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Young Officials Conference 2016 The annual Young Officials’ Conference took place on Saturday 27th February, with a record 35 young umpires and scorers in attendance. The day itself was a success, with a number of engaging seminars running over the course of the day. Sam Hollingshead, from Gloucestershire, wrote the following report on the day…we hope all the Young Officials who attended had a fun day! ‘The annual ECB Young Officials’ Conference took place on the 27th February at the Home of Cricket, Lord’s. The attendance was the highest to date, which totalled 35 young, aspiring, umpires and scorers alike. Once all of the Young Officials had a chance to meet and catch up with other members, we went for a seminar on the “Who’s the Umpire?” database and were informed that our appointments would be given through this system. ‘Following this we had an extremely valuable session on Ground, Weather and Light, which addressed the difficulties and challenges involved when umpiring cricket matches during the season ahead. This session was a good chance for all Young Officials to consider various ways of dealing with bad weather and how best to relay information to the captains, players and the groundsman – this will be especially imp