision taken by the Board of Directors of the ITTF, Glues containing harmful volatile compounds are no longer approved by the ITTF effective immediately."