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China table tennis world cup final umpire from Guernsey

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Mr Foote qualified as an umpire in 2010 before taking his international umpire exam in 2013.

He was one of only four non-Chinese referees to officiate the tournament.

“It was fantastic. It was a really global end of season world cup event of 16 countries,” he said.

“This was a real honour, because normally you apply and you hope to be selected for a tournament but this one was a direct invite from the ITTF, saying ‘would you like to come to china?’

He added: “I was lucky enough to get selected to do the final along with two others.

“I had to lead them out and do the coin toss.

“That was a real privilege, to be able to say I’ve officiated a world cup final.”

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