Hamilton Accies are offering kids the chance to take part in their October football camp – but spaces are filling up fast. The New Douglas Park club held a summer camp from six weeks, which proved to be so successful that many of the kids involved in that were eager to sign up for the forthcoming programme.
Accies’ October camp is for kids aged five to 12, runs from October 14 to 18, from 8.30am until 3pm, and is £100 per kid for the week.
Coach Matthew Briggs says those taking part in the camp will have fun, meet current first-team players, and could end up on the pathway themselves. “We always look at it and ask people if their kid likes football, do they want to develop and have fun, and if that’s all a ‘yes’ then the camps that we do at Hamilton do all of that,” said Briggs. “It makes a big difference having the camps at the stadium.
Having the name ‘Hamilton Accies’, having the stadium, and the kids coming in get to see professional players, get a photo with them, and at the end the players hand out their certificates. “As a kid, you can go back to your friends and say ‘a professional footballer handed me this’ and that gives a wee boost and motivation for kids in general.