Phase 1, The Stony Plain Central Years 1983 - 1985
The camp had its genesis at Stony Plain Central School under the coaching of Shalogne Kosakovich, a then Panda’s player who presently teaches at Jasper Place High School, and Dave Cunney, a former referee and teacher at Stony Plane Central School. That year there were eight campers registered.
In its second year Shalogne returned to coach together with Gerry Cousins and once again SPC hosted the camp.
In the third year Gerry Cousins returned and brought along Dave Youngs as an up and coming new coach.
Phase 2, The Memorial Years 1986 - Present
In 1986 the camp had to move to Memorial Composite High School and for the next two years Gerry Cousins and Dave Youngs continued coaching the camp.
In 1988 Neil Ogelstone became the camp director and Dave Youngs became the head coach.
During this time the camp became known as the Memorial Basketball Camp and as its popularity grew more gym space was required to accommodate the growing demand for skill development.
Also, during this time the camp was organized into its present format of INTORDUCTORY LEVEL (Grade 2-4), JUNIOR LEVEL (Grade 4-7), INTERMEDIATE LEVEL (Grade 6-8), SENIOR LEVEL (Grade 8-9) and ADVANCED LEVE (Grade 10-12).
Phase 3, The Future
Summer Camp '07 will be Neil Ogelstone’s last year as camp director. He is turning the directorship over to Roc Weigl.
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