Last week­end there was a train­ing course for lev­el 1 umpires in table ten­nis. It was dirt cheap, and only two hours long so I decid­ed to go for it. Out of the nine peo­ple who took the test, only three passed, includ­ing me. The test was open book, unlim­it­ed time, but the ques­tions were extreme­ly tricky. Since I passed, I can offi­ci­ate match­es for both club sanc­tioned tour­na­ments and provin­cial lev­el com­pe­ti­tions.