Bristol have been successfully running Rugby Camps for some time now. Don't just take our word for it, take a look at the feedback below.

Feedback from the Easter 2007 Camps held at Cleve RFC - a few examples:

FEEDBACK  1) WHAT DID YOU ENJOY DOING MOST THIS WEEK? 2) WHAT DID YOU LEAST ENJOY DOING THIS WEEK? 3) WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO MORE OF?

JOE MCMAHON   1) “WHAT I MOST ENJOYED THIS WEEK WAS DESIGNING OUR OWN SESSIONS FOR THE MORNING.” 2) “NOTHING” 3) “I’D LIKE TO PLAY  DODGEBALL EVERY DAY AND LOTS OF KICKING LIKE DROP GOALS AND PLACE KICKING”     “THIS WEEK WAS AWESOME. THERE WAS LOTS OF LITTLE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT KNOW, BUT WE CAN ALSO TAKE BACK TO OUR CLUB AND IMPRESS OUR COACHES."     "THE BEST THING WAS THE KICKING. THE BALLS WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE. THE WHOLE  CAMP WAS AWESOME AND I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BUNGIE  ROPE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE KICK, PASS, RUN CHALLENGE.”

TOM BAILEY-DOUGLAS   1) “I ENJOYED THE  RUGBY ROUNDERS, KICK TENNIS AND KICK GOLF. I LIKED THE KICKING GAMES AND HANDLING GAMES.” 2) “I LIKED EVERYTHING” 3) “I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DONE MORE CONTACT AND MORE UNIT SKILLS. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE MORE KICK GOLF.”     “ON MONDAY WE STARTED WITH A MEETING AND GETTING OUR KIT. I REALLY LIKED THAT BIT BECAUSE IT SHOWS ALL THE SPONSORS AND THE BRISTOL LOGO. WE PLAYED SOME DODGEBALL WHICH WAS REALLY FUN. WE FINISHED WITH A CONDITIONED TOUCH TOURNAMENT."     "ON TUESDAY WE CHECKED IN AND HAD ANOTHER GAME OF DODGEBALL AND AT LUNCH TIME REDS PENNYCOCK WAS THE BRISTOL PLAYER WHO VISITED FOR THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. WE ASKED HIM A LOT OF QUESTIONS!!"     "ON WEDNESDAY WE PLAYED ANOTHER GAME OF DODGEBALL . WE DID HANDLING SKILLS WHICH REALLY IMPROVED MY HANDLING. IN THE AFTERNOON WE DID KICKING GAMES WHICH WERE REALLY FUN. ON THURSDAY WE DID SAQ IN THE MORNING. IT TIRED US OUT. I REALLY ENJOYED IT. WE PLAYED TOUCH GAMES IN THE AFTERNOON. ON FRIDAY WE DID KPRC. IT WAS A REALLY FUN WEEK. THANKS BRIS!”

CALUM PETERS     1) KICKING BECAUSE I WAS RUBBISH BEFORE.” 2) NOTHING 3) “TACKLING BECAUSE THE GROUND WAS TOO HARD”     “WE GOT BRISTOL SHIRTS. WE DID STUFF TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND CORE SKILLS SKILLS, KICKING, UNIT SKILLS, SAQ, RUCKING, WORKSHEETS ON HEALTH, BONES AND MUSCLES AND AT THE END WE MADE UP OUR OWN GAMES.”

TOM TARRANT     1) “THE GAMES.” 2) “SAQ AND WORKSHEETS.” 3) “TACKLING”      “THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST WEEKS OF MY LIFE. MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE TRAINING SESSIONS HAVE BEEN AMAZING.”

ELLIS JOSEPH     1) “I MOST ENJOYED THE ASSAULT COURSE BECAUSE IT WAS FUN AND TESTED MY SKILLS.” 2) “I LEAST ENJOYED THE KICKING BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO MORE RUNNING.” 3) “I’D REALLY LIKE TO DO MORE UNIT SKILLS BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH PEOPLE WHO PLAY IN YOUR UNIT.”     “I REALLY ENJOYED THE WEEK BECAUSE YOU PLAY RUGBY BUT ENJOY IT. THE COURSE IS REALLY GOOD AND BREEZY. OZZY, BRUM AND HUNTY ARE REALLY GOOD COACHES AND THEY ARE NOT VERY STRICT AND I ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM.”

PATRICK MAYER     1) “DOING TACKLING ON TACKLING SAUSAGES AND CONTACT POSITIONS.” 2) “ALL OF THE DRILLS WE DID WERE FUN” 3) “I WOULD LIKE TO DO A BIGGER RANGE OF SKILLS”     “ON THE FIRST DAY WE LOOKED AT HANDLING SKILLS AND SET PIECE MOVES. ON THE SECOND DAY WE LOOKED AT POSITIONS AND PUT THE SKILLS INTO A GAME. ON THE THIRD DAY WE DID A HANDLING GAME AND HAD A KICKING DAY WHICH WAS WICKED!"     "ON THE FOURTH DAY WE DID SAQ AND THE ASSAULT COURSE. THAT WAS THE BEST DAY AND ON FRIDAY WE PLAYED GAMES.”

WILLIAM STONE     1) “I MOST ENJOYED DAY 3 WHEN WE DID THE KICKING BECAUSE IT WAS FUN AND I LEARNT HOW TO DO ALL SORTS OF TACTICAL KICKS.” 2) “I LEAST ENJOYED THE WORK SHEETS AT LUNCH TIME.” 3) “I WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE CONTACT MATCHES.”     “AS I HAD COME TO THE ACADEMY BEFORE I KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT BUT I PREFERRED THIS 5 DAY SESSION BETTER AS WE HAD BETTER FACILITIES AND FUN COACHES. KICKING WAS FANTASTIC AND SO WAS TACKLING AND THE OTHER ACTIVITIES. EVEN THE WARM-UPS WERE FUN AS THEY WERE COOL ENJOYABLE GAMES LIKE RUBGY DODGEBALL, RUGBY ROUNDERS AND MANY OTHERS."     "SOMETIMES WE WERE ALLOWED TO MAKE UP OUR OWN WARM-UPS AND GAMES THROUGHOUT THE DAYS. OVERALL I ENJOYED IT AND HOPE TO COME TO THE NEXT ONE.”