KEVIN Beaumont has been elected new president of the Bucks Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers.

Beaumont, the Bucks CCC secretary and Chesham member, who became one of the youngest ever Minor Counties umpires at the age of 26, succeeds Alan Nickless.

Meanwhile, Alan English, from High Wycombe, has been appointed Chairman of the Thames Valley League umpires, in succession to Roy Arnold.