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27 January 2010
The latest ESCUSA newsletter for members can be viewed here.

29 November 2009
Leslie Cheeseman, pictured with John Holder, at our Annual General Meeting being congratulated on his award of Honorary Life membership of the association.

Forthcoming events

ESCUSA is running a Level 1 ECB Umpiring course over two consecutive Saturdays on 6 and 13 March 2010 (9.30am to 5.30pm) at Reigate Grammar School. To book a place complete the registration form and return to our Secretary, John Flatley. If you would like more details about the course please contact John via training@esacus.org.uk .

Our Annual Dinner is being held at the Toby Carvery Redstone Hill, Redhill, RH1 4BL on Friday 19 February 2010. To book a place please send a cheque for £15 (made payable to ESCUSA) to Bernard Wright, our Social Secretary, at 4 Meath Green Lane, Horley,RH6 8EG by 31 January 2010.

Umpiring & scoring in the news

8 February 2010
Mark Benson has been offered a first-class umpire contract for the 2010 domestic season, reports the ECB website.

5 February 2010
The English umpire, Mark Benson, has confirmed his retirement from the ICC elite panel, and will see out his career on the county circuit, following his sudden withdrawal from the Adelaide Test between Australia and West Indies in December, according to a report on the Cricinfo website.

3 February 2010
"Make the third umpire proactive: it may disempower the two men on the field but failing to do so could make them unbending, self-protecting not-outers instead", argues Rob Steen in Cricinfo Magazine.

25 January 2010
The ICC is planning a meeting with television broadcasters in March to sort out problems arising from the Umpire Decision Review System, reports Akhila Ranganna on Cricinfo. Peter Willey is reported as saying that he would rather live with human fallibility than the UDRS, according to Ranjit Shinde writing on Cricinfo. For more news articles about umpiring and scoring, please view our news page.

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