Scoring courses on offer
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
