Association of Cricket Officials Issue 32 | Page 5
ECB ACO National Conference 2018
Saturday 27 October, Lord’s Cricket Ground, Nursery Pavilion
For this year’s National Conference, we are delighted to
announce some of the great names that will be leading a
fantastic event in October. Present for your interest will be the following:
Full details with all speakers and information on how to
sign up online will be released via Over and Out in the
coming weeks. So if you do not usually receive these
communications, please get in touch to let us know your
email address so you don’t miss out. The schedule will follow
the usual format: •
Play-Cricket helpdesk, including Scorer and Scorer Pro
• Who’s the Umpire
•
Duncan Fearnley
•
ECB ACO Membership staff.
Managing Player Behaviour Panel
09.00 Tea and Coffee
Welcome
Annual General Meeting
National Conference
Seminar One
No Surprises – Enjoying Umpiring – Chris Kelly, ECB
Umpires’ Manager, Nursery Pavilion
PCS and PCS Pro workshop, JP Morgan Media
Centre
Buffet Lunch
Post-lunch Speaker
Geoff Miller, Nursery Pavilion
Seminar Two
Player behaviour is
increasingly in the
media spotlight.
Geoff Miller OBE
Managing Player Behaviour – a panel of elite
officials from a range of sports including cricket,
rugby, tennis and hockey, Nursery Pavilion
Q&A with a First Class scorer, JP Morgan Media
Centre
Tea and Coffee
Seminar Three
Women in Cricket – Clare Connor and the England
Women, Nursery Pavilion
Scorers’ Forum, JP Morgan Media Centre
Closing Address and Presentations
Honorary Life Members
Andy Zaltzman
We are very lucky to be able to host
a truly unique seminar on managing
player behaviour, featuring some
of the top minds in officiating from
across different sports. Alongside
cricket and rugby, which you may
have heard in the past, we will also
have officials from tennis and hockey.
Dawn Bonner heads up the elite
umpiring coaching and assessing
committee at England Hockey and is
a European and International Umpire
Manager.
Former England
cricketer and
National Selector,
Geoff Miller OBE.
Regarded as one of the most
respected figures in English cricket,
a successful playing career at
Derbyshire, Essex and internationally
for England saw him take on the role
of National Selector in 2008. Before
his retirement in 2013, England had
won three successive Ashes series,
become the number one ranked
side in Test cricket and won the
T20 World Cup.
Andy Zaltzman
17.30 Finish
Throughout the Day
There will be guided tours of Lord’s and ‘You versus Hawk-Eye’.
Numbers are limited and will be allocated on a first come,
first served basis. Those who have not attended ‘You versus
Hawk-Eye’ will be given priority.
AGM entrance is free of charge and conference attendance
is £40.
Comedian and avid
cricket fan, Andy
Zaltzman.
Stand-up comedian, broadcaster and
author, Andy is a regular on television
and radio, including appearances
on The Now Show and The News
Quiz. He has a huge passion for
cricket and began a regular blog for
ESPNcricinfo in 2008, and in 2016
became the scorer for Test Match
Special for the Sri Lankan tour of
England. Andy will close the day
with a comedy set, revolving around
cricket – certainly one not to miss!
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