Brooks family: Challenger British Soccer Camp

Jamie participated in the Challenger British Soccer Camp this week in Alamosa. He did it last year and when the information came in the mail for this year, he said he wanted to do it again. It is coordinated through our Parks & Rec department. I think that it is not advertised very well and it is a little bit pricey, costs about twice as much as the ASC Soccer Camp, so it does not draw a very large crowd. I think it is great for Jamie because he gets more one-on-one instruction. Plus, it's fun to watch and just listen to the camp leaders accents!

They divide the kids into age groups for the first part of the morning and then they are also divided up into four World Cup teams (of all age groups) for scrimmages. Jamie's coach was Theo and his team was Iceland. They are given "homework" throughout the week to learn more about their team's country. We had some leftover white t-shirts so Jamie decorated two of them with the flag of Iceland that he alternated wearing all week. (Note to self...buy another package of white t-shirts for Jamie to decorate however he wants! Inexpensive & fun summer activity!)
They are told that their activities, actions, scrimmages, etc. count toward World Cup "points" and at the end of the week, a World Cup "champion" team is selected. I don't really know if they keep track of the randomly awarded points or how they actually choose the winner but, Iceland was this week's World Cup "champion"! The other teams (Italy, Brazil & France) tied for second place...hee hee! Jamie was also given the Sportsmanship Award.

Today was the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa. I hope that Jamie will be interested, especially when Iceland plays.
ETA (6-17-10): Iceland did not qualify for the 2010 World Cup.