Irish National Umpires

The Irish Umpires Association is pleased to announce that Terri McKeon & Brenda Munroe have qualified as National Umpire of Ireland.

Joe Hickey, the Chairperson of the Irish Table Tennis Association is with the newly qualified National Umpires.


Congratulation Terri, Brenda. Welcome aboard.

From your Colleague at Irish Table Tennis Umpires Association.

20^th October 2009.

ITTF has just published the September 09 list of Blue Badge Umpires. Only 3 umpires managed to get the blue badge status.

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12^th September 2009.

The Senior 6 Nations Table tennis Championships got off to an explosive start at DCU on Friday (2nd Oct 2009) night following an Opening Ceremony led by Dublin’s Lord Mayor Emer Costello. Ireland's men couldn't have asked for a tougher start, coming up first against one of the tournament favourites Wales.

International Referee Karen Tonge, MBE, took charge of the event, assisted by Tony Martin. The countries took part in the competetion are Wales, Scotland, England, Ireland, Isle of Man and Guernsey.

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12^th September 2009.

We wish you a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - 2010

Irish Table Tennis Umpires Association
Kiron, Joe, Tom, Terri, Vivienne, Brenda,
Con, Cecilia, Tommy and Ian.

AGM - I.T.T Umpires Association

AGM of the Irish Table Tennis Umpires Association (ITTUA) will be held on Wednesday, the 19th August 2009 at 7.30pm in Irish Wheelchair Assocition (IWA), Clontarf, Dublin 3.

Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting.

24^th June 2009.

Thank you Yokohama

Greetings from Ireland.
Thank you Japan for your hospitality and wonderful time in Yokohama.

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10^th May 2009.

ITTF Press Release - 30.04.09

Mr. Adham SHARARA is elected for next four years.
Germany host of 2012 World Championship.

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12^th May 2009.

Tom Mitchell is off to Germany.

Tom Mitchell, Irish International Umpire, has been selected for training as Racket Controller in Bremen, Germany. ITTA and ITTUA wish to extend gook luck to Tom and wish him success in Germany.

"Racket Controllers could be selected for duty at ITTF events anywhere in the world".

16^th Feb 2009.

ITTF Racket Control Directives

ITTF has issued very strong directives in regard to Racket Control with effect from 1st January 2009.

Directives are aimed at Manufacturers, Coaches, Players and Umpires. ITTF Racket Control policy is to check :

Presence of Volatile Compound (VOC) using E-nez,
Flatness of rubbers,
Colours of rubbers,
The maximum thickness of rubber and sponge is 4mm, not a cm over.
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10^th Dec 2008.

In recent Erke German Open, Berlin one of the top Romania's player Adrian Crisan was disqualified due to playing with a racket that did not conform with regulation. The thickness of the rubber and sponge were over the limit of 4mm. It was due to a misunderstanding. Please read the attached.

The mistake is due to handing over the faulty racket to the player who borrowed another racket from his colleague which passed the test. The player put both rackets in his bag. While playing, he played the match with the one that failed. This was discovered after the match.

The mistake could have been avoided if the racket retained by the 'racket testing team' and given it back to the player after the match.

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27^th Nov 2008.

Blue Badge Updated list :‹‹‹ (Apr 10, 2008 list)
(Curtesey of International Table Tennis Federation)

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.

read more: Blue Badge
see list: Blue Badge List

21^st July 2007.

Blue Badge:
(by courtesy of ITTF publishing date : 30.09.08)

A new batch 4 International Umpires gained the status of Blue Badge. Blue Badge is the Highest umpiring status awarded by the International Table Tennis Federation to those who excelled in their field of sport.

2^nd Oct 2008.

World Championship, Japan

Kiron is off to Japan.

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We wish you a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Irish Table Tennis Umpires Association
Kiron, Joe, Tom, Terri, Vivienne, Brenda,
Con, Cecilia, Tommy and Ian.

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Guinness Book of World Records

97 yrs 232 days old Dorothy De Low, playing Table Tennis, enters into the Guinness World Records. A record for Table Tennis, Our Sport, Sport for all Ages.

