Howard County Officials, Inc provides officials to recreational sports groups  in Howard County, Maryland.

2024 HCO Training Classes      February 20     General Meeting     February 27     Rule 1 - Definitions, Rule 2 - The Playing Field, Rule 3 - Equipment     March 5            Rule 4 - Players and Substitutes, Rule 5 - The Game     March 12          Rule 6 - Pitching Regulations, Rule 7 - Batting     March 19          Rule 8 - Batter-Runner and Runner     March 26          Mechanics     April 2               USA Softball Rules Test     April 9               Local Rules, General Meeting Howard County Recreation & Parks, 7120 Oakland Mills Road 7:00 pm   2024 State Clinic Sunday February 3th See Flyer     2014 Handouts   HCO Officiers
Brad Jones President	Ralph Eggen UIC/Scheduler	Rick McCauley Past President	John Calamari Asst Scheduler	John Dye Treasurer

Currently, we are under contract to provide

Slow pitch softball umpires to

* Howard County Recreation & Parks,

* * Applied Physics Laboratory.

Fast pitch softball umpires to
* Howard County Youth Program,
*

Kickball officials to the HCR&P Adult Co-Ed Kickball

Interested in Umpiring?? We are always interested in attracting new people. For further information please contact our Umpire In Chief Ralph Eggen (410) 766-8403 rweggen@cablespeed.com

Training Dates

The Howard County Officials, Inc (HCO) requires that all officials be trained. USA Softball will be conducting training sessions for those interested in umpiring adult slow pitch softball and youth fast pitch softball in Howard County.

The training will be in the evenings start in February and run through the end of March. Training sessions are mandatory for all 1^st and 2^nd year umpires to be USA Softball certified and highly encourage for all others. The General meetings and on field clinic are open to everybody. Most indoor sessions will be start at 7:00pm at the Howard County Recreations & Parks Building at 7120 Oakland Mills Road in Columbia. For further information, please contact USA Softball Slow Pitch Umpire In Chief, Ralph Eggen.

There will also be a one-day umpires clinic at Cedar Lane Park. There will be no charge. It will include indoor and on field training.

There is no fee to participate in any of the training sessions. All interested people of good character and thick skin are invited to attend. Feel free to bring a friend. The Slow Pitch season runs from mid-April through October. The Fast Pitch season runs from April through June.

All desiring to umpire games must register with the Amateur Softball Association for which there is a $50 fee.