Holiday Camp 2023

THE BREWSTER TRUST presents – within its strategic approach – a programme with proven standards as well as new features. The Football Holiday Camp 2023 is again football for everyone, for girls, for boys, for children with special needs or disabilities and for adults. It will take place from Monday, 24th July 2023, to and including Friday, 18th August 2023 as a varying programme on weekdays for a total of four weeks; venue is again The Parkinson Resource Centre in The Pine, St. Michael.

Programme & age groups

The age groups

Group A: 6 – 13 years (born in 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009)
Monday, 24th July 2023, to Friday, 4th August 2023, weekdays only, 9.00 am to 3.30 pm

Group B: 14 – 17 years (born in 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005)
Monday, 7th August 2023 (Kadooment Day), to Friday, 18th August 2023, weekdays only, 9.00 am to 3.30 pm

Group C: 18+ years (born in 2004 and before)
Monday, 31st July 2023, to Friday, 11th August 2023, weekdays only, 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm

Offer to local coaches & volunteers
THE BREWSTER TRUST invites local coaches and volunteers to assist and shadow the charity’s camp & coaching team; interested parties have the opportunity to register for the camp, also assigned to individual weeks.

Organiser

The Football Holiday Camp 2023 is organised by THE BREWSTER TRUST, a registered Charity in Barbados. The trust’s main mission is to promote, develop and improve football in Barbados with the aim of creating opportunities at all levels, especially for the youth.

Coaches

The coaches at the camp are familiar with The Brewster Trust and its mission and most of them have been coaching at programmes in Barbados before.

The programme

The two-week programmes are all about the youth. The training sessions are age group and performance related and following THE BREWSTER TRUST’s mission it is football for everyone straight from the beginner, full of fun and surprises.

Coaching in several groups – coaches are assigned to groups to encourage familiarity with the young people. The coaches will work with that same group over the course of each two-week periods.

THE BREWSTER TRUST offers the age group 18+ also to integrate parents as well as senior players to the charity’s football programme.

If you want to attend with a full team or group of people please contact us directly.

Coaching elements

Coaching elements will be multifarious with daily competitions based on the session, basic passing techniques developing the range and accuracy of the players, developing the players’ basic dribbling and turning techniques like dribbling at speed, slalom dribbling, dribbling with turns incorporated, control sessions and heading sessions including aerial control with the focus on using various parts of the body like feet, knees or chest, basic techniques of shooting with a development focused on shooting with various parts of the strong and the weak feet, 3 vs. 2 and 4 vs. 3 shooting sessions and mini matches or a tournament at the end of the two weeks. This will be followed by presentations to all players as well as some awards being handed out.

Besides the sessions on the field the programme includes classroom sessions with football as part of general literacy as well as teaching the rules and laws of football and additionally the popular indoor Futsal sessions.

Venue

The Football Holiday Camp is going to be held at The Parkinson Resource Centre in The Pine, St. Michael; security, drop-off and pick-up zones as well as parking will be organised; our venue partner in conjunction with the Pinelands Youth Soccer Academy will provide changing rooms, classrooms, toilets and bathrooms – and of course a “lost and found”.

We don’t want to miss to thank the Community Development Department of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment for the hospitality and the generous support.

Schedule

Group A: 6 – 13 years
The camp opens on Mondays to Fridays from 8.15 am (earliest drop off and sign-in) to 4.00 pm (latest pick up and sign-out); the sessions start punctually at 9.00 am and end at 3.30 pm.

Group B: 14 – 17 years
The camp opens on Mondays to Fridays from 8.15 am (earliest drop off and sign-in) to 4.00 pm (latest pick up and sign-out); the sessions start punctually at 9.00 am and end at 3.30 pm.

Group C: 18+ years
The camp opens on Mondays to Fridays from 4.00 pm (earliest drop off and sign-in) to 8.00 pm (latest pick up and sign-out); the sessions start punctually at 4.30 pm and end at 7.30 pm.

Annotation: rain as well as public holidays don’t stop us from playing football; Emancipation Day on Tuesday, 1st August 2023, as well as Kadooment Day on Monday, 7th August 2023, are regular camp days.

Lunch, snack & drinks

Mens sana in corpore sano – a healthy mind in a healthy body.

