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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Umpires => Topic started by: art on August 21, 2008, 12:34:52 AM

Title: Become an Umpire?
Post by: art on August 21, 2008, 12:34:52 AM

Well why not?

Tell us all why you won't become an umpire or for that matter why you will become an umpire.

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: SeagullTim on August 21, 2008, 01:04:30 AM

I only do square leg when asked for my club, hate having the pressure of the other team waiting on your decision.

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: Sambo on August 21, 2008, 07:17:04 AM

Im doing a course in early september. ive always wanted to umpire .also i need some money coz im not old enough to work.

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: Johnny on August 21, 2008, 12:04:10 PM

Well I much prefer playing, but I'm sure in 15 years time I'll still want to be involved in cricket matches on my Saturday afternoons, and umpiring may well be the way for me to do it

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: jandgcricket on August 21, 2008, 03:37:12 PM

Agreed, playing is my Cricket at the moment.  Agreed when I'm past it, I will start umpiring, it anoys me how many umpiries don't get to first class level, just because they havn't played.  I know what the point of it is, just fustrating for good umpires not getting rewarded.

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: stevie on August 23, 2008, 02:38:16 PM

After i'm finished playing it's something i would like to do.

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: JCWE on August 23, 2008, 04:51:48 PM

for club matches i umpire if im not batting it is fun

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: Sambo on September 05, 2008, 07:21:30 AM

well im an umpire now, passed my exam on thursday night

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: art on September 05, 2008, 07:41:17 AM

Well done sir. I hope you will go and do the Level 2 as soon as possible. (I think the Level numbers are changing but I would be the last to know lol).

And just another note, I hope you will find it as enjoyable as I have over the years.

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: Sambo on September 05, 2008, 10:09:18 PM

yeah im sure i will. i think i might have done the level 2 or an intro to level 2.

Title: Re: Become an Umpire?
Post by: art on September 05, 2008, 10:17:29 PM

Well Level 2 is or was given that there appears to be a new system now (as I said I would be the last to know) a pretty heafty type of examination consisted of a few hundred questions  and some practical stuff as well.

But given a few recent strange happenings here I think I will be plying my love of umpiring on some distant shores.