WCACO Members Meeting – 9th May, 2024

There will be a Members Meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday, 9th May at Moseley Cricket Club, Streetsbrook Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3PE. Tea and coffee will be available upon arrival.

The main event will be a Q & A session with Women’s ICC Elite Panel Umpires Anna Harris (England), Suzanne Redfern MBE (England) and Kim Cotton (New Zealand), who have been appointed to the Women’s ODI between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston on Saturday, 11th May.

The meeting will be a great opportunity to pose probing questions about game preparation, big game pre-match routines, team work, and the career progression of three of the World’s leading officials.

WCACO Members Meeting – 27th March, 2024

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.

Upcoming Scoring Courses

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