The entire Crows squad will spend a busy two days in Berri and its surrounds on February 16-17 for the Club’s 2012 Australia Post AFL Community Camp.
The Australia Post AFL Community Camp is part of a national program, which provides
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The Crows Community Camp will incorporate free activities including a coaching clinic, visits to local hospitals and aged care facilities, as well as school visits that will reach more than 4,000 children.
There will also be an opportunity for one lucky local primary school student and his or her class to host a scratch match against the Crows team at their school.
The Adelaide Football Club Community Development team will hand out entry forms for the once in a lifetime Adelaide Crows Australia Post AFL Community Camp Primary School competition when they present the ‘Crows in Schools’ program in the week prior to the players’ visit, with the winner to be announced at the end of that week.
The camp officially starts on Thursday, February 16 with a number of school and community visits planned from midday.
In the afternoon, the Crows will hold a free super coaching clinic from 4.30-5.30pm at Berri Oval, where children will have the opportunity to meet the team, learn basic AFL skills and collect autographs or simply chat to their heroes.
Children aged 5-13 years are welcome to attend.
Another highlight of the camp will take place at Berri Oval No.2 immediately after the super clinic when up to 30 talented young footballers in the West Adelaide under-15 special squad will be put through their paces by the Crows coaching staff.
On Friday, the team will have a light training run from 8.30-10am at Berri Oval, which will help the players to warm-up ahead of their clash with the winners of the Adelaide Crows Australia Post AFL Community Camp Primary School competition.
More school and community visits will follow from 1-3pm before the players return to Adelaide around 5pm.
As the Team for all South Australians, captain Nathan van Berlo said the players appreciated the opportunity to visit fans in regional communities through the annual Australia Post AFL Community Camp.
"The Community Camp is a fantastic concept because it allows us to give back to our regional supporters, who make up 18% of our membership, and who support us so passionately," van Berlo said.
"We enjoy the time away from AAMI Stadium, where we can soak up the grassroots footy atmosphere.
"Five players from our squad grew up in regional SA so they know especially, how important it is for
“The Riverland has been a wonderful recruiting ground for us with names like Ricciuto, Modra, Mickan, Lindner and Fielke all coming from the region.
“We have close to 1,000 members in the Riverland, as well as the incredibly supportive Riverland Supporter Group, who I am sure will help make us feel right at home.”
