JStrong hockey camp registration this week

Free skills camp taking place May 18-20

A JStrong Hockey Skills Camp will be held at the Yarmouth Mariners Centre May 18, 19 and 20.

Sign up for this camp, which is being offered free of charge, will take place at the Mariners Centre on Friday, April 20 from noon to 3 p.m.

The camp is for children aged 10-12 and a maximum of 40 kids are being accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. Registration is required in person as parents/guardians have to sign an insurance form.

Providing the camp free of charge is another way the JStrong Fund is looking to give back to youth in the community says Tanya Maillet, a member of the JStrong committee. Last year the fund had sponsored the first 20 kids who signed up for minor baseball.

And as of last fall, the JStrong Fund had surpassed $10,000 in helping youth access sport in Yarmouth County through assistance with registrations and also sponsorships.

The JStrong Fund was set up in memory of Yarmouth teenager Jadon Robinson who died in a car accident at the age of 17.

The intent of this hockey camp is to have fun. There will be office and on-ice sessions and on the final day the players will be divided into two teams to play a game.

The camp will be run by a volunteer group of young men who were good friends of Jadon’s and who played sports with him over the years. These volunteers have played competitive minor hockey rep, high school or junior hockey.

Anyone with questions can contact Kirby Maillet, an organizer of the camp, at 902-749-6046.