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The group’s new Aqua School gives guests a chance to try kayaking, waterskiing, sailing, windsurfing, wakeboarding and kneeboarding with free instruction and use of equipment. It is available at Colony Club, Turtle Beach and Crystal Cove and will be available at Tamarind (formerly known as Tamarind Cove) when the it reopens on November 1 following a four-month revamp. ■
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LEAVE ‘EM. Getting eco-friendly
Youngsters wanting to get to grips with nature can become Ambassadors of the Environment at the Ritz-Carlton hotel on Grand Cayman. As part of a series of programmes designed by Jean-Michel Cousteau (son of marine explorer Jacques Cousteau), they can learn about the flora and fauna of the Cayman Islands, kayak through the mangroves, go night-time snorkelling and gather wild plants to feed the islands’ endangered Blue Iguana. Activities are split into categories: Ambassadors Kids for children aged four to nine; Ambassadors Youth for eight to 15-year-olds; Adults and Families; and Groups. They cost between $65 and $120. ■
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Telling tales
Sea, sand and stories will attract younger guests at St James’s Club on Antigua during the half-term holidays in February and May next year. Special children’s story-telling weeks have been organised by Elite Island Resorts, Virgin Holidays and children’s publishers Puffin. One of Puffin’s top illus- trators, Adam Stower, will host daily sessions in the kids club covering storytelling, story- making and drawing. The hotel will also unveil a library of Puffin classics that should appeal to everyone from babies to teenagers. ■
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On the ball
Young football enthusiasts staying at the Harlequin Hotels & Resorts property, Bucca- ment Bay Resort, due to open on St Vincent this month, can take advantage of the Liver- pool FC Soccer School, the first Premiership football club in the Caribbean. Budding Steven Gerrards aged five years and above can try out the challenging and interactive courses. Meanwhile, tennis fans can enrol at the Pat Cash Tennis Academy, and young dramatists can tread the boards at the Harlequin Performing Arts Academy which
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will offer a range of classes and tuition for children of all ages and abilities. There may be charges for some sessions. ■
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Team sports
For other sports-mad youngsters, football, netball and cricket await at Barbados’s Sports Camp. Held every August, it offers free coaching from sporting legends in each discipline. Last month, former England cricketers Graeme Hick and Dean Headley lent a hand, along with former England footballers John Salako and Luther Blissett, and netball stars Amanda Newton and Fiona Murtagh, who previ- ously captained the England team. The coaching sessions are offered free of charge to kids aged from nine to 17, with up to 100 taking part in the sessions for each sport. Places can be booked for between one and five days through the camp’s website. ■
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Youngsters can sample water-based activities, from snorkelling to waterskiing and windsurfing, or they can just sit and look at the sea Teen temptations
Teenagers staying at Breezes Resorts across the Caribbean and South America can enjoy an action-packed holiday full of exciting activities across land and water. And as Breezes Resorts are part of the SuperClubs group they are all-inclusive. The only charges are for diving and jet-skiing. Water- lovers can opt for waterskiing, sailing and diving – where they can take the PADI course to become a qualified diver. On land, options include playing golf and tennis, or something more unusual, such as the circus workshops, which include trampoline clinics, juggling sessions and flying trapeze classes. Most activities are available as group or individual sessions. ■
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Clubbing together Children can go off kayaking in Grand Cayman
The upmarket Carlisle Bay resort on Antigua has added a new “Crush” teenage programme for 13 to 19-year-olds, giving them a chill-out room complete with Nin- tendo Wii games consoles, teen activities and event evenings. They can choose from beach barbecues, private movie screenings, sporting activities, zip-lining and even mocktail workshops. Younger children aren’t left out either, with a Cool Kids Club which comprises a creche for youngsters from six-months to six-years-old. It is open from 10am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday and includes a supervised, complimentary a la carte dinner. Crew Blue caters for eight to 12-year-olds with various activities. New this year is a daytime activity programme in the school holidays. Hotel-based activities are free, but there is an additional charge for excursions. ■
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