The London Youth Games is Europe's largest youth sports festival and is part of the national School Games Programme.
Each year the London Youth Games provides an outlet for young Londoners to be involved in all areas of sport; be it playing, coaching, officiating or volunteering.
London Youth Games events take place over 9 months of the year between November and July with competitions in 30 different sports.
The London Youth Games provides a fantastic opportunity for young people in Newham to represent their borough and to compete against the best young sportspeople in London. It also offers a chance for them to compete at world class venues including the Copperbox Arena on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the Regatta Centre at Royal Docks and the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.
As well as inspiring more than a million Londoners to get involved in competitive sport, the London Youth Games has contributed to the development and discovery of many international athletes. Former Olympic and World Champion Christine Ohuruogu represented Newham in the London Youth Games as a junior athlete.
For more information about the London Youth Games please visit www.londonyouthgames.org
23 young people represented Newham at the first London Youth Games event of the 2018 Calendar, the Cross Country at Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath. With an in-experienced team in running Cross County courses, the Newham young people were amazing and made their borough Proud taking part on a course which is a difficult for the young people to run and came up against some tough seasoned cross country runners. The Newham participants were from a range of ages from U11's through to U17's. Names are below:
U11's - Dalziel Shakes - Calverton Primary school, Terelle Lanyiyan, Isaiah Mwanja, Dion Annan and David KAshari - St Edwards Primary school, Micah Mbick and Povilas Bikinas - St Helens Primary School.
U13's - Camron Pereira-Lindley, Ethan Taasin and Domas Vazgys - St Bonaventures RC School, Ahmed Ishak Chilla, Esme Jones and Safiyyah Saiyed - Forest Gate Community School, Evie Dooley - East London Science School, Dina Benidir - Sarah Bonnell School, Ellie Hope - Lister Community School and Faisolat Akanji - Little Ilford School.
U15's - Ainara Giralolo - St Angela's Ursuline School, Daphne Macalintal - Sarah Bonnell school, Henry Houghton - Forest Gate School, Pierce Symister - East London Science School and Paul Ojo - St Bonaventures RC School.
U17's - Sam Rowell - East London Science
There were a number of notable achievements by young people from Newham in the 2016-17 season. Individual medals were won in Judo, Athletics, Para Athletics, Weightlifting, and Indoor Rowing. Newham teams achieved success in a number of sports with the Male Basketball team winning Gold for the first time, the Female Basketball team finishing as Runners Up and gaining Silver, the Senior Fencing team gaining Bronze, the Female Para Football team gaining Bronze and the Male and Female Para Athletics teams finishing as Runners Up and gaining Silver.
The first event of the 2017-18 season will be the Cross Country on Saturday 18th November at Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath.
Newham’s representatives come from all parts of the borough: from schools, sports clubs, community associations and youth groups. We are always looking for talented young people who would like to represent their borough.
If you are interested in representing Newham at the London Youth Games in 2017-18 then please email: lisa.brivati@ activenewham.org.uk
There are competitions in 30 different sports at the London Youth Games including:
Angling Archery Athletics (inc. Cross Country and Para Athletics) Badminton Basketball Boccia Canoeing / Kayaking Cricket Cycling (BMX and Road) Dance
Diving Fencing Football Golf Gymnastics (inc. Trampolining) Handball Hockey Indoor Rowing Judo Netball
Rowing Rugby Sailing Squash Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Triathlon / Aquathlon Volleyball Weightlifting
