ACO NEWSLETTER - Ecb - England and Wales Cricket Board

ECB ACO on CountdownDIARYThis listing will appear here in everyissue – but we are entirely dependenton you sending us the information.Before printing the previousnewsletter, we received thefollowing letter from SimonCussons, Cheshire:“I attended the filming of twoCountdown programmes yesterday(30 th August, 2012) atMedia City in Manchester. I’m pleased to tell you that I succeeded as the only person in theaudience to solve the conundrum in the second programme.“The reason I am telling you this is that I attended the filming dressed in an ACO tie. OnChannel 4 on the 9 th October, you should be able to see an ACO tie being worn.”Having heard of such publicity, we kept a look out and managed to snap the above picture.Congratulations Simon.On the back of Simon’s achievements, we felt it would be a good ideato stick with the Countdown theme for our Christmas Competition.Look at ECB ACO’svery special CountdownConundrum andsee if you can get thenine letter word. We trust thatyou will only give yourself 30 seconds!In the likely event that more than oneperson gets the correct answer, wewill draw a winner from an ACO hat.Time is ticking…Eddie LunnEddie joined ECB ACO as one of the newly appointed part-time EducationOfficers just on three years ago. ‘Part-time’ is a somewhat misleading termand it would be a complete misrepresentation to use it in a description ofEddie’s commitment to ECB ACO during his time with us.As a former Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Cricket Board, a practicingumpire and scorer in recreational cricket and with a professional careerin strategic management behind him, Eddie brought considerable experienceto ECB ACO and used it to great effect.As one of the original education task force team, he had been instrumental in driving forwardthe new Level 2 programme and revelled in the chance to revamp the Level 1 and contribute tothe writing of a completely new Level 1A course. As his role evolved to Executive Officer heembraced the concept of observation and self-assessment as part of performance review and withTony Hemmings produced the first supported development handbook that is the basis for all continuingwork in this area. He also took the lead in bringing scorer education in line with umpireeducation and worked tirelessly to promote the role of the scorer as an equally important and valuedpart of cricket officiating.On a personal basis he wastrusted, loyal and conscientiousand always good company andgood value on the many coursesthat we have run together - Ishall miss his contribution onand off the field, particularly hiscontribution to the entertainmentat the Crowne Plaza in Birmingham!I am very sorry to lose himas a professional colleague althoughI know he will continueto contribute as a member of ourcore volunteer workforce, andremain a firm friend.(All meetings start 11.00 unless shownotherwise)National Meeting Dates – 2013Monday January 14th 2013 – ExecutiveTeam MeetingTuesday January 15th 2013 – MembershipServices CommitteeWednesday January 16th 2013 – ScorersCommitteeThursday January 17th 2013 –Performance and AppointmentsFriday January 18th 2013 – EducationCommitteeThursday January 31st 2013 – ECB ACOBoard MeetingMonday 8th April – Executive Team MeetingTuesday 9th April – Membership ServicesCommitteeWednesday 10th April – Scorers CommitteeThursday 11th April – Performance andAppointmentsFriday 12th April – Education CommitteeThursday 25th April – Board Meeting(PLEASE NOTE THAT ECB ACO BOARDDATES ARE SUBJECT TO FINALCONFIRMATION)REMINDER: PLEASESEND YOUR DATES TOeditor.aco@ecb.co.ukEXECUTIVE OFFICER(London & East and South & West)The role encompasses the leadership,management and administration of allofficiating programmes in the South ofEngland and South Wales. It involvesoverseeing the up-dating of educationresources and the delivery of allcourses. It also requires the develop -ment of effective strategies to build awidespread workforce of, tutors,observers and assessors to support theeducation programme. There is also anobligation to support the SubCommittees of the ECB ACO Board andto assist in the preparation of papers forthe ECB ACO Board.However, since Eddie’s appointment wehave created the core volunteerinfrastructure and the Senior Executiveand the ECB ACO Board are togetherconsidering how best to replace Eddiein the light of this significant change inour operating procedure.Nevertheless expressions of interest arewelcomed and anybody interestedshould write to Nick Cousins at Lord’s.Published by ECB © – Printed by Premier Print Group – G Photo courtesy of Getty Images