The North West Hockey Umpiring Association is a County Umpiring organisation operating under the auspices of England Hockey.

Its main objectives are four fold:

1. The promotion of good standards of umpiring by the provision of training courses and ongoing coaching and mentoring.
2. The provision, on request, of umpires for games of hockey at all levels. The Association currently receives requests from the North West Hockey League, Universities and Colleges, Schools, County Hockey Associations and, on occasions, the North Hockey League.
3. The promotion of co-operation between members for social and sporting purposes.
4. Maintain close liaison with the North Hockey Umpires Association to ensure members’ potential as umpires is fully developed.

The Association plays an active role in encouraging clubs to put forward candidates to become qualified umpires and go on to make the best of their abilities. Members of our Association are currently umpiring at all levels of hockey from County Leagues to full Internationals. We also have Olympic and World panel umpires among our ranks.

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This is open to any young person up to the age of 21 who would like to try their hand at umpiring. You do not need to be qualified to join we will help you to get your qualifications.

Our aim is to help you to become umpires by coaching and mentoring you. We do understand that you are also likely to still want to play, this is not a problem. The reason for setting the youth section is to promote:

North West hockey in all aspect of the game. Playing, umpiring, and coaching.

Our Association is committed in supporting, playing and umpires, this should improve hockey in general terms.

For further details contact either

Tony Shutt on tonyshutt@hotmail.com  or

Chris Leyland on leyland5627@tiscali.co.uk

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