{"id":3734,"date":"2024-02-15T16:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/the-foundation\/?page_id=3734"},"modified":"2026-05-15T19:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:40:32","slug":"umpiring-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/umpiring-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Umpiring Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"section section--padding-md section--media-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid align-center grid--media-right\">\n                                            \t\t\t<picture class=\"col-md-6 image order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC09452-610x340.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t    srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\n\t\t\t\t    data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC09452-610x340.jpg 610w 340h, https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC09452-1220x680.jpg 1220w 680h\" \n\t\t\t\t    data-sizes=\"auto\"  class=\"lazyload\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>                            \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 order-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Umpiring is essential to ensure cricket is played fairly and safely. That\u2019s why we offer a variety of courses and support through associations for anyone who wants to get involved.<\/h3>\n<p>The ECB Association of Cricket Officials (ACO) represents scorers and umpires, managing their recruitment, training, and development on behalf of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Warwickshire Cricket Foundation works closely with the Warwickshire ACO to support officials locally. Visit their website by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/wcaco.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New for 2026, the ECB ACO have launched their <a href=\"https:\/\/memberships.ecb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital membership system<\/a>, enabling individuals to join one of three membership tiers and benefit from monthly communications and insurance as part of their membership.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/booking.ecb.co.uk\/event\/71aae5e9-6f02-452e-9505-24d30d9dccc2\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ECB Umpiring Course<\/a> on Tuesday 7th and Tuesday 14th July | 5:30pm-8:30pm at Moseley Cricket Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71867,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":46,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3734","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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