Middlesex Cricket Board Association of Cricket Officials (MCBACO)

Application for Umpires Level 1 Training Course –October 2014 [L1]

Please complete electronically and email to:

Surname: / First name
Address
Post Code
E:Mail
Phone
Date of Birth( day/month/year)
ECB ACO number ,if a Member
Do you have currentcricket CRB/DBS ?
With which cricket club,if any,are you involved ?
What experience do youhave of cricket: e.g. player;coach; manager; umpire;scorer; follower; very little ?
In 2015 Season what cricket will you be involved in e.g umpire; umpire & player;player;coach;manager
If you plan to umpire in 2015:(A) will you be regularly available at weekends; (B) if so which day(s)—Sat or Sun? an( C) do you need help finding umpiring? / (A)
(B)
(C)

Indicate your order of preference for the following courses – please rankall. We will be oversubscribed for most courses but will try to assign you to your first or second choice.

Each course will run for 9 evenings in 2015 ( including the ECB ACO L1 exam). Do not express a preference for a Course that is impossible for you and think about getting to the venue for 7.15pm. If you show a preference for only one Course, you will reduce your chances of being chosen.

Venue / Start Date/ Evening / Preference ( 1,2,3,4)
Lords Cricket Ground / January 12 / Mondays
Ealing CC, W5 2HS / January 13 / Tuesdays
Finchley CC N3 2TA / January 14/ Wednesdays
Harrow CC, HA1 3PP / January 15/Thursdays

Further details of the Courses including costs, timing, work involved etc is included on page 2 below.

Receipt of your Application: will be acknowledged and further information sent to you on the structure of the course in December. These Courses rely on unpaid volunteer help, please read the information provided carefully and avoid significant e mail enquiries on points covered by them.

Course Materials:At the start of the Course, you will be provided with: (A) a Work Book ; (B) Tom Smith’s Book: Cricket Umpiring and Scoring; (C) The Blue Book containing the Laws of Cricket.

Course Cost:The estimated cost of the Course including materials is £ 85.

ECB ACO Membership: First year’s free membership of ECB ACO is no longer included as part of the Course cost but candidates are not required to become members in order to take the course or the Level 1 Exam. Benefits of membership , including insurance, a regular news letter and an annual conference, are described on the ECB ACO website see If you intend to umpire following the Course we recommend that you join ECB ACO at an annual cost of £ 20 ( for the first Year, increasing to £30 for the following Year). An Application Form will be sent to you at the time we send you details of the Course to which you have been assigned—if you want to join complete the Form and bring it with you to the first evening of the Course.

Cricket CRB/DBS: If you do not already have a cricket CRB/DBS you will need one in order to:(A) become an ECB ACO Member; (B) umpire in any Middlesex League match: (C) umpire most Club cricket. The Application Forms required to apply for DBS/CRB will be made available on the first evening of the Course and once completed a Checker required to sign off the Form, will visit your Course in order to do this.

Course Timings and Home Work required: The timing on the evening for each Course may vary but typically Courses will start between 7.00 and 7.15 p.m. and end by 9.30 p.m. Experience shows that Candidates need to spend about 3 hours per week going over the Laws covered by Course tutors that week and further time towards the end of the Course to revise adequately for the Exam.

If you have any other immediate questions please add your query here: