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At the grand finale of the table tennis event at the ongoing African Games<\/a> in Morocco’s capital Rabat, Peters was honoured by ATTF President Khaled El-Salhy.<\/p>\n

The 73-year-old, who was on duty at his seventh African Games, was described as a role model to upcoming umpires in Africa with his conduct and composure.<\/p>\n

“I want to commend Peters for his meritorious service to table tennis,” El-Salhy said.<\/p>\n

“For more than 40 years, Peters has been around table tennis and has contributed immensely to officiating in Nigeria and Africa.<\/p>\n

“Despite his age, he is still relevant in the scheme of things in Africa and I must commend him, and I hope other young umpire will take a cue from him.”<\/p>\n

Peters, the statistics graduate of Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, the University of Ibadan<\/a>, launched his foray into umpiring in 1973 as part of the technical team at the African Games in Lagos in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

“I could remember vividly that my first contact with table tennis was in 1958 when I saw my schoolmates using our teacher’s table to play the game,” Peters said.<\/p>\n

“I quickly fell in love with the sport.<\/p>\n

“Soon, I started beating everybody in my class.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, we never had any organised tournaments.”<\/p>\n

He added: “Even in the university I was still involved in the sport, having joined the then Nigeria Electric Power Authority (NEPA) as a member of staff.<\/p>\n

“My involvement in the sport at NEPA really helped me.<\/p>\n

“In 1972, the then President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, Dr Adegboyega Efunkoya, wanted to train a select group of people in umpiring and I was part of the team trained in administering the sport.<\/p>\n

After becoming a national umpire, Peters soon made the cut as one of the umpires for the 1973 African Games.<\/p>\n

“I made my international debut as an umpire in 1973 and have been officiating table tennis since then,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I must admit that table tennis has taken me around the whole world.<\/p>\n

“So for me, table tennis is life and that is why I cannot stop my romance with the sport.”<\/p>\n

Peters has officiated at a further six editions of the African Games \u2013 Nairobi 1987, Abuja 2003, Algiers 2007, Maputo 2011, Brazzaville 2015 and now Rabat 2019.<\/p>\n

Apart from his continental duties, Peters handled matches at the Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

The only male Nigerian blue badge umpire was also at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and is not quitting the sport any time soon.<\/p>\n

“Fortunately, there is no retirement age in umpiring,” Peters said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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