Guyanese Umpires attend CWI B-Panel workshop

Jul 06, 2019 Sports

Five Guyanese Umpires, namely Shannon Crawford, Nankumar Shivsankar, Imran Moakhan, Ryan Banwarie, and Javed Persaud joined thirteen of their regional colleagues in attending a two-day workshop for CWI B Panel Umpires, which was held at the Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre with Practical Sessions at Queens Park Oval in Trinidad & Tobago on 2nd and 3rd of July.

Guyanese umpire Shannon Crawford makes a point to his colleagues during a practical session at the workshop.

The B-Panel usually takes care of all CWI Age Group and Women Tournaments and partners the Senior Panel to cover First Class and List ‘A’ Matches.
The Workshop was organized by Cricket West Indies which was Co-odinated by Mr. Daro Barthley, CWI Project Director and facilitated by Mr. Peter Nero Former International Umpire & CWI Umpires’ Coach/Assessor. The workshop covered areas such as Child Protection, Match Management, Preparation, Performance, Players Behavior, Suspect Bowling Action, Field Technique, 3rd and 4th Umpire Duties, Personal Development and Umpires Accreditation.
Speaking with Kaieteur sport, Guyanese Crawford said the workshop was very timely, beneficial and a wonderful experience for all in attendance and is part of their continuous growth and development. “A lot was learnt, accomplished and achieved, the participation, enthusiasm, team building, camaraderie, friendship, sharing and enlightenment was great. It is very important that umpires continue to train and study and fine tune all aspects of cricket umpiring so that they will be able to deliver a very high standard of officiating at all times. Also we are from different parts of the Caribbean with various background and cultures, but we are called upon to work as a team, so it is very important that at all times we aim for consistency, singing from the same hymn book and we are always on the same page, so the major objective of the activity such as this workshop is to promote just that.”
He added that, “CWI must be commended and given high kudos for this initiative and we express our sincere thanks and gratitude to Mr. Dario Barthley, Mr. Peter Nero and all others who contributed to make this workshop a success.”
“The CWI Umpires have a responsibility to pass on their knowledge and experiences to the local Umpires in the respective territory and we here in Guyana will be doing just that as we are working on a policy of “Continuous Umpire Education” (CUE).”

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