The TRU Volleyball camp came back through town this week to help local players get their skills sharpened up in preparation for the coming season.
The camp attracted a group of 15 athletes, mostly girls going into grade 11, with only two boys attending the camp. Eleven of the 15 were in the older group.
Many students who had previously attended the school returned to the camp to tweak their skills.
With students graduating and few younger athletes coming in to fill their space, Grimm has begun to see volleyball in Quesnel slowly fade over the last few years.
“It’s definitely not as big as it once was,” he said.
Grimm said he saw a peak in attendance five years ago with around 50 athletes. That has slowly eroded until the older boys couldn’t even have make a team.
“It would be great to see some new kids,” he said.
“Hopefully things like this camp and us coming by with the WolfPack – kids will come out and I hope that piques their interest a little bit, because there have been some players from Quesnel that have gone on to play in higher levels.”
Though still in the planning stages, Grimm and the TRU WolfPack hope to come through the north to play some exhibition games here in Quesnel and in Prince George. Tentative plans have those games scheduled for the final weekend of September.
Because of the low numbers the camp was changed to only noon sessions, with soon-to-be TRU player Jordan Foote, from Prince George, taking over the coaching of the younger players when a split was called for.
Unfinished renovations caused Grimm to change plans and move the camp to QJS.
The camp will move on to Prince George next week, where Grimm has a full plate, with 170 volleyball players.