Graham Cooper, the EDP Umpire Consultant, visited Finland during the weekend 22-23 March to undertake an ACU&S Part 1 and Overseas Course for seven keen umpires. The long weekend started at 5pm on Friday and finished with the ACUS Part 1 exam on the Sunday afternoon.

The umpires worked extremely hard, asking searching questions and posing some interesting scenarios for Graham to deal with. Fertile imaginations were very much to the forefront and many valuable points were discussed by Graham and the umpires. The main thrust of the work was to teach those laws which are not covered in the ECC Introductory Course and to revise areas previously dealt with. There was also an attempt to discuss field techniques involved when dealing with players and the administering of the laws.

Five of the umpires sat their ACUS Part 1 exam on the Sunday, whilst the other two will undertake the Overseas exam within the next few weeks. We wish them all the best in their endeavours.