Umpire Assigning

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We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality umpires in the area. We have been umpiring in Eastern Iowa for many years and continue to do so.  We also train and develop newer umpires that we can hire for youth tournaments in the area as well. there is never enough umps to go around!    

We charge a rate per game to secure umpires for your tournaments. This option only involves us securing the umps and NOT being on site to act as the umpire in chief (UIC) to settle any rules disputes. We would be available by phone if we are not on-site umpiring. 

We would charge  a rate per game plus an umpire in chief (UIC)  rate for someone being at the tournament from 30 minutes prior to first pitch of the day to the moment the final out of the day is made. We would be available on-site to answer any rules questions and provide rules interpretations.  This option will end up being a higher cost but provides greater "peace of mind" and will allow you to be very "hands off" with the umpires. 

We work with all people interested in becoming umpires.  Our goal is to train new umpires where they would then be confident enough to start also taking high school assignments. We believe that people that already officiate other sports are able to cross over very easily. 

We mainly do on the field training and classroom review of rules and positioning. 

Besides running our own tournaments we also assign umpires for nearly 25 other youth softball tournaments over the course of the year. The majority of these tournaments are fundraisers for local organizations/ clubs. 

Contact Charlie at 319-329-1543 or  murphc8988@gmail.com to get started.  We are always in need of quality umpires!