Welcome to the Scottish Cricket Officials Association Website
SCOA - the Scottish Cricket Officials Association - was founded in 2009 to look after the interests of Umpires and Scorers in Scotland. This website has been set up with a view to providing a central point of information on all matters to do with umpiring and scoring in Scottish cricket.
The Chairman of the Association, Mac Wylie, has penned a few introductory remarks in which he describes how the association came to life and he also emphasises that we seek input from all the association's members.
Please take some time to explore the various areas of the site that can be reached via the menu buttons at the top of this page. Any suggestions regarding improvements or indeed contributions to the site will be gratefully accepted.
Umpire Appointments
A real-time feed from the Umpire Allocation system for all CSL, Scottish Cup and Cricket Scotland matches can be found here.
Umpires needed for University matches
Martin Flynn is looking for umpires to stand in University matches this year.
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West Region AGM
This year's West Region AGM will be held on Tuesday 24th April at 7.30pm at Titwood (note the change of date). Details of the Agenda can be found here.
Honour for Sandy
The Secretary / Treasurer of SCOA, Sandy Scotland, was honoured by Cricket Scotland at its AGM on 28th March.
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2012 Season
All umpires and scorers should note that the national league and cup fixtures will start on Saturday 21st April this year (that's earlier than normal).
West Region Winter programme (updated)
Details have been released of the West Region's programme for the 2011/12 winter period. The list of events can be found here.
Next meeting - 24th April (AGM)
Bill Smith (1932-2011)
An appreciation by Mac Wylie of the career of Bill Smith, doyen of Scottish umpires, can be found here whilst Paddy O'Hara conveys his sympathies from Ireland here.
International review
Check out this link to read Mac Wylie's review of our officials in Europe in 2011.