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IACUS Annual Conference

🏏 @IACUS13 Annual Conference 📅 Saturday 11th March 2023 ⌚ 10.30am start ☕ Tea/Coffee at 10am 💰 €30/£25 includes 2 course lunch 📍 @CityNorthHotel 🗣️ @clonardseavo & @shwood76 ✉️ Reply to @LCUSAssoc Secretary Tony Wall if you are going. Originally tweeted by LCU&SA (@LCUSAssoc) on 23rd Feb 2023.

Duckworth Lewis Stern Workshop

The Leinster Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association together with Stella Downes are running a Duckworth Lewis Stern Workshop for its members. Details are as follows: Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) WorkshopThursday 23rd February 2023 at 7pm on Zoom

Cricket Scorer Courses 2022/23 – Update

Leinster Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (LCU&SA) would like to announce the following scoring courses that will be held in coming months. Most of us do the scorebooks for our teams and It’s a great opportunity for anyone who wants to Scorer Course Beginner This course is for people who have little/no experience in scoring.…

Cricket Umpire Courses 2022/23

Leinster Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (LCU&SA) would like to announce the following courses that will be held in coming months. It’s Your Call – Umpire Education Stage OneThis is designed to give you an overview of the basic Laws of the game and how to apply them and introduce the principles of field craft…

Cricket Scorer Courses 2022/23

Leinster Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (LCU&SA) would like to announce the following scoring courses that will be held in coming months. Most of us do the scorebooks for our teams and It’s a great opportunity for anyone who wants to Scorer Course Beginner This course is for people who have little/no experience in scoring.…

Annual Dinner 2022

The LCU&SA Annual Dinner will return after 3 years due to Covid-19. It will be held in Terenure Cricket Club on Friday, November 11th 2022. A number of awards will be presented on the night: The President’s Award, given by the President of the LCU&SA to a member of the Association for their outstanding contribution…

Duckworth Lewis Stern

The ICC formally adopted the Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) method, which is a formula to fairly calculate the winning side when inclement weather intervenes and the match is interrupted, which includes re-calculating totals when time is lost in the match.  The following documents explain the methodology of Duckworth Lewis Stern and any questions you may have. Duckworth…

RIP Brian Carpenter

The association has learned of the death of Brian Carpenter, a former international umpire who stood in many internationals, including the famous ’76 match vs West Indies and ’77 vs Australia. A fabulous character and a true gentleman. RIP.

Dress Code for Umpires

The following will apply in all matches under the authority of LCU&SA and in all other matches to which umpires are appointed by the LCU&SA unless the relevant authority requires and issues other jackets/shirts/hats. The wearing of a hat is voluntary. Both umpires must be similarly dressed (except as regards hats).  For example, umpires’ jackets…

Workshop on Thursday 10/03

The 4th workshop will be on Mar 10th 2022 at 7 pm (starting promptly) and the topic is Ground Weather & Light (GWL). The session will be coordinated by William Clarke. This is a critical topic, considering the weather around Ireland and our Tutor  have put in a good number of hours to prepare and deliver this…

Cricket Umpire Courses 2022

Leinster Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (LCU&SA) would like to announce the following courses that will be held in coming months. It’s Your Call – Umpire Education Stage OneThis is designed to give you an overview of the basic Laws of the game and how to apply them and introduce the principles of field craft…

Covid 19 Declaration

Before standing in any game this season, please email the following to lcusaappointments@gmail.com Matt, I’m free from Covid-19 symptoms and I’m travelling to (the home club) today. In the last 14 days: I haven’t been diagnosed with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 infection.I am not waiting for a test result relative to Covid-19.I haven’t travelled abroad.I…

August/Sept Availabilities

Matt is now beginning to work on August and September fixtures, so please make sure your availability is up to date for those months ASAP Thanks

Upcoming Workshops

There are two workshops happening next week, details are below. 8:00 pm Monday 24th May: Law 42 7:30 pm Friday 28th May: 2021 Regulations

LCU&SA 2021 Annual General Meeting

This year’s AGM will take place on the evening of the 25th of March. An agenda, reports, accounts etc. and a Zoom link will be sent to all members by email in the next few days. Also a quick reminder about the two workshops taking place on the 4th and the 15th.

Umpires’ Dress Code for LCU&SA Appointments

The following will apply in all matches under the authority of LCU&SA and in all other matches to which umpires are appointed by the LCU&SA unless the relevant authority requires and issues other jackets/shirts/hats. The wearing of a hat is voluntary. Both umpires must be similarly dressed (except as regards hats).  For example, umpires’ jackets…

Laws of Cricket Zoom Quiz 17 Feb

At this stage, it’s unclear when our new season will begin but it’s important that we’re ready for it. If you didn’t umpire last year, it will be almost 18 months since your last appointment. Even if you did stand in 2020, it’s now almost 6 months since the last matches. So, we all need…

Cricket Umpire Courses 2021

Leinster Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (LCU&SA) would like to announce the following courses that will be held in coming months. It’s Your Call – Umpire Education Stage OneThis is designed to give you an overview of the basic Laws of the game and how to apply them and introduce the principles of field craft…

Message from Tony Wall (LCU&SA Hon. Secretary)

Hi Everyone, Here are a few workshop dates for your diaries: 17/2 Laws Quiz 4/3 PTA’s and Slow Over Rate Penalties 15/3 2021 Open Competition Regulations All are to be held over Zoom and with a 7 pm start. Zoom links will be sent out closer to the date of each workshop. I would hope…

Training Courses Update

Please note that umpire training for qualification purposes will now be organised by IACUS and not LCU&SA. We will provide information on here around IACUS dates for Level 1 (new umpire) training when we have them. Level 2 and Level 3 courses are not expected to happen until after the 2021 cricket season has been completed.

2021 Events

There will be further updates on workshops, playing regulations and the AGM in the next few weeks. As per the LCU&SA Constitution, the AGM will take place before the end of May.

IACUS 2021 Conference Cancelled

Following a meeting of the IACUS Executive Committee, it has been decided to cancel thisyear’s IACUS Conference, due to Covid 19 travel restrictions.

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