Berkshire Cricket Officials Association (BCOA)
Committed to the Development and Support of Umpires & Scorers in Berkshire

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For many of us the season has started and our appointment diaries are getting full. Please send us any stories, match reports, photographs that we could use on this website.

Our next meeting, will take place on 28th May 2012 at the County Sports and Social Club, Sonning Lane, Reading. RG4 6ST.

The 2012 Level 1 Supported Development programme held its first workshop on the  1st April at the County Sports and Social Club, Sonning Lane, Reading. RG4 6ST. The workshop was very well attended and had a full day dealing with preparation and planning. Full details of the workshops can be found on our training page,

Go to our gallery page to see photographs from our recent courses and workshops.

We held our AGM on Monday 23rd January, there were some officer changes a new constitution agreed and a membership fee introduced. Follow this link to read more.

There is a new page on this website allowing other ACO’s to advertise their courses. It can be reached from the training tab.

January’s edition of the ECB ACO newsletter contains a lot of information about the success of BCOA and its members. Follow this link to read your copy if you cannot wait for it to drop on your doorstep.

Roy Kinner and Mark Ennis are featured on pages 23 and 25 respectively. Page 10 features an article on the work put into the planning and filling of the two Umpire and one Scorer Level 1 courses.
The ECB were so impressed with what we had achieved that they asked us to publish our plan and they then presented it at a recent Regional Educations Committee Meeting at Lords. The plan is available for download on this link.

We are pleased to tell you that Avril Acres, known to many of you as our Administration Officer has just qualified as a Level 2 Scorer. Please follow this link for more information. Plus the other BCOA members who have gained awards in 2011.

The Association of Cricket Officials (ACO) supported by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the organisation that represents cricket officials in the recreational game.

Scorers and Umpires in Berkshire who officiate for their local clubs or those wishing to develop and progress on and through league panels can look to the Berkshire Cricket Officials Association (BCOA) for help and support. Details of our officers and constitution are available here.

Accessing the Berkshire Cricket League, the Thames Valley League and the Home Counties Premier League perhaps even to the Minor Counties game and beyond.  

The County Appointments Officer for Berkshire Cricket appoints approximately 400 umpires to ECB and County Competitions every year.  It is anticipated that the number of appointments for 2012 will be even greater.

Click here for details on how those appointments are made.

BCOA holds regular meetings on the fourth Monday of each month at Berkshire County Sports Club, Sonning Lane. These follow a fairly informal format of information, debate, workshops and a variety of guest speakers.  
There is opportunity to discuss all aspects of the game with your peers. Click here for more details.

Training courses for both Scorers and Umpires are available at Introductory, ECB level 1 and ECB Level 2
BCOA members are encouraged to join an independent panel or to simply hone their skills in matches for their local clubs. Please look at the details of our comprehensive list of courses.

We also operate a successful mentor programme to develop our officials and offer support and advice, please contact the BCOA Performance Officer for details.
 
To apply for and enquire about membership of BCOA, please email our Administration Officer.

The Peter Harris Memorial Trust offers an annual Scholarship for the training of one Umpire and one Scorer.
This comes under the auspices of the Berkshire Youth Foundation, which has asked BCOA to administer the scholarship and select suitable candidates.

Ideally, but not exclusively, the recipients would be under 18.  However, anyone applying should be willing to dedicate time during his/her first and second year of mentoring/assessment to youth cricket within the
County of Berkshire. Please apply in writing by email to chairman@berkscoa.co.uk

BCOA as an association is an affiliated member of Berkshire Cricket Ltd whose website can be used to follow the progress of our County Teams.