The oldest table tennis player is Dorothy de Low (Australia, born 5^th October 1910) who was 97 yr 232 days when she represented Australia at the XIV World Veterans Table Tennis Championships, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 25 May 2008.

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6^th Nov 2008.

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Would you believe it?

Playing Table Tennis in an International event for over 2 hours for a single point?

Yes – it is true – to be precise - 2 hrs 12 minutes for 1 point.

“Poland’s most celebrated player, Alex Ehrich. It was Ehrich who gained notoriety for his match in the Swaythling Cup at the World Championship in Prague in 1936 when the first point against Farkas Paneth lasted two hours twelve minutes, the ball crossing over the net some nine thousand times. Ehrich eventually won that match.”

Ref : ITTF Illustrated #57, 2005

6^th Nov 2008.

Irish Wheelchair International

We welcome Steve Welch, International Referee, to Ireland.

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16^th Mar 2007.

AGM - Leinster Umpires Association

Agm of the Leinster Umpires Association (LUA) will be held on Wednesday, the 13th August 08 at 7.30pm in IWA, Clontarf, Dublin. Following the Agm, LUA will no longer be in operation. At the same time, the inaugural meeting of the Irish Table Tennis Umpires Association (ITTUA) will be held. The new association will be set up independent of any provincial branches, but, directly under the auspices of Irish Table Tennis Association. The purpose of the association is to provide umpiring services to ITTA events in Ireland. Initially, the ITTUA will be formed by existing members of defunct LUA. It is, therefore, in the interest of the ITTUA that all existing members of LUA are present in this meeting. All members of LUA are urged to attend the Agm.

Members of public are invited to attend the meeting as well.

Secretary, Leinster Umpires Association.

6^th Jul 2008.

Junior British League:

Kiron Choudhury (IU) and Joe Finnegan (IU) were invited for umpiring during the Junior British League held in Wolverhampton, England on 12th & 13th February 2008.

Sincere thanks to Ken Eliot, Andrew Joyce, Mike Payne, Steve Welch (Referee) and others for their hospitality extended to Kiron and Joe over the weekend.
15^th Feb, 2008.

New - Coach - archived on 8^th Nov 07
Congratulation to:
Kiron Choudhury  has qualified as level 1 Coach from Irish Table Tennis Association.
30^th Dec, 2006

New - Umpire - - archived on 8^th Nov 07
Congratulation to:
Brenda Munroe,  our latest County Umpire of the Irish Table Tennis Association.
4^th Nov, 2006

Junior British League:

Kiron Choudhury (IU) and Joe Finnegan (IU) have been invited for umpiring for the forthcoming Junior British League being held in Wolverhampton, England on 10th & 11th February 2007.

The Leinster Umpires Association wish to thank Ken Eliot & Andrew Joyce, Organisers of the 2nd weekend of Junior British League on 10th & 11th Feb 2007 in Wolverhampton, England. The Association would like to thank Steve Welch (Referee), Mike Payne (Deputy Referee) and Andy Seward for their hospitality extended to Joe Finnegan and Kiron Choudhury over the weekend.
13^th Feb 2007.

14^th Portuguese Youth Open Championships: (archived on 1^st Jul 2007)

Ireland Vs Scotland (archived on 31^st May 2007)
The 2nd Round of the men's play off of European Qualifying match between Ireland and Scotland will be played in Ireland on 13th February 2007.

We welcome Andy Seward (Blue badge IU) & Margot Fraser (IU) to Ireland. They are representatives of the English Table Tennis Association officiating over the the match.

Result : Ireland = 1; Scotland = 3

19^th Oct 2006.
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Advanced Umpires Training: (archived on 12.12.06)

Congratulation to :(archived on 12.12.06)
Vivienne Barry, our latest National Umpire;

Tom Mitchell & Cecilia Armelin.
They are all National Umpires of the Irish Table Tennis Association.

6 Nations Veterans: (archived on 30th Oct 2006)

Agm 2006: (archived on 30th Oct 2006)

Irish Wheelchair: (archived on 30th Oct 2006)

Player profile of Kathleen is available at http://www.ipttc.org/players/women/kathleen_reynolds/

Webmster : kcsi
30^th Oct, 2006