Only a couple of days after Lincs Cricket Latest flagged up the need to recruit more local umpires for next season, the ECB's Association of Cricket Officials has sent me details of a very praiseworthy campaign being run to get more people across the UK to take up the white coat.
It features Peter Willey, the former Northants and England all-rounder who played 26 Tests for his country, and has since umpired a similar number at the highest level. Pictured with him (right) is Simon Wilson, a club cricketer who has now joined the umpiring ranks.
"Club or country, stay in the game at every level," is the praiseworthy message being put across by the ECB in its recruitment campaign.
This poster will be appearing in some 5,000 cricket clubs across the land, with the aim of "converting" players to umpires, who can then be involved in "giving decisions instead of having to accept them!"
To find out more contact your local umpires' association, call the ECB on 020 7432 1240 or follow our helpful direct link to ECB OFFICIALS
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