MERRIMACK VALLEY UMPIRES ASSOCIATION,
Inc.
21 Kelly Brook Road - E. Hampstead, NH 03826
603-475-0962
WWW.MVUA.ORG
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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Joel Saren,
Secretary/Treasurer - 603-475-0962 Joel@JSaren.com
LOCAL UMPIRES ANNOUNCE CLASS TRAINING DATES FOR 2010
SUMMER
- Critical Umpire Shortages-
The
Merrimack Valley Umpires Association (MVUA) announced today that the umpiring
clinic for adult men, women, and teenagers (over 16) who want to be trained as
certified (patched) baseball umpires, will be begin on Thursday, July 15th 2010 and
continue on consecutive Thursday’s for the next six weeks. The Major League
Baseball umpire’s exam will be administered at the end of the class.
“I
am amazed that even though the MVUA has grown to over 250 members, we still do
not have enough umpires to do all the games we are asked to cover,” said Ralph
Wade of Plaistow, NH, 1st Vice President of the Merrimack Valley Umpires
Association. We are constantly being asked to provide umpires for leagues and
we are not sure we have enough umpires to cover all of those games. We need
more men, women, and teens to umpire games. “Our 16 year old members can earn
$40 for a 2 hour Little League which is a lot more than working for $7 per hour
and flipping burgers,” said Mr. Wade.
The
clinics will be held from 6:00PM - 9 p.m. at St. Mary of the Assumption School
in Lawrence, Mass (301 Haverhill Street, Lawrence, Mass). The cost for the
six-week program is $125.
Anyone interested is urged to contact 1st Vice President
Ralph Wade (RWADE2185@COMCAST.NET 603-382-0013 or Rules Interpreter Ron Annand ((978) 681-8927) or go to WWW.MVUA.ORG. .
The
MVUA provides umpires to all levels of baseball from college games,
Massachusetts and NH school games, AAU, Babe Ruth to Little Leagues in the
Merrimack Valley. The MVUA has been providing quality umpires to this area for
over 50 years and is the oldest umpiring organization in Mass.
Umpires
have the option to work as many or as few games as they like. They make their
own schedules and make some extra money in the process. Some of our umpires do
as many as 150 games a season and some do as few as 10 games at an average game
fee of $60 for a typical 2 hour game.”
The
MVUA supports candidates of all genders, all ethnic groups and teens (men and
women over age 16) to become umpires.
This
year the MVUA has taken steps to ensure that anyone who wants to be an umpire
and attends the clinics, but due to language or learning difficulties may have
trouble with the written exam, will be assisted as much as possible.
Anyone
interested should contact the Merrimack Valley Umpires Association (WWW.MVUA.ORG ) or email Joel@JSaren.com Secretary/Treasurer.
