Please see the following e-mail from Durham about opportunities to learn to be a scorer during the winter months;
Durham Cricket ACO can now confirm its scorers’ courses for the 2025 winter training programme.
Both paper based and electronic scoring courses will be available with all courses part of the official ECB ACO portfolio and held at Seat Unique Riverside, the home of Durham Cricket.
Durham ACO will hold a Club Scorer course, Play Cricket Scorer and Play Cricket Scorer Pro course in the spring, and further information and how to book can be found below.
Club Scorer Course 23rd February & 2nd March - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/event/0c2a2934-c07d-479d-bad0-e52ca3322021/summary
The course for anyone wanting scoring on a regular basis and is the only one to comprehensively teach you how to score. This course is suitable for complete beginners and existing scorers who want to fine tune their skills.
Introduction to Paper Scoring - 19th January https://booking.ecb.co.uk/event/4275b00e-8f58-4bb5-a2ec-8e853d75b9f9
This is an ideal course for complete beginners or as a refresher for anyone returning to scoring. It covers the very basics of scoring and is ideal for parents who want to get more involved or anyone who wants to get started in scoring.
Introduction to Play Cricket Scorer (Tablet/Phone)
Course 1 – 9th March - https://booking.ecb.co.uk/event/8d61b523-9035-4cfe-ae81-e0df7b9fa7ad/summary
Course 2- 1st April – https://booking.ecb.co.uk/event/9e12e83c-d375-442e-96b0-c3015c2cc31b/summary
This 3 hour session will be an introduction to those scorers who use a phone or tablet to score. This will take you through the basics of play cricket, account sign up, functions of the app and how to make amends. A practical game will be scored and candidates will need to bring their device with the app downloaded on the evening.
Play Cricket Scorer Pro – 23rd March
https://booking.ecb.co.uk/event/2fcbd1dc-50bf-4ce4-a0a9-2aaf4b676e7c/summary
This module teaches existing scorers how to use Play-Cricket Scorer Pro software package. To attend this module, you will need to download Play-Cricket Scorer Pro and bring your own laptop along. The course is a hands-on practical workshop covering setting up and scoring a match, editing entries, printing, importing/exporting and uploading results to the Play-Cricket.com.
Please Note: You must be 14 or over to register for this course, if under 18 parental permission must be obtained before you proceed.