Providing sport and educational holiday camps for primary-aged children in Leamington Spa.
Book and Ball Camps
At Book and Ball we offer the very best in sports coaching uniquely coupled with classroom experience with a focus on developing creative writing skills. With decades of experience of working with children, we provide a safe and fun learning environment, with all staff having up to date DBS checks.
Our experienced coaches will teach your child new skills and develop confidence in various ball sports. During our Summer camps we will focus on tennis. Our qualified teachers will nurture and inspire imagination through guided storytelling and writing skills plus much more. In the afternoon, children will also get to choose one activity between Football, Basketball, Netball or Cricket.
Meet the Team
Jamie Taylor
Jamie is a semi professional tennis player and coach who recently competed in 2023 for Team GB in the World Team Championships for the Men's 35 squad. With almost two decades of experience in tennis coaching, and a track record of managing hugely successful nationwide camps, he is excited to create and develop this new programme.
Loll Kirby
Loll is a children’s author and school teacher based in Warwickshire. She loves to write both fiction and non-fiction books, but is also a professional bookworm* who can’t think of anything more exciting than getting lost in magical worlds of words and pictures. Working as a primary school teacher and a forest school leader, she is passionate about the difference that books and reading can make in the lives of children. * DEFINITELY an actual thing... (apparently)
Maria Forrester
Maria Forrester is a bilingual actor and Oxford School of Drama graduate.Maria has been featured in BBC productions PHOENIX RISE, SILENT WITNESS and DOCTORS, as well as in DOUBLE XL (Netflix) and in the BAFTA/BFI film IN ABSENTIA. Maria also has experience in the commercial world, having lead campaigns for HEAD & SHOULDERS, NINTENDO, AMAZON and VODAFONE.
Maria’s playfulness and free-spirited nature are well complemented by her experience of working with children and teenagers all over the world with a particular focus on inner freedom and joyfulness as a starting point for creative work.
Our Commitment
For every child that participates during the week we will donate a book and ball to those that may not get the opportunity to otherwise have one.
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We want every child whatever their background or situation to have access to books and balls.
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