Young Ambassadors get down to work

David on April 13, 2026

The latest group in Cricket Shropshire’s popular Young Ambassadors Programme have successfully completed their latest training sessions.

They will now go back to their clubs during the Summer to complete volunteering sessions before they graduate.

The latest group of youngsters began their volunteering journey during the February half-term with a First Aid course and a session on officiating.

During the Easter holidays they were back at Wrekin College for more sessions on officiating, a coaching workshop, safeguarding and EDI workshops and a practical grounds maintenance workshop.

The original plan was for there to be 24 Young Ambassadors in the current cohort, but such was the popularity of the scheme was expanded to include two cohorts with 47 candidates.

Cricket Shropshire will be looking to run another course later this year – and we already have a waiting list of potential candidates.

Organiser Shannon Aston said: “We had a great couple of days during the Easter holidays and everyone who came along got stuck in which was great to see.

“Now they will all head back to their clubs with their new skills and bolster the volunteer workforce – we ask them to complete a minimum of 20 hours of actively supporting their clubs during the Summer.

“Most get involved in activities such as scoring junior matches, supporting All Stars and Dynamos coaching and lending a hand at club events. 

“It is fantastic to hear about the activity the young people get involved in and we hope they continue to support their clubs moving forward.”

Keep an eye on the Board’s website and social media for details of future courses.

If anyone has any questions about the Young Ambassadors programme, they can contact Shannon Aston via shannon.aston@cricketshropshire.co.uk

GMA Connect regional events

David on April 7, 2026

GMA Connect is a series of one day regional events created to support grounds teams and volunteers, hosted the Grounds Management Association.

Scoring courses on offer

David on March 16, 2026

Cricket Shropshire and the Shropshire Association of Cricket Officials (SACO) have a series of scoring courses available ahead of the 2026 season.

These are aimed at all levels of scorers.

SACO Scoring Officer Clair Eccleston said: “The electronic scoring workshops at Wellington, Bridgnorth and Wem are free and we are putting on a wide variety of other courses to help scorers be ready for the season. The other paid for courses will include a 12 month membership to Shropshire ACO which covers insurance and entitles members to free CPD throughout the year.”

DLS Course 

This module is designed to explain the Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) method of setting a revised target when there has been a suspension in play in a one-day match.

It is taking place at Wrekin College Sports Hall in Wellington from 9.30am-12.30pm on Sunday, April 12.

Cost £5pp (Invoiced)

To book CLICK HERE.

Linear Scoring Course

This course teaches existing scorers how to complete a linear scoresheet, which is an alternative layout of paper scoresheet to the conventional box style scoring record. 

The course contains a large practical element of scoring a recorded match, after spending time getting familiar with the new layout of scoresheet. Linear scoresheets make a good back-up system when scoring electronically.

It is taking place on Sunday, April 12, from 1-4pm in the Sports Hall at Wrekin College in Wellington.

Cost £5pp (Invoiced)

To book CLICK HERE.

Electronic PCS Pro Course (Laptop) – 1 Full Day

This workshop covers the use of Play Cricket Scorer Pro (PSC Pro®), which is a free scoring program for Microsoft Windows® based computers, developed in conjunction with ECB ACO scorers and with direct links to the Play-Cricket League Management system.

It is taking place at Shifnal Cricket Club on Sunday, March 22, from 9.30am-4.30pm.

Cost £10pp (Invoiced)

To book CLICK HERE.

Electronic PCS Pro Course (Laptop) – 2 Evenings

This course is run over 2 evenings on 18th March and 25th March 2026 at Shrewsbury Cricket Club 5.30-9pm. Participants need to attend both evenings to complete the course.

Again, this workshop covers the use of Play Cricket Scorer Pro (PSC Pro®), which is a free scoring program for Microsoft Windows® based computers, developed by the ECB in conjunction with ECB ACO scorers and with direct links to the Play-Cricket League Management system.

Cost £10pp (Invoiced)

PLEASE NOTE: For all of the fee paying courses above, there will be an administration fee of £5 if you fail to attend or cancel within five days of the event.

To Book: CLICK HERE.

These workshops are in addition to the electronic scoring workshops that have already been advertised  we are running on 14th April at Bridgnorth CC and 16th April at Wem CC, Free of charge.

Booking for those two sessions is still open via the link HERE.

In addition the new ECB Online Scoring Course is also now available and can be found via the link HERE.

There is also a requirement for all scorers to complete the ECB’s Safeguarding – Level 2 online course. This can be accessed via the link HERE.

To qualify for a scorers point for clubs in the Shropshire County Cricket League this season where applicable, club scorers will need to have done the online scoring course and also have the online Safeguarding course certificate.

If anyone has any queries regarding scoring, they can contact SACO Scoring Officer Clair Eccleston via shropshirecso@gmail.com

For any Safeguarding queries please contact County Safeguarding Officer Vanessa Russell via vanessa.russell@cricketshropshire.co.uk

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