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By Aaron Schulze

Adam Herold Camp

Naicam hosting Adam Herold Legacy Foundation Hockey and Leadership Camp

Jul 6, 2020 | 10:15 AM

Even while faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, a hockey and leadership camp aimed to carry on the legacy of a young hockey player and community leader is expected to take place.

The Town of Naicam, along with the Towns of Radville and Maple Creek, will host the 2020-21 Adam Herold Legacy Foundation Hockey and Leadership Development Camp. The camp started in 2018, in honour of 16-year-old Adam Herold, who tragically lost his life in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in April 2018.

Russ Herold, Adam’s father, said a group of his son’s former coaches with the Prairie Storm U15 AA and the Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA spearheaded, and pushed forward, the idea of a hockey and leadership camp to pass on Adam’s legacy of giving back to the community.

“We try to keep it rural,” Russ said. “A lot of the rural communities maybe can’t bring in power skaters or top skill coaches. We bring in high-skilled, former NHL players, and former power skaters. On the leadership side, we try to teach kids that they don’t have to be a top athlete on their team or in your school. They can be a good person and a leader in your community; the things you can do to help your family, school, and community.

“Naicam had a good application. We liked a lot of the things they’re hoping to achieve in the community. Their community seems to be right behind it and their minor hockey board seems to be very involved in it.”

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Along with the professional experts already scheduled to appear, coaches from the Prince Albert Raiders – Adam’s Western Hockey League team – will help run the camp’s stop in Naicam.

In the previous two years of running the camp, Russ said feedback from the host communities has been positive. For the individual instruction available to the youth, as well as the leadership and team building courses.

“We encourage parents to sit in on leadership classes,” he said. “There was a lot of feedback where people discuss it at home about what they can do. We want the kids to volunteer in their communities. They bring back some work sheets and list some of the things they’ve done.”

The camp takes place over a course of three days – two in October and one in the new year.

As of July 6, indoor rinks can re-open, indoor sports and activities can resume, and the size of public and private gatherings are increased to 30 people.

Russ said the foundation has been in contact with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, and unless the COVID-19 pandemic in the province worsens and restrictions become tighter, he expects the camp to run under the current regulations.

Registration for the camp is conducted by the host communities, but Russ said they welcome all age groups and levels. Exact dates for the camp are to be determined.

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