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Gryphon Sport Camps

Gryphon Camps offer a variety of camps that are categorized into Activity Camps or Sport Camps. Sport Camps offer a focused approach to sport-specific skill development led by Gryphon Coaches and varsity athletes, designed to teach and facilitate growth that is age and skill level appropriate.

Summer Camp Registration now open!   

If your desired Camp week is full, please join the waitlist and we will contact you if and when an opening is available. 

New Minimum/Maximum Age Requirements

Each camp has a minimum and maximum age requirement to ensure campers are grouped with others within the same age range.  If you have questions or concerns about age requirements, please contact the Gryphon Camps Office at camps@uoguelph.ca or 519-824-4120 Ext. 56131.

  • Minimum Age: Campers must be no younger than the minimum age or be turning that age by the upcoming September 1st. 
  • Maximum Age: Campers must be no older than the maximum age by the end of the calendar year (December 31st).  

Pick-up and Drop-Off 

  • Drop-Off: 8am-8:45am
  • Programming: 8:45am-4pm
  • Pick-Up: 4pm-4:30pm
  • Post Camp Extended Day Supervision: 4:30pm-5:30pm | $32/week per camper | Option to purchase in June 

 Camp Calendar thumbnailView the Summer 2024 Gryphon Camp Calendar

Use this Printable Blank Planning Camp Calendar to plan your summer.

Gryphon Sport Camps

Focused, high-level skill development approach. 

See below for full list of Sports Camps offered this summer.   

Gryphon Sport Camps

Focused, high-level skill development approach. 

See below for full list of Sports Camps offered this summer.   

She's Got Game

By combining the best elements of a sport camp with a leadership program, individuals ages 12-16 that identify as female will engage in sport activities and small group discussions to build self-confidence and leadership skills within an inclusive & positive environment.     

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Basketball

Campers will be divided into two age groups, 7-10 & 10-14.  No previous experience required. 

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Discover Dance

Dancers between the ages 8-14 will be introduced to a variety of dance forms such as hip-hop, ballet, contemporary, salsa and jazz through daily technique & choreography workshops.

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Girls Hockey

This Half Day Camp is designed for individuals that identify as female.  

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Hockey

Hockey Skating & Skills Camp is a 1-hour and 20-minute daily session focusing on general skating and puck skills.  

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Soccer

Players will be divided into two age groups, 7-9 & 10-13 in order to focus on individual basic skills & technical development.  

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Pre Season Swim

Competitive swimmers ages 13-18 will improve their technique in all four Olympic strokes, as well as, the fundamental skills of starts, turns, streamlines, and relay takeovers. 

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Aquatic Fitness

Age 10-14 swimmers will get the chance to experience it all: Competitive Swimming, Artistic Swimming, Waterpolo, Lifesaving and even Aquafit in this half day camp. 

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Track & Field

Ages 9-14 will develop skills through an exciting mix of technical practice, games and special events; moving from general to more specific.

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Triathlon

Designed for Ages 11-16 looking to improve technique in cycling, running & swimming skills through team relays, challenges & fun dryland activities.  

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Youth Fitness

Designed for ages 10-14, campers will explore the University of Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre's wide variety of fitness facilities & activities with hands on experience.

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Volleyball

Designed for Ages 9-12 & 11-15 who are newer to the sport looking to develop individual volleyball techniques (setting, passing, serving, defense, etc).  Players will be divided into groups of similar ability to ensure skills & techniques are taught at an appropriate level. 

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Sun Safety

Gryphon Camps is committed to sun safety!  Camp staff are Sun Certified through the SUN AWARE Certification Program to ensure best practices in sun safety and create sun safe policies and guidelines.

Gryphon Sport Camps
She's Got Game
Basketball
Discover Dance
Girls Hockey
Hockey
Soccer
Pre Season Swim
Aquatic Fitness
Track & Field
Triathlon
Youth Fitness
Volleyball
Sun Safety

Sport Camps listed by age - select for full details.  

Sport Camp weeks are limited due to availability of facilities and coaching staff.

Sport Clinics are designed for those looking to continue developing high level skills in a particular sport.   These clinics are offered for limited sports and run throughout the year, therefore details are posted regularly as sessions become available.  Click here for Youth Skills Clinic details.

 

Meet the Gryphon Sport Camps Leadership Team

The Gryphon Summer Camp senior staff team provides leadership and guidance to all of our sport camp coaches and staff, programs, and campers.  This team is comprised of the Active Kids Coordinator and the Sport Camps Director who are passionate about Gryphon Camps and care deeply in providing exceptional, skill-based, safe and personal growth camp programs. 

If you have any questions about any of our programs or Gryphon Camps (Sport or Activity), please feel free to email us directly at camps@uoguelph.ca and we will gladly assist you. 

Kevin Lindner

Active Kids Coordinator
Kevin has worked in the camp environment for over 30 years within varying camp employment sectors including not-for-profit organizations, agency operations, day camps, overnight camps, and municipal recreation. He held previous positions as counsellor, head integration leader, teambuilding specialist, assistant director, director, and program manager.  Kevin became the Active Kids Coordinator at Gryphon Camps in 2017.   
 
Kevin is a Recreation and Leisure Studies, with a Business Option, Graduate from the University of Waterloo and recently completed his Master's degree in Recreation and Lesiure Studies from the University of Waterloo. He is an active member and volunteer of the Ontario Camps Association, and currently sits on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Committee, the Annual Conference Committee and the Ongoing Member Education Committee within the association.  Kevin is also a camp consultant and volunteer with the organization Outside Looking In, which is a program for Indigenous Youth across Canada.
 
Kevin has a deep imagination and passion for purposeful programming in order to create a supportive and inclusive camp community, one everyone is proud to be part of and every child grows individually while attending camp. 

 

Sport Camps Director Natasha Spaling headshot

Natasha Spaling

Sport Camps Director

 

Natasha Spaling has been the Intercollegiate Coordinator and Assistant Coach with the Gryphon's Women's Volleyball team since 2021. Spaling started her sport career as a member of the Waterloo Warriors women's volleyball team as she earned a BSc in Kinesiology. After graduating from Waterloo, she went on to complete her Master's in Coaching from the University of Alberta, where she was an assistant coach with the University of Alberta Pandas volleyball team. She has been actively involved in coaching youth and running summer camp programming since her time as an athlete and she has taken on the role of Sport Camp director at the University of Guelph since 2023. 
 

 

 

 
 
 
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