Two Irish TT Umpires heading for Shanghai, China.

The Leinster Umpires Association is pleased to announce that Joe Finnegan and Kiron Choudhury have been selected for the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2007 in Shanghai, China from 2nd to 11th Oct 2007. Joe and Kiron are International Table Tennis Umpires. They will be acting as 'Match Officials' of the Table Tennis. Both of them were involved in training of umpires for 2003 Special Olympics Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland. Joe was appointed Head Umpire for the Special Olympics Summer Games 2003 in Dublin, while, Kiron server as the Assistant Head Umpire. It is an honour for the Association to represent Irish Table Tennis Association in the World Games. They are expected to leave for China towards the end of September 2007.

"The event will mark the first time the World Summer Games will be held in Asia, and only the second time they will be held outside the United States. In addition to over 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches, Special Olympics expects the 2007 World Summer Games to draw 40,000 volunteers, 3,500 event officials and thousands of families, spectators and journalists from every continent."