Camp Olympia

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Camp Olympia

Established:	1968
Type:	Sports Camps
Location:	Trinity, Texas, United States
Campus:	Unknown at this time
Website:	Camp Olympia

Camp Olympia is an overnight summer camp located in Trinity, Texas, for children and teens ages 7-16 years who enjoy participating in various sports, outdoor activities, and water activities. Campers have the choice of attending a two week term (Terms 1 & 4) or a three week term (Terms 2 & 3), or even multiple terms if they would like.

1 Activities
2 Facilities
3 Spartan and Athenian
4 History
5 Famous alumni
6 External links

[edit] Activities

Campers are given the unique opportunity at Camp Olympia to choose their own schedules by submitting a list of their favorites before they arrive at camp. Campers can choose from the following activities: Aerobics, Archery, Arts & Crafts, Baseball/Softball, Basketball, Biking, Canoeing, Challenge Course, Charm, Cheerleading, Dance, Diving, Drama, DVD Production, Fishing, Football, Frisbee, Golf, Gymnastics, Horseback, Intermediate Adventure, Kayaking, Lacrosse, Outdoor Skills, Photography, Ping Pong, Riflery, Sailing, Scuba, Snorkeling, Soccer, Swimming Lessons, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Wakeboarding, Water Ski, and Weightlifting.

Olympia also offers the Jr. Golf Academy to campers who are interested in getting hands on teaching from experienced professionals at the world-renowned golf course, Whispering Pines. It was tabbed the No. 1 course in Texas by The Dallas Morning News in 2006 and the 11^th greatest Golf Retreat by Golf Digest. It gives Jr. Golf campers a great opportunity to practice on an elite course and greatly improve their skills.

In addition to a camper's activity schedule, they will also have the opportunity for Free Swim at the Olympic sized Pool, Blobbing, Rocketing, and other various activities on the waterfront.

[edit] Facilities

Camp Olympia offers state of the art facilities all the way down from their cabins to the nurse's station and they are constantly making improvements. Construction finished in May of '07 on an official sized little league baseball field that comes complete with a monster left field wall that will soon be covered in ivy (like Wrigley Field), a right field fence that backs up to the waterfront (Like AT&T Park), as well as Major League Baseball style sunk-in dugouts.

[edit] Spartan and Athenian

Viewed by many as the greatest part about Camp Olympia. Based on the ancient Greek battles between Sparta and Athens, this is a daily sports competition that pits the red Spartans against the blue Athenians in mainstream sports as well as more uncommon games such as O-Ball, Bombardment, 3-Ball, Baskerball, and various others. Legend has it that the Spartans swept the Athenians in the summer of '99 taking all four terms and laying claim as the first tribe to sweep the other. There's nothing like the original. After sweeping the summer of '06 and taking the last three terms in '05 the Spartans have won 7 consecutive terms more than halfway to the Athenians unlucky 13 set during the beginning of the new millennium. Of course, at the end of the day, everyone is an Olympian!

[edit] History

All-American football players Chris Gilbert and Corby Robertson, Jr. of the University of Texas founded this camp in 1968. This facility has grown to become global year after year with youths from all over the world joining kids in Texas for an exciting and positive camping experience.