2009 Outdoor Provincial Umpiring Clinic

•·         For umpires who need to be re-certified, or who would like a refresher course. 

•·         New FIH mandatory experimental rule will be covered, and explained.

•·         Open to new umpires looking to learn how to umpire.

When: Saturday April 25; 10am-4pm OR Tuesday April 21 & 28; 6:30-9:30pm

Where: TBD, most probable - James Fowler High School; 4004 - 4 Street N.W.

Cost: $50.00

Clinic Run By:  Wendy Stewart

Clinic will include power point presentations, group discussions, small group work and videos.

If you are interested please respond to me with the following information:

·         Name

·         Outdoor Team(s)

·         Email

·         Phone Number

·         Date of Clinic you will be Attending

If there are any questions on the clinic, their certification, or about umpiring in general please feel free to contact Nicole

For any Provincial A umpires who want to get their regional certification or regional umpires needing to be recertified, please contact me for upcoming regional courses.

Thank You

Nicole Giles

CLFHA Umpire Coordinator

The procedure to get your umpiring certification is to:
 
o        CERTIFICATION CLINIC:  Attend ONE of the certification clinics covering in detail the rules and umpiring.
 
o        WRITTEN EXAM:  Complete and successfully pass an exam totaling 50 points.  You require 75% to pass.  The exam has true/false, multiple choice and long answer and covers the rules and a little on umpire positioning.  If you simply read the rules book, you are way ahead of the game!
 
o        PRACTICAL/FIELD ASSESSMENT(S):  This is when a certified assessor comes out to a specified match and observes that you are meeting particular minimum requirements.  Registrants should endeavour to complete their assessment by the end of the outdoor season and can make arrangements by contacting one of the qualified assessors - a list of the assessors will be made available to umpires.  
 
To obtain your OUTDOOR umpiring certification, you need to pass ONE assessment (at a B-league, C-league or high school league or tournament match) for your Provincial B certification and TWO assessments (at an A-league match) for your Provincial A certification. 
 
To obtain your INDOOR umpiring certification, you need to pass ONE assessment (at an indoor league or tournament match) for your indoor certification.  Your certification level will be equivalent to the level of the indoor league (Div. I, II, or III) that you are umpiring and being assessed at.
 
Then you are done!  Certification lasts for 5 years and expires on December 31st of that fifth year.
 
Upon completion of your certification, some teams may offer a reimbursement of the clinic registration fee - talk to your team representative for details.

1. Payment rates are dependent on the level of certification of the umpire and not the level of league play.
   
   
2. Umpiring Rates:
   (a)    Canadian Rated Umpires - $30.00 per CLFHA league match.
   (b)    Regional Rated Umpires - $25.00 per CLFHA league match.
   (c)    Provincial "A" Rated Umpires - $20.00 per CLFHA league match.
   (d)    Provincial "B" Rated Umpires - $15.00 per CLFHA league match.
   (e)    Indoor Umpires - $15.00 per CLFHA indoor league match.

NEW FIH MANDATORY EXPERIMENTAL RULE

"Self-pass or auto-pass"

This will be implemented to the leagues starting May 1, 2009

Information will be sent out, and covered at the clinics.  Hopefully the new rule will be implemented with few problems