Association of Cricket Officials Issue 30 | Page 29
Sam Makes His Mark
in Durham
A 19 year old has recently taken on the
role of County Scorer Officer for
Durham, despite still being a teenager. Durham to progress through the
different county age groups while
completing their ACO portfolio.
Sam Blacklock, who scores at Eppleton
Cricket Club in the Dukes North East
Premier League, took on the role at the
end of last year and has so far loved
having the opportunity to work with
scorers in the region. Sam added: ‘The pathway has been
great for scoring in Durham, enabling
our Appointments Officer to appoint
ACO scorers to each county age
group team. This has been a great
help for coaches and our scorers have
also had great fun travelling around
the country and gaining valuable
experience. We hope this winter we
have more scorers attending the Club
Scorer course who may wish to join
the scoring pathway.’
Blacklock said: ‘Scoring is a big
passion of mine and I love scoring
matches, whatever the age group.
When I was asked by Paul Jordison
(Durham ACO Chairman) if I fancied
the challenge of taking on this position,
I couldn’t say no.
‘I have really enjoyed encouraging
scorers in Durham to become
members of ECB ACO and being able
to tell them about all the opportunities
available for them.’
Over last winter, Sam and a team of
other ACO tutors and scorers in
Durham introduced a scoring pathway
system which enables scorers in
Sam recently completed his Level 2
scoring qualification and intends to
continue progressing in the future,
adding: ‘I would really like to go as far
as I can scoring, as I said earlier it is a
great passion of mine. I am currently
studying at university, which means I
can spend a great deal of time during
my summer break scoring, which is
great fun.’
Giving
Scorers
Credit!
Congratulations to the following scorers
who have been accredited at the various
levels since November 2016.
Level 1
Beryl Barrett (Cambridge)
Steven Billington (Derbyshire)
Natalie Bradley (Lancashire)
Ewan Bray (Cheshire)
Darrell Butler (Worcestershire)
Kalum Davies-Mosley (Yorkshire)
Cheryl Estall (Surrey)
Henrik Holm (Cheshire)
Gordon Hubbard (Leicestershire)
Nick Kontarines (Worcestershire)
Barbara Lloyd (Cheshire)
Umair Naeem (Lancashire)
John Rishton (Cheshire)
Janet Risk (Cheshire)
Joseph Roberts (Yorkshire)
Ian Roberts (Surrey)
Zain Sharif (Worcestershire)
Paul Summerside (Tyne and Wear)
Samuel Sykes (Yorkshire)
Kay Tallack (Worcestershire)
Joe Tranter (Lancashire)
Luke Wilson (Lancashire)
Paul Windsor (Berkshire)
Andrew Worton (Worcestershire)
Hannah Young (Shropshire)
Level 2
John Egan (Lancashire)
Rachel Hatton (Lancashire)
Robert Lane (Buckinghamshire)
Keith Meakin (ICC)
Heather Vernon (Warwickshire)
Judith Wragg (Yorkshire)
Level 3
Russell Dickinson (Northamptonshire)
Scott Fraser (Leicestershire)
If you would like to be on these lists in
the future, talk to your County Scorer
Officer about getting the portfolio
documents and on to the right courses.
Sam seen here proudly holding his scorebook against the backdrop of
Eppleton’s imposing scoreboard.
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