Yesterday Maskwa hosted for the first time the Spryfield Boys and Girls Club at the club and we had close to 20 children aged (8-12 years) participate in our new Dragon Boat & Recreational Swim program. This program came about thanks to the generous financial support of West Bedford Holdings Limited ( a joint venture of Clayton Developments and Cresco). It was a cold, windy day but the children had lots of fun and are looking forward to returning next week. Spryfield Boys and Girls Club will be coming regularly to Maskwa on Thursdays from 2pm-4pm. The children will experience the Dragon Boat, under Chris Haley’s coaching from 2-3pm and then enjoy swimming in our supervised beach area from 3-4pm.
On Friday, August 5 from 2-4pm the Sackville Boys and Girls Club will have the chance to experience Maskwa’s Dragon Boat and Recreational Swim program. We are hopeful that we can offer more programs to introduce children all over the municipality to the joys of paddling.
A reminder this coming weekend we are hosting two regattas - Peewee on Saturday and Bantam on Sunday at the club. Lifebelts are in and singlets are required for racing. I am hoping to have the Atom racing shirts in next week before the first Atom regatta at Sack-a-wa next Saturday in Lower Sackville.
The day camp children have been having a great time this week and I'm going over shortly to take pictures of their dyed shirts! The kids loved the craft and are enjoying boating twice a day and the hikes are wearing them out - in a good way.
