WATSA BASKETBALL CAMP @ HIDDEN ACRES
August 17 - 22, 2025
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If you're serious about basketball, you've come to the right place.
Over the past 26 years, nearly 5,000 players from across Canada and the United States have attended our action-packed week of basketball training.
Here's what you can expect from your experience with us...
IMPROVE YOUR GAME
Each morning you'll hone your skills through our unique skill development stations. You'll learn to read your defender, pass creatively, handle the ball against pressure, attack the basket with the right finishing move, and get your shot off against quicker players.
PLAY HARD
Each afternoon you'll have the chance to put these new skills into practice in your league games. During breaks, you can enjoy swimming, canoeing, beach volleyball and the climbing wall. Each evening we're back on the court for competitions and nightly all-star games.
FIND PASSION FOR LIFE
To start and finish each day, through inspiring messages from Mano, you'll be challenged to fulfill your purpose in life. You'll be inspired to live your life passionately with strong character and by a standard of excellence through Christian-based principles.
CAMP LOCATION
Hidden Acres Camp is located a few minutes outside of New Hamburg, Ontario, which is 90 minutes from Toronto and 30 minutes from Kitchener. To learn more about the facilities at Hidden Acres, visit www.hiddenacres.ca.
CAMP DETAILS
Campers arrive on the Sunday evening at 6:00pm and are picked up on Friday following the 2:00pm closing awards presentation.
- ELIGIBILITY: Boys & Girls Completing Grades 7-12
- CAMP FEE: $1,095 plus HST (Total - $1,237.35) - Includes meals and accommodations
- SIBLING DISCOUNT: Register two siblings and SAVE $30
- NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT: Only a $250.00 deposit is required to reserve your spot.
REGISTRATION
Online Registration is open.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Your $250 deposit is non-refundable, but can be applied as a credit towards a future camp.
QUESTIONS?
Call us at 519-625-8602 or email basketball@hiddenacres.ca
“Well, where do I start! I had an amazing experience here. I’m definitely coming back next year. I’m really glad I had the opportunity to come. The coaches and the counsellors and the players are ALL amazing. And, the inspirational speeches were AMAZING! I loved everything!”
- Carley Fasan, Amherstburg, ON
“I always have a blast at the Watsa Basketball Camp. The coaches are always so amazing. I love coming back each year and I’m looking forward to next year already.”
- Emily Voisin, Kitchener, ON
“The Watsa Basketball Camp is always the highlight of my summer. The coaches and counsellors were amazing as usual, and they helped make the week that much better. I love coming and I always look forward to returning!”
- Andrea Bartlett, Waterloo, ON
“It was my 4th year coming to the Watsa Basketball Camp and I still love it. It is the most fun I have all summer and I look forward to it all year long. When I get here, I never want to leave.”
- Andrew Brand, Mississauga, ON
“I’ve been coming to the Watsa Basketball Camp for 6 years now and every year has been a truly amazing experience. I will take everything I learned and use it in everything I do. I hope that I will be able to come back next year.”
- Michelle Commandant, Cambridge, ON
"I have been coming to camp for five years and it seems like every time I came back it is even better! I wait all year to come back to camp and I only wish I could stay longer. The atmosphere is so amazing. I would absolutely love to come back…”
- Chloe Mekel, Stratford, ON
“The Watsa Basketball Camp was an excellent end to my summer and I believe it really helped me to improve. I really feel that the camp has helped me grow as a player and as a person.”
- Grace Fishbein, Waterloo, ON
“I have attended this camp for the past six years and each year is always a new experience. The coaches and staff are always great and the campers are awesome too. If I could, I would come to this camp for as long as possible…
- Jack Fleming, Kitchener, ON
“The Watsa Basketball Camp is always an amazing experience. I wouldn’t come back ten times in a row if it wasn’t! This camp teaches you to be everything you can be, through the competition on and off the court, the inspiration Mano provides and the staff who make everything that much better.”
- Graham Helmes-Hayes, Waterloo, ON
“The Watsa Basketball Camp has been great for learning lots about basketball. I have learned things that I didn’t know before and I hope to improve upon them and use them this year.”
- Brittany Marois, Richmond Hill, ON