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Post by swerveman on Sept 27, 2006 22:40:56 GMT
I always make a point of thanking the scorer(s). It's simple good manners, after all.
What training have you had, Richard?
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vincent
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Post by vincent on Sept 28, 2006 6:50:10 GMT
hello all new to this forum, only found it 2 days ago. I'm 1 of the guys wnewing mentioned it's true that it's difficult to have scorer qualification outside ACUS: the only thing provided by ECC is an exercise CD with no examination, so recognition of skill is somewhat bottled up by GBritain I took the correspondance course with ACUS but still have to formalize it by taking the exam (which means time and funds...) but otherwise I'm pretty much self-taught - being French, and started officiating as scorer in my club by default [as a tailender] because no one else would do it.
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Post by johnfgolding on Sept 28, 2006 15:32:32 GMT
I totally agree that it is good manners for the umpires and scorers to say thank you.
The training courses I have been on state very clearly that the Umpires and Scorers are a team.
Very often we have to check something during a match.
A good scorer really does help an umpire in the middle. I always say thankyou to my colleague AND the scorers.
Much more often than not the players say thank you as well.
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Post by Richard Grover on Sept 29, 2006 20:49:46 GMT
I always make a point of thanking the scorer(s). It's simple good manners, after all. What training have you had, Richard? To be honest i have never really had any trainining , when i was about 8 and my parents started taking me to county cricket matches i used to take a scorebook with me and try and score , few later when i joined secondary school i scored for the 1st X1 , then when i was 15 i decided to find a local club to score . And here i am 20 years old , with bout 8 years experience. I counted up i scored 31 matches this season , often Saturday and Sunday in a weekend
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Post by johnfgolding on Sept 30, 2006 6:36:50 GMT
Richard,
You ought to seriously consider getting some training. Apart from an age difference I am very much like you and never really played any cricket. The game has allways been the love of my life. One day I was asked to Umpire a "casual" match. Easy, or so I thought. This grew to umpiring in an evening friengly league and after a few years and many mistakes a local 6 a side final. THEN. My local village side needed an umpire for their league and asked. This is when I decided to start training.
What did I get out from it. Detailed knowledge of the laws, of course. Expeerience of other umpires - Field Craft A new set of friends. A lot of fun.
More importantly a step up in my capability.
If you have the chance go fo it.
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