For Young Golfers To Learn, Practice And Play At One Of The Finest Instructional Centres In Europe ...

... for golfers - beginners, advanced or somewhere in-between,
seeking to achieve or improve a handicap, develop their game or looking
to improve their competitive objectives.

Leading pros utilize an array of the latest state-of-the-art golf-teaching machines and systems designed to accelerate the learning process. Campers are dedicated to improvement, having committed to no less than five hours of instruction and play each week day. Definitely not for those timid about a commitment to golf!


OUTSTANDING FACILITIES
The Golf Camp is held at a top-quality Golf Academy just a short drive from our campus. There is a new gently undulating putting green where campers practise and enjoy serious (but fun!) competitive games. Because the short game is so important, the Academy has a new pitching area with various targets within a 100-yard range. During inclement weather there are several covered driving bays and an indoor putting green.


TOP TEACHING PROS
PGA instructors with extended experience are teaching our campers and helping them to improve all aspects of their game. Lessons are held during every weekday morning and for a further ninety-minute session in the afternoon.


ACTIVITIES
A wide variety of additional activities are offered daily to all campers after their principle programmes have finished, and on weekends. The wonderful aspect of these activities is that they all involve both instruction and play, being supervised by competent coaches and counsellors with the requisite skills, experience and most importantly, enthusiasm.

Incorporating a varied programme of adventure, activity and sport at the new Camps site at Queen Ethelburga's College, in and around the historic city of York and in the stunning scenery, river valleys and hills of the Yorkshire Moors.

The York programme is quite different with a fascinating mix of outdoor adventures in the beautiful rugged scenery of the famous Yorkshire Moors and challenging activities and individual team sports in and around Camp.

Hiking
An extended half-day hike in the spectacular scenery of the North Yorkshire Moors .

Watersports Adventure
Canoeing
Kayaking

Activities
High ropes
Zip-wire and challenge course
Archery
Raft-building
Cycling

Mountain Adventure

Abseiling
Caving
Gorge-walking
Beck-scrambling
Climbing
Orienteering
Special Adventure

Night at a hostel on the Yorkshire Moors
Evening outdoor cook-out
Team and individual sports

Basketball
Tennis
Soccer
Cricket
Field Hockey
Rugby
Soccer
Swimming
Table Tennis
Lacrosse
Volleyball

Some adventure activities will be half-day and others will take up a full day, usually returning well in time for a shower before evening meal. Participants in this action-packed programme need to have the requisite level of physical fitness, although no special skills or qualifications are required. There will be a mid-week break for an excursion and over the weekend there are no strenuous activities - just a leisurely full day excursion on Saturday and a relaxing 'chill-out' day at Camp on Sunday.

Creative Art programme is designed to develop and stimulate creativity in the visual arts for campers of all abilities from beginners to those who have already reached a high standard and may even be preparing for art school. Campers will draw, paint, model and sculpt both in and out of the fully equipped art-room. The programme will encourage young artists to explore, create and express themselves in many art forms under the watchful guidance and informative instruction of a professional art educator who is also an accomplished artist.

What Happens At Creative Arts Camp?
The course will spark the imagination of each camper by teaching many aspects of the art world including visual arts building, discussions on art history, aesthetics and problem solving whilst working on a group art project. The enthusiastic teaching staff will encourage artistic exploration through various art mediums and will provide expert instruction on the skills and techniques planned, to include painting, drawing, sculpture, print-making, and hands-on three dimensional design. Campers will paint and draw in the open air, choosing from the many historic buildings and quaint corners in York, elegant stately country houses and gardens or the magnificent scenery of the Yorkshire Moors, all close to camp.

The visit programme will promote discussion on some of the great British and International art from around the world, enabling the group to embrace cultural differences in art. The Creative Art Director will choose visits from the National Portrait Gallery in York, the York Art Gallery that features international travelling exhibitions, the stunning and thought provoking works from the permanent and visiting exhibitions at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and, further afield, the fascinating 'matchstick men' Lowry Gallery in Manchester.

At the end of the course there will be an art reception and show displaying the individual art made by the campers and Group Mural.

The Creative Arts Director is Chris-Tina Fogle, a professional, visual arts specialist teacher with years of experience in working with young people. Art is Chris-Tina's profession and her passion. She is widely travelled and has visited art galleries all over the world. She is a talented artist in her own right. Her carefully selected team will all be qualified teachers or established artists.

