Bristol & Western Counties Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers

B&WACU&S aims to provide umpires and scorers to officiate at cricket matches in Bristol and surrounding areas, and to promote and maintain high standards of those officials including the provision of training at all levels.

The B&WACU&S website www.bwcacus.play-cricket.com is where you will find news and activities including officials and contact details.

RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION

Name

1. The Association shall be called The Bristol & Western Counties Association of Cricket Umpires & Scorers.

Objects of the Association

2. To uphold “The Laws of Cricket” as promulgated by the Marylebone Cricket Club.
3. To provide umpires and scorers to officiate at cricket matches in the City and County of Bristol and surrounding areas, who shall achieve and maintain high standards as cricket umpires and scorers.

Officers

4. The Officers of the Association shall be as follows:
   • Chairman
   • Vice Chairman
   • General Secretary
   • Appointments Secretary (Saturdays and Mid-week)
   • Appointments Secretary (B&DCA K.O. and Plate)
   • Treasurer
5. There shall be a President proposed by the Committee and accepted by the Annual General Meeting, to serve for a period of three years.

Committee

6. There shall be an Executive Committee consisting of the Officers of the Association together with six members who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. The name of any member proposed for election, together with those of the Proposer and Seconder, must be received by the General Secretary not later than December 15th.
7. The Committee shall meet monthly and shall have power to co-opt other Members. The quorum shall be six.

Membership

8. Persons shall be eligible to be elected by the Committee to become members of the Association in the following categories:
   1. Associate Membership
   2. Full Membership
   3. Honorary Membership
   4. Honorary Life Membership
   1. An Associate Member shall be:
      1. A person who has successfully completed an initial umpiring examination of the Association or the Introductory Scorers’ examination of the Association of Cricket Umpires & Scorers (A.C.U.& S). and whose duties shall thereafter be supervised on behalf of the Committee for such periods as it shall think fit.
      2. A member of another Cricket Umpires’ Association who is not a Full or Qualified Scorer Member of The A.C.U.& S., who shall have been proposed by two Full Members of the Association and whom the Committee considers to be a satisfactory umpire or scorer.
   2. A Full Member shall be:
      1. An Associate Member whose duties as an umpire or scorer of the Association for at least a full season have been deemed satisfactory by the Committee and who has thereafter successfully completed a further umpiring examination of the Association or the Standard Scorers’ examination of the A.C.U.& S.  An Associate Member shall receive the tie of the Association upon election to Full Membership.
      2. A Full or Qualified Scorer Member of the A.C.U.& S who shall have been proposed by two Full Members of the Association and whom the Committee considers to be a suitable Full Member.
   3. An Honorary Member shall have been nominated by the Committee and accepted at the Annual General Meeting in recognition of that person’s distinguished service to cricket.
   4. An Honorary Life Member shall have been nominated by the Committee and accepted at the Annual General Meeting in recognition of the service to the Association of that person.
9. The General Secretary of the Association shall keep a register of all Members.

Duties of Membership

10. 1. All Members unable to attend matches to which they have been appointed must notify the appropriate Appointments Secretary at the earliest opportunity and at the same time notify the Home Club concerned.
    2. Members shall report to the General Secretary, at the earliest opportunity, any cases of   unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of players or spectators. If appropriate, the Committee will bring such reports to the attention of the appropriate Authority.
    3. All Members shall keep records of expenses they incur in fulfilling their appointments and at the end of each Season, shall submit particulars to the Hon.Treasurer.
    4. All Associate and Full Members shall pay their Annual Subscription by the due date (see Rule 13).
    5. Members shall officiate in a sufficient number of matches as approved by the Committee.
    6. Members shall be actively aware of changes in the Laws  of Cricket.
    7. Members shall maintain the required standard of dress and deportment on the Field of Play. The standard of dress to be dark trousers, white shirt, tie and suitable white sport footwear. Optional head wear to be a white cap, Panama or appropriate white cricket hat.
    8. Members shall refrain from any such action which might bring the Association into disrepute.
11. The Committee shall be empowered to review the status of any Member failing in any of the Duties set out in paragraph 10 of these Rules.

Finance

12. The Association shall be financed by such sources as Members’ Subscriptions, the amount to be decided annually at The Annual General Meeting, through fees levied for appointments and from such sponsorship that it may acquire.
13. Members’ Subscriptions are payable by 1st April each year (see Rule 10(d)).
14. The Financial Year shall commence on the 1st January each year.
15. The Members of the Association shall receive a Financial Statement for the preceding year at The Annual General Meeting (see Rule 17).
16. The Committee shall have full executive control of the funds and assets of the Association.
17. Auditors shall be appointed at each Annual General Meeting.

Meetings

18. All Members are entitled to attend and vote at all General Meetings of the Association.
19. The Annual General Meeting shall be held in January each year.
20. An Extraordinary General Meeting may be convened at any time by the Committee either on its own initiative, or at the request of not less than twenty-five Members.
21. All Members shall receive at least seven day’s notice, with copy of the Agenda, of all Meetings convened under Rules 19 and 20 above.

General

22. Any Members shall, provided that he/she has completed a minimum of twenty year’s active umpiring or scoring, receive an appropriate Certificate to this effect.
23. No alteration to these Rules shall be made except at an Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting convened for that purpose and carried by a majority of two-thirds of those present and voting. Any proposed alteration, properly proposed and seconded, must be submitted to the General Secretary in writing and, if for consideration at The Annual General Meeting, must be in his hands not later than 15th December.
24. Any dispute as to the interpretation of any Rule of the Association shall be decided by the Committee subject to the sanction of the Members at the following General Meeting. The Chairman of a General Meeting shall be the sole arbiter of the meaning of any Rule the in dispute.
25. All Members shall receive a copy of the Rules.