THE BREWSTER TRUST has developed again a special meal plan for the Football Holiday Camp 2023 with typical football food including rice, pasta, vegetables or salads for lunch with fruit breaks between the sessions or healthy snacks for the evening sessions.

Water coolers and bottle filling stations are accessible for everyone in the Camp Village – the meeting point during the programme.

Insurance coverage

For every registered participant THE BREWSTER TRUST is contracting insurance cover with a special sport package for the duration of the camp; this Personal Accident Insurance Policy covers amongst others sight or bodily injury sustain as a result of the sport or medical expenses.

THE BREWSTER TRUST explicitly thanks CG United for the generous support and long-term partnership for the benefit of the campers’ health.

Medical

All coaches are familiar with First Aid. The further medical facility consists of a special ambulance service and present physiotherapists respectively Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT).

THE BREWSTER TRUST explicitly thanks Island Care Ambulance Service for the generous support and long-term partnership for the benefit of the campers’ health.

Boots Campaign 2023

We always receive one particular request – football boots of a proper quality and for a reasonable price. In close co-operation with our long-term partner PUMA the charity can offer football boots allotted in 22 different sizes. Click here for our (integrated) Boots Campaign 2023.

Children with disabilities & special needs

As a matter of course THE BREWSTER TRUST offers the Football Holiday Camp 2023 also to children with special needs and/or disabilities. Any special requirements can be discussed prior to registration with the Organiser.

Breakfast Club

THE BREWSTER TRUST will again offer a Breakfast Club for the upcoming camp to help participants to get a nutritious start to their camp day, in response to growing concerns that children were attending the programme without having any breakfast. An implementation depends on additional donations of our camp family.

During the application and registration processes THE BREWSTER TRUST will find out more about feasibility and contributions to finally decide about the Breakfast Club; applicants who tick ‘interested’ on the application/registration form will be contacted accordingly.

Final remark

As footballers THE BREWSTER TRUST doesn’t write team with an “I”. To organise a programme like the Holiday Camp 2023 and to entertain this amount of campers including their families on a day-to-day basis for four weeks – reliable partners with passion and commitment make the difference. Therefore, our thank goes to our venue partners The Parkinson Resource Centre and Pinelands Youth Soccer Academy, UNICEF, PUMA, CG UNITED, Island Care, Michael Greaves Associates (Barbados) Inc. and the many others and volunteers in the background for the fantastic support. Much appreciated.

Consider discipline, respect and fair play for the game.

Application & Registration

UPDATE

Wednesday, 5th July 2023, 1.00 pm:
We have just closed Group A (footballers born in 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009) and do not accept any further applications for this group.

Still available:
age groups born 2008 and before as well as coaches and volunteers.

Application, registration & fees

As a charitable organisation THE BREWSTER TRUST targets to support and benefit children and youth in need, and to give those with fewer opportunities priority.

To take part in the Football Holiday Camp 2023 it is mandatory to submit an application. The options are:

• complete an online application or
• open or download the form for print or completion.

Applications will be completely confidential, will be processed on a first come, first served basis, and will be reviewed according to the criteria outlined by our charity. Every applicant will receive a response and/or a confirmation in due time so that a registration can complete the process.

Registration & fees

Spaces are limited, first come, first served. The registration fee is BDS$ 80.00 payable as soon as the application has been approved in cash or by cheque (to the order of: THE BREWSTER TRUST) with a refund of BDS$ 30.00 on full participation in cash paid on the last camp day of the relevant group on request. THE BREWSTER TRUST is encouraging participation as part of the programme as well as rewarding good attendance.

Full participation means ten (10) full camp days including a daily sign-in at our Welcome Desk not later than the individual programme starts and a daily sign-out with the coach not before the official end of the individual programme.

Our registration office

THE BREWSTER TRUST {registered charity N° 825}
c/o MBPI Inc.
GH House, 1st Floor, Trents, St. James
Camp Hotline: 419-4300
Monday to Friday: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm or by individual appointment.

The registration opens on Monday, 19th June 2023, and closes on Friday, 7th July 2023 or as soon as an individual age group is full.

Don’t forget, limited places, first come, first served.

Awards

Group A: 6 – 13 years

Group B: 14 – 17 years & “Team 6 – 11”

Group C: 18+ years & Teams

Special Awards

Coaches