Be Active Camps

The inaugural "Be Active Winter Sports Accrediation Camp" was held at Woodman Point Recreation Camp grounds from April 18th to 22nd 2005. The camp consisted of 53 Year 9/10 students selected from 22 shires from the four Be Active regions in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia.

The camp was made possible thanks to funding received from the Department of Sport and Recreation and Lotterywest. The aim of the camp was to teach students leadership, coaching and safety skills in their chosen sports in order to bring those skills back to their communities to assist with coaching and or umpiring at a local level. The students were given the choice of completing a Level 1 coaching accreditation in football, hockey or netball and all received certificates of completion in courses including First Aid, Sports Strapping and injury prevention.

The campers were also fortunate enough to meet several Fremantle Dockers players at a training session and were involved in a clinic organised by the Fremantle Dockers staff. Many received autographs and photos and were published on the Freo web site that week.

The students received another treat when the entire group had desert at the Mint Leaf Restaurant, which stars in the TV show My Restaurant Rules on Channel 7. The students met Andre and Sandy who ran the restaurant and some were fortunate enough to receive autographs. Thursday afternoon saw lots of fun with a visit to Adventure World.

With four different coloured uniforms, students wore their designated colour during public appearances and sporting competitions. These competitions were survivor style competitions and were used to win a sleep in.

All the students enjoyed the week, many made new friends and learned much about coaching and safety in sport.

A camp for summer sports will be held in the October 2005 school holidays and information will be provided to students in the coming months.