Derbyshire Cricket Foundation and its Association of Cricket Officials are launching a challenge to clubs across the county encouraging them to recruit as many of their players and members on the free online ECB Stage 1 Umpire course.
In 2020 ECB produced a free online version of the Stage 1 Umpiring course and this has seen over 5000 sign-ups nationally. With cricket approaching, we are setting a challenge to clubs to see who can get the most members signed up and through the course before the start of the season.
We see this as an opportunity to:
- Get players, parents, and volunteers engaged in the lead-up to the season.
- Support players who are expected to stand in games where there are no official umpires.
- Create a better understanding and respect for the role of the umpire.
- To create more interest in people considering umpiring as a pathway in the future
Clubs are encouraged to promote the course and get as many of their players and members signed up as possible.
To support the campaign prizes are going to awarded to the top performing clubs.
To get involved all you need to do is:
- Sign up for the course at https://booking.ecb.co.uk/c/express/e1cf9690-d1b6-4830-883e-6dd04f2aa137
- Ensure you select your club when prompted in the registration page.
- Complete the course once you have received access to the e-Learning portal (the course takes 3-4 hours to complete and can be done in small chunks)
- Encourage your team-mates and fellow club members to get involved too!!
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories :
- Clubs with a junior section – the club with the most members completing the course.
- Clubs without a Junior Section – the club with the most members completing the course.
- Club with the most female members completing the course.
- Club with the most people completing the course between ages 13 to 20.
We will look to publish updates in the various categories across our social media channels.
