Bedfordshire County Netball Association

OFFICIATING PATHWAY

For more information on how to qualify as an England Netball Officiating Umpire contact the Bedfordshire County Officiating Lead: 

[email protected] or your local League Umpiring Secretary.  For specific umpiring criteria within Bedfordshire County please see below.

County Officiating TSG Members:  Kay Smith (Lead); Sandra Howlett; Bernadette Palmer; Louise Brown; Katie Edwards-Sanders

You can find all you need to know about the Umpiring Pathway if you follow this link to the England Netball website.

https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/make-the-game/officiating

NEWLY QUALIFIED UMPIRES

Congratulations to the following umpires who have sucessfully passed an Umpiring Award:

IO, C AWARD AND B AWARD UMPIRES

Please see below, the umpiring criteria adopted by Bedfordshire County, if you require further clarification, please contact the County Umpiring Secretary, Kay Smith, email:  [email protected]

IO Award – If an IO passes their practical assessment and does not umpire at all for a season, then they must start the IO pathway from the beginning.   Extenuating circumstances will be considered.

C Award – C award umpires that have not umpired within any of the Bedfordshire Leagues for 2 continuous years are not eligible to umpire in the Bedfordshire Leagues until they have, firstly undertaken a refresher course; and then they need to be re-assessed by a qualified assessor using the current C award criteria.  Such assessment can be undertaken at any friendly match.  Extenuating circumstances will be considered.

B Award - C award umpires wishing to progress to B award must umpire at least 6 high standard Premier matches and umpire in at least 2 county events.  They then need to be observed by a B Assessor to ensure readiness for a B course.

A course application must be endorsed by the County Umpiring Secretary.