Graeme Glazebrook wins his fifth successive Kevin Pye Medal for NSW Country Umpire of the Year

Glazebrook's enjoyed yet another season of high-level umpiring duties across the state in 2019-20 and took his talents to some of Australia's top domestic cricket tournaments.

He had the opportunity to umpire at the Australian Country Championships in Toowoomba where he was appointed by Cricket Australia to oversee the Men's Division Final.

The focus for Glazebrook hasn't just been on making the right calls in his matches but also bringing through the next generation of officiating talent in his role as the first Country Umpire Advisor.

Glazebrook kept his comments on the fifth successive award short and sweet.

He only wished to thank officials, players and fellow umpires throughout country NSW for their support of his umpiring.

Bathurst District Cricket Association president and Mitchell Cricket Council vice-president Campbell Graham wasn't surprised to see Glazebrook come away with another Kevin Pye Medal.

"He's very professional, very dedicated to what he does, and approaches every game as a new game. Nothing ever flusters him, just gets out there and does the job," he said.

"He's well respected among Mitchell and Western Zone, as well as Bathurst, and it's not really surprising to see him win this award again."

Glazebrook also officiated the New South Wales Country Championship Final and the Plan B Regional Bash Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

He certainly doesn't limit himself in his number of umpiring roles either.

Glazebrook regularly officiates in the Bathurst District Cricket Association, he is Secretary of the Mitchell Cricket Umpires' Association and is the NSWCUSA zone representative for Western Zone.

Graham hopes Glazebrook's excellent officiating will be an example for people to follow in their pursuit of umpiring.

"He's a great mentor for new umpires in the ranks, with many years of service to the sport. He's always quite happy to pass on his wisdom," he said.

"As far as who is looking after our umpiring, it couldn't be in better hands, but as far as numbers go, we always need more. It's a thankless task.

"If we can get five or six ex-players coming back to umpire then that would be great."

Mitchell Cricket Council has been recently promoting their online umpiring course to help with those numbers.

While people have been unable to take part, on location, in umpiring courses they've been gaining experience online, such as Tuesday's Zoom meeting.