Over the past few weeks it has certainly been a bit easier to survey some of the parts of camp that will require maintenance and Hans Rigert and his team are still working hard to make sure that everything will be ready for the start of the summer!  There has also been more progress on our new golf green and we are very excited to show you the results of this piece of work in late May!  Also, keep your eyes peeled for another activity that will have something new this summer!

We are also very happy to let you know that there are many different children from a variety of countries already enrolled for the summer of 2012 – in fact, this number is well over 1000!  The first two sessions have already reached their capacity and we are fast filling spaces in the 3rd session too; you’d best get in quick to make sure you’ll be at La Moubra this summer!

Although there are still a few months to go until the start of camp in 2012, Spring is an exciting time for us all – improving weather, sending out camp ‘kits’ and information and striking the days off until we see you all at International Summer Camp Montana .  We’re looking forward to days filled with sports, activities and friendship!

For all you Latin scholars out there, you will know that ‘XXIV’ in fact represents the Roman numerals for how many specialist directed activities we have at International Summer Camp Montana.  That’s 24 in today’s numbering!  From badminton to archery, drama to karate, sailing to circus, there really is something for everyone!

51 years to be precise!  That’s how many years that International Summer Camp Montana will be celebrating this summer – which in turn will be the 52nd summer of camp.  It’s amazing to think of all of the amazing events that have happened during this time, such as the advances in travel, man landing on the Moon and even the construction of Residence Erica!  One thing’s for sure, we look forward to being here and welcoming children from all over the World for many more years to come!

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Let’s look at the numbers;

Each day, there are 150 programs printed, displayed and handed out for staff and campers to see what the daily schedule of activities will be.  These programs are displayed on the many noticeboards, are taken by staff members to plan their activities or groups’ movements and go to important places such as reception, the infirmary, kitchen and of course Head Counselors’ office!

This means that during a session (consisting of 21 days) there would be 3150 copies of the program made.

That means that during the summer season, which encompasses 3 sessions, there are a grand total of 9450 copies of the daily program made!

It’s a good job that we have computers and photocopiers, otherwise that would be a whole lot of typing to do on a typewriter for our Program Secretary!

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Following on from the previous fact about the volume of daily programs that are produced during the summer, this one is about their colourful presentation.  Although many past and present staff and campers may remember seeing the program in a different colour every now and then, you might not know that each day of the week is actually represented by a different colour!  Obviously, there are 7 different colours that are used for the 7 days of the week – do you know which day matches which colour?!

We will reveal the answer to this ‘Fascinating Fact’ in the next blog!

As always, if you have any questions, queries or comments regarding this blog or anything to do with International Summer Camp Montana, please do not hesitate to contact us.

However, some of the best sports for all-round improvements in fitness and hand/eye coordination are those played with a racquet in your hand. You’ll be delighted to know that we have three of these sports on our program at camp! These are tennis (which has two activity hours), ping pong and badminton.

La Moubra has some fantastic tennis facilities and it must be said that this is an activity that one and all really enjoy taking part in. We have both Tennis 1 (outside) and Tennis 2 (both outside and indoors) activities. Although many of our campers choose to bring their own tennis racquets with them, we also have our own equipment of the highest quality that our campers may use as well. As mentioned before, we have a selection of different courts, both inside the Tennis Centre and outdoors and this makes for a large number of possibilities during activity hours. Needles to say that tennis is a particularly popular ‘Open Activity’ too!

Ping pong is a game of skill, speed and endurance and regularly appears on the program as a ‘counselor directed activity’. Many of our older campers will remember the famous ‘ping pong room’, which is now the camper lounge and infirmary. The ping pong tables now take pride of place in the Tennis Centre, where there is lots of space to accommodate multiple games at any one time!

Finally, it’s our pleasure to let you know that from this summer, badminton will now be a ‘specialist’ instructed sport on the ISCM
program. We already have space in the Tennis Centre that comfortably holds two badminton courts and this can easily be expanded should the need arise! Badminton is certainly on of the best racquet sports for those of different abilities and provides an excellent workout too! One of the best things is that improvements in technique can be gained quite quickly and more often than not, a sweat is quickly worked up.

With great facilities, excellent equipment, skilled instructors and three weeks ahead of you at camp, you can’t help but look forward to all of these racquet sports!