Alex Holowczak

There will be a Members Meeting at 7:45pm on Wednesday, 27th March at Moseley Cricket Club, Streetsbrook Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3PE. Tea and coffee will be available upon arrival.

The meeting items will be:
– Distribution of updated ECB Playing Directives & ECB ACO Law 42 Guidance Flow Charts
– Update on ECB Umpires Progression Pathway
– Mentoring Update
– Ratification of Philip Vann as Members Representative replacing Mark Turner

The main event will be: 
– CPD Module – Player Safety – delivered by County Education Officer; Rob Evans.

As part of the above, we are awaiting a potential ECB update / directive relating to ‘ball striking helmets’ and we hope to be able to update members with likely changes / playing implications as appropriate.

There are 3 Scoring courses through March all to be held at Edgbaston. Further information and booking via the links below:

The PCS Pro course on the 9th March:
https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/bb20c6fe-ae2c-40fe-acf1-64e1b3ad3647?1Q,M3,bb20c6fe-ae2c-40fe-acf1-64e1b3ad3647=

The DLS course on the 17th March in the morning:
https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/d267d97d-e34e-469a-a589-628e5c1d0fdd?1Q,M3,d267d97d-e34e-469a-a589-628e5c1d0fdd=

The linear method of scoring on the 17th March in the afternoon:
https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/013695c2-abd7-450f-a29d-01f39f6dd03d?1Q,M3,013695c2-abd7-450f-a29d-01f39f6dd03d=

Also, if there are any scorers or budding scorers who want any further information/support on scoring, training & development and progression they can contact:
Chrissie Phillips, Warwickshire County Scoring Officer scorers@wcaco.org.uk
Carol Credgington, Joint West Midlands Regional Scoring Officer Carol.wmrso@gmail.com
Clair Eccleston, Joint West Midlands Regional Scoring Officer Shropshirecso@gmail.com

We have arranged a members meeting for Thursday, 7th December, commencing at 7.45pm in the Olton Room at West Warwickshire Sports Club, 78 Grange Rd, Solihull B91 1DA.

We have several speakers for you:

1. Our President, Keith Little, will regale you with umpiring stories covering his many years as a leading umpire in Warwickshire and beyond.

2. Ed McCabe, General Manager Warwickshire Cricket Board, will update us on recent developments and will introduce Tom Cunningham-Smith, who has recently joined the team at Edgbaston as County Safeguarding & Compliance Manager. Tom will outline his role and the support he can provide to us all.

3. David Johnson will tell us about the new ECB Umpire Course and will announce a range of Umpire training courses we shall be running in December and the New Year.

We have arranged to have access to the main bar at the Club and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.