Officials News Articles
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Friends reunited as officials meet online
January 28, 2021The Technical Officials Committee (TOC) webinar this week brought together 94 umpires, referees and tournament organisers.
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Applications open for Birmingham 2022 umpires
January 22, 2021Table Tennis England has opened the process of Umpire Selection for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Technical Officials invited to join webinar
January 13, 2021Technical Officials have a chance to catch up with each other, hear updates and ask questions about the latest officiating developments at our webinar this month.
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Last few days to nominate your local heroes!
October 14, 2020Do you know someone who has risen to the challenges posed by the pandemic and carried on helping people to enjoy table tennis? If so, they could be our Lockdown Local Hero!
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Jill Parker: Join me in thanking our sport’s volunteers
October 7, 2020Table Tennis England President Jill Parker MBE has spoken of her gratitude to the volunteers who helped her throughout her career and is urging our members to honour volunteers by nominating them for a Pride of Table Tennis Award.
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More time to show Pride in our volunteers!
September 30, 2020We’re extending the nomination period for the Pride of Table Tennis Awards, giving clubs, leagues and other table tennis organisations longer to make sure they honour their unsung heroes.
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Make your Pride nominations official!
August 13, 2020Our sport couldn’t run without the army of officials who help to make events happen – and we are looking to honour these unsung heroes.
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My path to umpiring Olympic gold medal match
August 10, 2020Tom Purcell recalls his pathway to officiating at that gold medal match between Wang Hao and Zhang Jike, and describes how Table Tennis England’s umpire education programme aims to set more English officials on the same trajectory.
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Help us take Pride in our amazing volunteers!
July 9, 2020Do you know a local hero of the sport who could follow in the footsteps of our Volunteer of the Year Pat Johnson?
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Umpires Zoom through exams to stay on 2022 path
July 8, 2020Lockdown has not stopped a group of umpires working hard to gain their Level 2 qualification and stay on track to officiate at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Pride of Table Tennis Awards: Nominations now open!
July 1, 2020The time has come to recognise and honour volunteers for the outstanding and often unseen contributions they make to enable our great sport to flourish.
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Para ace Dan is giving plenty back to the sport
April 21, 2020When Dan Bullen talks about giving something back to the sport which has taken him from beginner to challenging for Paralympics selection, he is not doing things by halves.
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Umpires step into international ranks
April 8, 2020English umpires Jenny Sanders and Jo Outhwaite have joined the global ranks of officials after passing their International Umpire exams.
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Umpires can get on pathway to Birmingham!
February 12, 2020Our upcoming umpire training courses could get you on court at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham!
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Meet Will Bayley at Club Conference!
January 9, 2020Will Bayley will be meeting delegates at the South East Club and Volunteer Conference and talking about how clubs can help develop para players – book your place now!
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Conferences: Book now for Durham, plus SE venue confirmed
November 12, 2019There’s still time to book your place at the North East Conference – and the venue has been announced for the South East region.
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Umpire Josh steps up to top level
November 6, 2019Josh Reynolds has joined the ranks of the world’s best umpires, having had his Blue Badge status confirmed by the ITTF.
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Save the date for regional conferences
August 8, 2019Following the success of the National Conference in March 2019, Table Tennis England is delighted to announce the dates for the next round of Regional Conferences, with the first taking place in Birmingham in a little over 8 weeks’ time.
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Lyndon joins the elite of world umpiring
July 15, 2019Lyndon Griffiths has reached the highest level of umpiring, attaining his Blue Badge status from the ITTF.
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TT Memberships launch – what you need to know
June 26, 2019What our members need to know ahead of the launch next month of the new Table Tennis England membership platform – TT Memberships.
