Camp Life
Half of camp happens away from a pitch — in the cabins, at the long tables, during the quiet hour and around the fire. This is that half.
Supper outside, most nights
Six to a cabin, one leader
The Wednesday all-camp game
The quiet hour, week two
Craft afternoon, Rookie week
Sports day, the last Saturday
Living here
The practical half.
Everything a parent actually wants to know about the fourteen days that are not on the timetable.
The cabins
Six campers and one cabin leader, grouped by age. Bunks, a fan, a shelf each and a locker for anything you would rather nobody borrowed. Rookies are always in the two cabins nearest the staff house.
The food
Three meals and two snacks, cooked on site. Jollof on Sundays because a mutiny in 2016 settled the matter. Allergies and dietary needs go on the booking form and the kitchen works from that list, not from memory.
Laundry and kit
Training kit is washed twice a week for the fortnight camps and once for Rookie week. Everything is name-tagged on arrival, which is why the lost property box is smaller than you would expect.
Ringing home
Wednesdays and Sundays, from the camp phone, on a rota. Campers do not keep their own phones — it is the single change that does most for how quickly a homesick child settles.
If somebody is unwell
A registered nurse lives on site for the whole session and there is a clinic at Atimpoku eight minutes away. You hear from us the same day, every time, however small it turns out to be.
And then there are the evenings.
Quiz night on Mondays. The talent show on the second Thursday, which is the single most fiercely contested event of the fortnight and has nothing to do with sport. The campfire on the last night, where the coaches read out one thing each camper did that they were not expecting to be able to do.
Parents are welcome at the Thursday open afternoon and at the closing gala. Directions and parking are on the contact page.
