 | England Netball Tutors Sophie Pike from East & Sarah Weston from South in Dubai, October 2014. We left the UK on a wet and dreary day, Sarah Weston from Heathrow and Sophie Pike from Norwich via Amsterdam for a 6 1/2 hour flight to Dubai. |
 | We were met by Susanne Skelding Director of Netball in Dubai, to 28 degrees temperatures at 1.00am. By the time we got to our hotel it was 2.00am, so time for a good nights sleep. We were fortunate to have a rest day the next day which gave us a chance to get our heads together to finalise our plans to deliver a Beginners Umpire and C Award umpire course to 40 learners. |
The next 2 days were really busy with delivering 2 courses along with assessing umpires. Susanne has done a superb job mentoring these umpires up to the standard for their umpiring assessments.
We were both really impressed with the high standard of the young umpires that came through, Sophie having seen most of them on courses in February 2014 when out in Dubai tutoring.
The next 7 days were busy with us completing 20 assessments, 18 of which were passes.
We were lucky enough to have some down time during the day and made the most of visiting the amazing sites in Dubai, which will stay with us forever. A huge thanks to Susanne for her hospitality and making us feel so welcome.
We were both really impressed with the high standard of the young umpires that came through, Sophie having seen most of them on courses in February 2014 when out in Dubai tutoring.
The next 7 days were busy with us completing 20 assessments, 18 of which were passes.
We were lucky enough to have some down time during the day and made the most of visiting the amazing sites in Dubai, which will stay with us forever. A huge thanks to Susanne for her hospitality and making us feel so welcome.
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