Berkshire Cricket Officials Association (BCOA)
Committed to the Development and Support
of Umpires & Scorers in Berkshire
Who’s the umpire?
As the County Appointments Officer for Berkshire Cricket, our Appointments Officer appoints approximately 400 umpires to ECB and County competitions every year. The number of appointments for 2011 is expected to be greater.
In the latter part of the 2010 season he has been involved in one of 4 pilot areas for an ECB ACO scheme that enables appointments to be made using a web-based system known as Who’s the Umpire.
The system allows the officials to enter and update their own details and any changes to their availability. Appointments will be allocated by him and communicated electronically to the officials via e-mail.
Once the appointment is accepted by the official the system automatically confirms this to him and simultaneously informs the clubs involved in the fixture as well as providing the official’s contact details.
The appointed official is also able to use the system to get directions and other useful information about the clubs, i.e. directions to the ground and even local weather reports!
Each team contact, (the manager, coach or administrator), will be able to access and update their data too. They will be responsible for entering their team information, fixtures, venues and other related details for which the appointments to be made depend.
All appointments and any necessary changes will be notified and confirmed by e-mail to the preferred address.
