Table Tennis England is saddened to learn of the death of International Umpire Ken Green, who officiated at the 1977 World Championships in Birmingham.

Ken qualified as a national umpire in 1976 and as an ITTF international umpire in 1980.

As well as the home Worlds in Birmingham, he also umpired at the 1981 edition in Novi Sad, in what was then Yugoslavia.

He also umpired at the 1973 Commonwealth Championships in Cardiff and the 1979 edition in Edinburgh.

Ken was born in 1933 and played in the Warrington and Bolton Leagues in the North West before later moving to Peterborough, where he died last month after a short illness, aged 93.

A celebration of Ken’s life will be held on Thursday 26 November, at 1.15pm at St Botolph’s Church, Longthorpe, followed by committal at Peterborough Crematorium.

Donations in memory of Ken may be made to the British Heart Foundation – click here to make a donation.