Stratford Recreation/Stratford PAL 2023 Sports Camps Offered

Press Release from Stratford Parks & Recreation Department

STRATFORD, CT — The Stratford Recreation/Stratford PAL Coach Buck’s Baseball Camp returns yet again for another week-long engagement this summer in July.

Slated to run from Monday, July 17 through Friday, July 21, the camp’s focus each day from 9 a.m. to 12 noon will be on the baseball fundamentals of throwing, fielding, hitting, base running, and game-playing.

Stratford High’s Head Baseball Coach Mick Buckmir is set to headline the camp that will also feature coaching instruction and mentoring from Coach Buck’s staff of coaches, some of his current players, special guest instructors and member officers from the Stratford Police Department. The cost for the week is $100.

The baseball campers of all levels of experience can range from Age 6 (incoming 1st graders to Age 14 (incoming 9th graders) and should bring their own gloves, bats, helmets, and molded cleats or turf shoes or sneaks. There will be some extra gear and equipment around if some campers do have some needs.

Please remember, Penders Field does not allow metal spikes. Campers will also be provided with a camp t-shirt before the week concludes.

For more information, please contact the Stratford Recreation Department by calling 203-385-4052 or emailing Recreation@townofstratford.com.

For registering, signing up, and providing payment, those interested should link to https://townofstratford.recdesk.com.

In addition to the Coach Buck’s Baseball Camp, the Stratford Recreation Department along with the Stratford PAL will be offering a wide range other sports camps this summer including the June 26-30 Soccer Camp at Short Beach (with Bunnell HS Soccer Coach Kyri Marinos), the July 17-21 Girls-Only Basketball Camp at Bunnell HS (with Quinnipiac’s Womens Head Coach Trish Fabbri and Stratford High’s Girls Head Coach Kelsey Gilmore), the July 31-Aug 4 Co-Ed Basketball Camp at Bunnell HS (with overseas pro and former Stratford High and Yale University basketball great Brandon Sherrod), the Aug 7-10 Wrestling Camp at Stratford HS (with Stratford High’s Head Wrestling Coach Brandon Tomlinson), and the June 26-30, July 10-14, and July 24-31 Intro & Intermediate Golf Camps at the Short Beach Golf Course.