In response to a number of urgent requests for some help in this area, we have managed to get dates included in the fixtures calendar for some start-of-the-season umpire training & development sessions. The dates are very soon, so I hope that you will encourage as many people as possible to attend these sessions.
This season we are going to try a hybrid approach to the course, so your feedback will be even more important than ever.
The course will be in 2 parts and you must attend both parts before you can be tested. The cost of the course is £20 and is only open to Lacrosse Scotland members.
Level 2 Course - Part 1
Date: Tuesday 12th October
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Venue: online Zoom - you will receive details when you register
Pre-requisite: you must have sat and passed the online theory test
13th October - the test is now live again. Please email the umpiring mailbox using the Contact Us form if there are further issues. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Level 2 Course - Part 2
Date: Saturday 16th October
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Venue: St Georges School, Edinburgh
Pre-requisite: you must have attended Level 2 Course - Part 1
Practical sessions
You will be able to put your newly acquired knowledge to work straight away at the Festival which Edinburgh Thistle is running on 16th October at St Georges School, Edinburgh from 1:30pm to 4:30pm with a second Festival date planned for 23rd October from 9:45am – 12:45pm2 (also at St Georges School, Edinburgh).
These are absolutely perfect opportunities to get some practice with support on hand at a friendly event, so please make every effort to stay and umpire even if your club is not playing. If your club is playing, we will do all that we can to make sure that you will get to both play and umpire.