Rock Ridge Cup Games

Thursday was start of the 2009 Rock Ridge Cup Games with competitions in Co-ed Soccer and Boys Softball. The Rock Ridge Cup Games are a best-of-five series against our sister camp, Sesame/Rockwood in Blue Bell. Camp Rockwood was victorious in Co-ed Soccer with a 4-0 shutout. Seth Silverman (LIT B) played great in goal making an unbelievable save on a Camp Rockwood penalty kick. Michael Lehrich (LIT B) and Collin Ochs (Freshman A) both had great scoring opportunities.

It was a dramatic ending in Boys Softball. Diamond Ridge trailed 5-2 going into the bottom of the 6th inning for their last at bats. With the bases loaded, Ronnie Laub (LIT B) delivered a clutch three run triple to tie the score, 5-5. Camp Rockwood then intentionally loaded the bases with no outs. That brought Martin Kempisky (Senior A) to the plate, who singled up the middle for the game winning RBI as Diamond Ridge won 6 - 5. Matt Simkus (Grad A) was the winning pitcher. The Rock Ridge Cup Games will conclude on July 29th with events in Co-ed Swimming, Girls Newcomb and Boys Basketball.

Best of Bucks County

Our camp families may have noticed that The Intelligencer and The Courier Times are currently conducting a "Best of Bucks County" contest. Readers of either newspaper can vote for their favorite restaurant, hair salon, dry cleaners, fitness center ....and summer camp! So, be sure to vote for Diamond Ridge Camps. Ballots can be found in either newspaper. We also have extra copies in the camp office if you need one.

76ers Summer Hoops Tour

The Philadelphia 76ers Summer Hoops Tour made a special visit to Diamond Ridge on Tuesday morning. All campers participated in the basketball demonstration and skills clinics. The 76ers Ambassador of Good Will and former player World B. Free led the program. Hip Hop, the 76ers mascot, was also there to help entertain the campers. All of the campers went home that day with the official 76ers Yearbook and a Basketball Skills & Drills guide.

Gold Rush

At the end of Week 2 all our campers were prospecting for Gold and Silver at our Gold Rush Theme Day Event. Campers searched throughout camp looking for rocks that were painted different colors. Each color was worth a different amount of weight. The most precious rocks were the gold ones that counted five times their weight. Campers were given 30 minutes to search for gold and then each sack of stones were weighed and counted. The Wild Coyotes team won Lower Camp while the Buzzards team won in Upper Camp.

Disco Dance Party

We kicked off the summer with "Pump Up the Volume Week". Country, Hip Hop, Rock 'n' Roll and Motown Music was heard throughout camp. On Country Music Day, there were camper performances at Line-up and Lunch of Hannah Montana's HoeDown Throwdown. The week was capped off by our Disco Dance Party. DJ Fresh from Philly Event Group Live had all the campers and staff grooving to the beat of some camper favorites like "Cotton Eye Joe" and "The Cha Cha Slide". Cedar Hall was transformed into a Disco Club. There were plasma TVs so the campers and staff could see themselves dancing to the tunes. All of the campers won different give-away items like t-shirts, sunglasses and bandannas.