So the first annual Ruse Flag Football Camp is officially behind us. Overall, I can honestly say it was a success. The only disappointment was the consistency and quantity of attendance. (that's Peace Corps lingo for not too many ankle biters decided to show) Also, not every camper thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread; but on the other hand, some kids really had a fun week and truly improved their throwing/catching/flag-pulling.
The Municipal government allowed us to use the practice field of the Danube Ruse Football Club. They provided us with t-shirts for the counselors/coaches to wear and printed certificates of participation for all of the campers. The first day of the camp (august 12th) coincided with the International Day of Youth so the local news station came out to do a story on our camp. This aspect of the week was interesting to say the least. Somehow, the municipality thanked us (Peace Corps Volunteers) for being their guests on this beautiful day to play a new, great game. Very interesting, ostentatious way of looking at it if you ask me.
We used the two-a-day format with sessions in the morning and evening. Although we had a slight problem the first evening with soccer hooligans running on our field, the municipality called in some police officers to secure the field the rest of the week. yikes!
next year, we will have the camp during sprink break in order to avoid the problem of having the students already committed to vacations at the Black Sea, International vacations, or the mentality that nothing structured or organized can possibly done during the month of August.
in closing, thanks to all of the PCVs, Mladen, Phillip Yordanov, Yulian, Phillip Pastovanov, Poly, Poly, and Mladen for all of their help. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!
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