The Creative Arts Programme in Detail
Here is an example of the typical art content of the 2-week programme with art instruction for 3 hours each morning from Monday to Friday.


Week One - Mornings:
Mon Sculptures using soap and clay
Tue 'Plein-Air' drawing with oil, pastels, charcoal and pencils
Wed Print-making with Styrofoam and linoleum
Thu 'Found-objects' sculpture
Fri Excursion to one of the local art galleries listed above

Week Two - Mornings:
Mon Group Mural
Tue Complete Group Mural
Wed Painting using acrylics and watercolours either indoors or outside
Thu Origami and Sumi brush painting

Thursday afternoon there will be an Art Reception/Show of campers work.

Designed equally for the enthusiastic or the talented young actor, singer or dancer - and all who love the stage performance and have 'stars in their eyes'. The programme is run by an experienced team headed by the charismatic and talented Director, Michaela Warrilow, an experienced stage and TV actress who has years of experience in developing programmes for young people.

The skills talents and aspirations of each were soon established and goals were set. Although some campers were enthusiastic beginners and others established achievers Michaela identified singers from the pop world with everything from ballads to hip-hop; a budding mezzo-soprano heading for the opera stage; some who had acted in modest school plays and others in major theatrical productions; dancers from delicate ballet-trained young ladies to tough street dancers with amazing skills.

What a mix!
The next step was a session on voice projection, in English, so that everyone gained confidence. As the stage work moved on with singing, dancing and acting the group divided into teams who discussed and recommended to Michaela what the theme of the final night production would be. 'Global Communication' was born! So, the campers developed not just individual skills but singers acted and dancers sang and everyone learned to collaborate on ideas and performance. There was laughter, sulking, little disappointments and hard work along the way but everyone worked together so that it would be 'Alright on the Night'!.

The result of all this commendable endeavour was a thrilling and triumphant last night performance, enjoyed by the enthusiastic audience that packed the Theatre. They cheered the dance routines, the choruses, duets and solo singing and the acting. Everyone had a chance to show off their specialist talents but everyone also sang and acted and danced! Each individual became a real part of what was a stunning achievement by the group who, under the expert guidance of Michaela and Jenny, put the whole show together themselves.

From 2007 to 2008 -
In 2008 there will be another group of campers and a new theme will be chosen but there is no doubt that every camper coming to York will have the time of their lives working and playing hard, learning and developing skills and talents and collaborating as a team on a stage production devised by the group from concept to concert performance. On the way they will learn about stagecraft, lighting, stage production, scenery, make-up, the role of humour, voice production and much more.

At York, there are practise rooms and a magnificent stage with quality sound projection and excellent lighting for the last night production. The theatre can hold an audience of 800 spectators. Parents are welcome but in case you are unable to get there a DVD of the Last Night Performance is produced for every participant!

An Experienced Performing Arts Director
Michaela Warrilow is once again the Performing Arts Director. She is a dynamic, qualified arts specialist and has acted and directed plays on television and in theatres all over Britain and abroad over the past 20 years. She also writes and directs her own plays and has won numerous awards including Best Original Play in both 2004 and 2005. She believes passionately that the use of drama is a fresh way of challenging behaviour and can positively change lives. The team that Michaela will head up also includes Jenny, an experienced professional dance specialist, who worked with s in Cork in 2007 as well as new specialists that have been added for 2008 - a Piano accompanist, a Music Director and a Stage Manager.

On arrival at Camp the students are assessed and divided into ability and age groups. Later, as progress is made, students may be upgraded. The York language camp has 15 hours a week of targeted language instruction, usually in groups of 8-10 campers of all levels of ability. The students learn language basics by practising speaking together, under the guidance of the teachers, based on using a range of specially chosen, interesting subjects that become short but fascinating 'projects'. Students role play, develop ideas and discuss them - continuously using their improving English.

The work is serious but the approach is light and informal, always aimed at retaining the interest level of the students. It really works! Individual groups will often move outside for lessons in selected open-air settings around the campus. There are special excursions for the English groups to local villages and places of interest where they use Work Sheets with questions, all in friendly competition. The results of all these efforts are discussed and reinforced during the week so that together the teaching staff and the students achieve great results. At the end of Camp, students are awarded their certificates and a detailed report is sent independently to each family.

