Ian Hopkins stands in prestigious Lord’s fixture

Ian Hopkins stands in prestigious Lord’s fixture

A very special match took place at Lord’s which saw players with Visual Impairments playing on the hallowed turf of cricket’s HQ – and standing as an umpire was Ian Hopkins – one of our officials with United Kingdom Armed Forces. Two England...
ECB ACO Pre-Season Update

ECB ACO Pre-Season Update

A message from Chair Ben Hood, Good afternoon all UKAF ACO members, I recently attended the South-Central Pre-Season Chairpersons meeting and the following points were raised for onward distribution amongst all ACO members. Updates: Concussion protocol – Head...
UKAF ACO Umpires Course – April 2024

UKAF ACO Umpires Course – April 2024

UKAF ACO will be providing an Umpires Course, kindly hosted by the Army School of Physical Training, at the Army Cricket Ground in Aldershot between 22 April 2024 and 26 April 2024.  There is a maximum of 15 places available on this course and those places are open to...
UKAF ACO Scorers Course – April 2024

UKAF ACO Scorers Course – April 2024

Ahead of the commencement of the 2024 season, UKAF ACO are once again hosting a three-day Club Scorers Course and PlayCricket Pro session from Wednesday 24 April to Friday 26 April 2024 in the Army Cricket Pavilion at Aldershot. These sessions and courses are open to...
UKAF ACO AGM – 22 March 2024

UKAF ACO AGM – 22 March 2024

UKAF ACO Chair WO1 Ben Hood has issued the following message to the membership, with details of the UKAF ACO Annual General Meeting which will coincide with a daytime training evening and the socialising evening on HMS Victory on Friday 22nd March 2024. May I kindly...
ECB ACO Pre-Season Update

Army Sports Official of the Year – Ben Hood

United Kingdom Armed Forces Association of Cricket Officials was delighted to see that their Chair, WO1 Ben Hood, was awarded with the Army Sports Official of the Year 2023 at the lavish awards ceremony at RMA Sandhurst on Thursday evening [16 November]. Ben beat off...