London Youth Games
Are you aged 18 or under?
Do you live or go to school in the Borough?
Are you proficient in your Sport?
If you have answered YES to all of the above then we want to hear from you!!
The time has come to start preparing for the 2008 London Youth Games. The London Youth Games is a prestigious annual event which involves all 32 London Boroughs and the city of London, with over 20,000 competitors taking part. The competition is based on the concept of the Olympic Games and is the largest youth sports event in Europe. Participants compete in over 35 different sports including cricket, archery, athletics, football and basketball.
The Games give talented youngsters an amazing stage to compete on with past participants such as John Regis, Zara Long, Linford Christie and Steve Backley all having competed in the event.
The event comprises of preliminary competitions in many sports leading up to the finals at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.
London Youth Games Sports
- Angling
- Aquathlon
- Archery
- Athletics
- Disability Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Boccia
- Canoeing
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Diving
- Fencing
- Football
- Disability Football
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Judo
- Karate
- Netball
- Rugby (Girls)
- Indoor Rowing
- Squash
- Swimming
- Disability Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Trampolining
- Volleyball
- Weightlifting
If you are interested in representing Kingston in this event please contact The Active Kingston Team on 020 8547 5207
(Please note that you must live or attend a school in The Royal Borough of Kingston to be eligible)
London Youth Games 2008 - Press Launch
Two Young Athletes from the Royal Borough of Kingston have set their sights on sporting success, and they were helped on their way by Great Britain’s 400m world champion Christine Ohuruogu and former world indoor 800m medallist Jo Fenn.
Ohuruogu and Fenn were on hand to offer advice and inspiration to talented teenagers from across the city as part of the support offered by Balfour Beatty, which is to sponsor the London Youth Games for the next six years. Youngsters from each of the 32 London boroughs and the City of London were invited to the launch of next year’s London Youth Games by the engineering giants, on hand to announce an investment of £1.7 million to the London Youth Games and local grass roots sport development until 2013.
As a promising teenager Ohuruogu, 23, twice took part in the London Youth Games, and the Newham-born sprinter believes the event provides the perfect stepping stone to future success.
She said: “Competing in the London Youth Games was great fun and a superb experience for me. The scale of the event and the number of youngsters taking part is amazing, and to be part of that feels really special. “I know it played an important part in inspiring me to continue with the sport and work hard to succeed, and I’m sure today’s teenagers will benefit from the experience as much as I did. “This type of investment towards the London Youth Games is great news for the sport and the city. With such strong backing the Games are sure to develop even further, nurturing some of the most promising talent the city has to offer.”
Jonathan Smith, a wheelchair racer aged 15, and Cassy Weitz, a trampolinist aged 13, both enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with Britain’s two track stars.
The London Youth Games is the largest multi-games competition in the city’s sports calendar, attracting over 25,000 young Londoners from all over the city to compete in over 30 different sports, providing them the opportunity to represent their local Borough or school.
Anthony Kendall, chairman, London Youth Games said: “This announcement represents a seminal moment in the history of the London Youth Games, which has at its heart the ethos of involving as many young Londoners as possible in competitive sport. Balfour’s investment will allow us to fulfil our objectives of doubling participation in the London Youth Games by 2012.”
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone added, “I'm proud to once again give my support to the London Youth Games - a unique and key event on London's sporting calendar. The annual £25,000 from my office together with Balfour Beatty's valuable sponsorship agreement demonstrates that winning the right to host, the Games in 2012 is already paying dividends by attracting new corporate support to these key events. Balfour Beatty's and my continued support will enable many more young people across London to take part in these Games, and this has to be welcomed.”
The annual event is open to anyone aged between 7 and 17. Each of the 32 London Boroughs and the City of London enters teams in as many of the 30 sports as possible. More details about the games can be found at their website which you can find under Related External Links below.
An awards ceremony took place in the evening with the announcement of the winning London boroughs of the Balfour Beatty London Games Sport Development Awards, supported by Capital 95.8 Help A London Child. All 32 boroughs and the City of London submitted applications for grants of £1,000 each to pursue sports development in a sport of their choice in their borough. The boroughs of Redbridge and Southwark secured special £5,000 awards.
The London Youth Games is a prestigious annual event which involves all 33 London Boroughs, with over 25,000 competitors taking part. The competition is based on the concept of the Olympic Games and is the largest youth sports event in Europe. The Games give talented youngsters an amazing stage to compete on with past participants such as John Regis, Zara Long, Linford Christie and Steve Backley all having competed in the event. The event comprises of preliminary competitions in many sports leading up to the finals at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.
Kingston's team is sponsored by St Georges PLC, Balfour Beatty and Sport Kingston.
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