After the morning sessions the campers from all programmes get together to enjoy the mixture of Village Camp afternoon and evening activities, further increasing their use of English with the friends they will make from all over the world.

Some adventure activities will be half-day and others will take up a full day, usually returning well in time for a shower before evening meal. Participants in this action-packed programme need to have the requisite level of physical fitness, although no special skills or qualifications are required. There will be a mid-week break for an excursion and over the weekend there are no strenuous activities with a full day excursion on Saturday and a relaxing 'chill-out' day at Camp on Sunday.

The soccer camp offers an outstanding experience to young players who will play soccer every morning and early afternoon before joining in a wide choice of other sports and fun leisure activities in the late afternoons.

The Course Leader is Neil O'Donnell, a qualified UEFA coach with years of coaching experience, during much of this time specialising in developing young players and Academy Teams. He has coached players of all abilities from those who wish to enjoy their soccer by simply playing better, right through to highly talented potential future stars who see the Camps soccer course as a step along the way on their dreams to become professionals. The Assistant Soccer Coach in 2007 was Marcio Miranda, a popular, enthusiastic and talented qualified Brazilian Coach who is returning in 2008 to bring his brand of exotic South American flair and skills to the sessions.

After assessing each young footballer the comprehensive coaching programme begins in earnest with sessions devoted to:


Individual skills
Techniques
Corners, free kicks and penalty-taking
Short and long passes
Dribbling
Heading
Phases of play
Special goalkeeping session
Short 5 or 6 a-side sessions
11-a side sessions (reduced time for younger players)
Last day competitive game
Final night awards ceremony with prizes for the best, most skilful and most improved players.
In the evenings and during any weather breaks campers get sessions including:

Fitness and diet
Tactical sessions with analysis using DVD
Great games of the past
Outstanding players and individual performances
Personal appearance by a famous international player of yesteryear
Sportsmanship


CAMP HIGHLIGHTS
A much appreciated highlight in 2007 was a surprise personal appearance by Gerry Ryan, an Irish International who played in the Premiership for Derby County and Brighton and Hove Albion, playing in the Cup Final against a star-studded Manchester United when the original game was drawn and the replay was lost. Every year a player of this stature meets the campers. Generally, campers are photographed with him and afterwards a session where he answeres questions from the campers and gives advice on all aspects of the game and life as a professional player.

Another surprise appearance in 2007 was by the amazing Seana "Sticks" Cooke, currently a 20-year young international star with the top Arsenal Ladies side and Ireland Ladies - and a brilliant Freestyle Football artist. This kind of surprise awaits 2008 campers.

Riding Camps( Ages 10-17 )

Riding Camp takes place at a superb center just a short drive from our camp located amidst the soft green rolling hills and rich farmland of the York countryside. Top-quality instruction is delivered by specialists in the training and development of young riders.

The programme is based on each participant having a superb fun time -- with every rider encouraged to enjoy every moment of the experience. Whatever the level of rider, from ''first time on a horse'' right through to those trained for competition, this camp makes for the perfect choice.

The Centre is fully equipped with spacious indoor and outdoor facilities where riders learn to ride, jump logs and fences, hack, and gain hands-on experience in basic stable management and the care of horses. With seventy horses stabled, it is easy to match the size, ability and temperament of the horse to the specific needs of each rider.

Lessons run through the morning with a short afternoon session after lunch. Highlight for each student is the last day's ride through the breathtaking countryside which all campers, even those who begin the course as nervous novices will get the chance to enjoy.


ACTIVITIES
A wide variety of additional activities are offered daily to all campers after their principle programmes have finished, and on weekends. The wonderful aspect of these activities is that they all involve both instruction and play, being supervised by competent coaches and counsellors with the requisite skills, experience and most importantly, enthusiasm.

Leadership Training Course, York( Ages 15-17 )

The Original award winning Leadership Training Camp, so popular in Switzerland, is now offered at our magnificent new location in York, England. While similar in aims and quality to the Swiss LTC, the new and exciting difference will be making use of the new T.A.L.E. (The Amazing Leadership Experience) concept developed last year.

Using the impressive and exciting York historical location, campers, in teams will be given places to find, a limited budget and a mission to accomplish over the course of the two week period. Various challenges will have to be met along the route in competition with other teams. An impressive trophy will be awarded to the top T.A.L.E. team, with every camper in awe of their experiences.