But for now the crew from Dugout is looking to fill three one-week camps. They are also using their extensive contacts in minor and professional baseball to bring a number of training camps, team selection camps and at least one tournament to Oliver. A maximum of 96 ball players will be housed in the arena during each session. In addition, Lehn and Dixon are working with Leisure Services manager Carolyn Madge to offer a three-day skills camp for local youngsters. That camp, for kids age nine and up, will run July 2-4 for three hours each day.
Registration is available through the parks and rec office.
Students of both the day camp and the week-long sessions will be coached by some of the top instructors in the baseball today, Lehn promises. Crowther is the camp's pitching instructor and a former AAA player for the Colorado Rockies. In addition, the camp has recruited Doc Younker as its head trainer. Younker was the former head trainer of the San Diego Padres. Team B.C.'s pitching coach and the 1993 Canadian Amateur Coach of the Year, Gary Blouin, is also involved with the ball camp.