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# Life as a cricket umpire and recruiting the next generation
- URL: https://cricketyorkshire.com/life-as-a-cricket-umpire-and-recruiting-the-next-generation/
- Published: 2021-06-21T12:43:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-28T15:08:44.000Z
- Author: John Fuller
- Tags: Interviews, #Migrated-1779979794393, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-05-28 14:51

If you're interested in cricket umpiring, as a spectator, player, official, club or league, then this Cricket Yorkshire Podcast will be right up your street.

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It is packed with stories and insight of life in the white coat from Jonathan Crabtree *(above left*), who officiates in the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League and Yorkshire Premier League North.

Joining us is Nick Boyes who works for the Yorkshire Cricket Board as Club & Community Development Manager for West Yorkshire.

We chat about the challenges with umpire recruitment, a new ECB Young Umpires course designed specifically for teens coming soon and swap tales of playing and umpiring in club cricket.

It was a lot of fun to record and if you have 45 minutes in the car, plug in your headphones on a train or want a podcast to listen to at home, the time will fly by.

The **[Cricket Yorkshire Podcast](https://anchor.fm/cricketyorkshire?ref=cricketyorkshire.com)** is available on Spotify, Apple, Google and other platforms.

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To find out what's happening across Yorkshire with umpire training, visit **[yorkshirecb.com](http://www.yorkshirecb.com/?ref=cricketyorkshire.com)**, follow the YCB on Twitter as **[@Yorkshirecb](https://twitter.com/yorkshirecb?ref=cricketyorkshire.com)** or Like the **[Yorkshire Cricket Board Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Yorkshirecricketboard/)** page.

*\*Thanks for reading! This is a sponsored article for Yorkshire Cricket Board – if the mood takes you, click to read Cricket Yorkshire’s policy on [sponsored content](https://cricketyorkshire.com/sponsored-content/)\**