by Anna Scott
Over the next few days we’ll be featuring camps and courses for your kids in London this summer. We kicked things off last week with a roundup of arts and crafts classes running throughout the holidays. Today, for your budding Phelps or Ennis, we bring you sport camps and courses. This summer could well be the ideal time for your sports-mad offspring to burn off some of that excess energy. Folk live and breathe football here in west London, but there are other options too:
Brentford Football Club Summer Soccer School, Chiswick and Isleworth
Brentford Football Club will be running courses at Chiswick School and GOALS Soccer Centre in Isleworth this summer. Suitable for kids aged 5 to 12 of all abilities.
QPR Summer Soccer School Camp, various locations
Running at a number of sites including Shepherds Bush, Wembley and Ruislip, QPR summer camps are suitable for boys and girls aged 6 to 15.
Summer Hockey Camps, Greenford and Barnes
Total Hockey and DQ Hockey are running hockey summer camps at St. Benedict’s School in Greenford and Barnes Hockey Club.
Let’s Play Netball, St Paul’s School, Hammersmith
For girls aged 7 to 13, Let’s Play Netball runs two-day camps with the opportunity to learn from leading international players and coaches.
Swimming Rocks, South Kensington and Chelsea
Send your little tadpole on a weeklong crash course. These four- or five-day short courses are a great way to boost progress, improve technique or just a fun activity in the long holidays.
Premiership Rugby Academy Camps, various locations
This helpful site lists a number of rugby summer camps run by various premiership clubs for a plethora of ages. Locations include Acton (London Wasps), Hendon (Saracens) and Sunbury on Thames (London Irish).
The Little Gym, Westfield, White City
Camps at the Little Gym offer two or three hours of fun and activities, combining physical fitness and play. At the three-hour camps children have an opportunity to show off their creative side with themed arts and crafts.
Kiddikicks, Hyde Park and Paddington
These August football classes run daily for one hour for under 5s (18 months to 5 years) and two hours for ages 5 to 8, in Hyde Park and Paddington Recreation Ground.
About the author:
Anna Scott is a freelance writer, parent, procrastinator and Hammersmith resident. When she’s not attempting to write her first young adult fiction novel, in between reading and reviewing the odd book or two, she can be found chasing after her two little girls. In a previous life she was a politics graduate and wine trade lackey. Head over to Anna Scott Jots to find out more…
