London Youth Games
Team Southwark 2012
Every year, over 30,000 young people from the 32 London boroughs and the City of London compete in over 30 different sports competitions that make up the London Youth Games.
The London Youth Games commenced in 1977 as part of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations and the Games continue to provide competitive sporting opportunities for young Londoners representing the borough they live or school in.
This year Team Southwark are proudly sponsored by Veolia and have also received funding from Balfour Beatty for the specific development of disability sports.
November 2011 marked the start of the 2012 campaign with the Cross Country competition and since then Southwark have competed in the Cricket and Boccia events. The next competitions start at the end of May and run until the first weekend in July in the lead up to the Olympics.
To see how Team Southwark are getting on so far visit the London Youth Games 2012 results.
Team Southwark 2012 are recruiting
If you would like to be part of this fantastic event and represent Southwark, take a look at the trials and training page and find your sport!
Swimming Trial - Friday 20 April
A trial to select the Southwark swimming team for the 2012 London Youth Games took place on Friday 20 April 2012 at JAGS Sports Centre. Full results are now avaliable.
If you have any questions reagrding the trial please contact David White at david.white2@southwark.gov.uk
Boccia Report
Pupils from Tuke School in Peckham represented Southwark at the Boccia competition on Tuesday 20 March 2012. The event took place at the brand new UEL Sportsdock in East London.
In the group stage Southwark comfortably won against Wandsworth and Havering and narrowly lost to Richmond. This great performance lead to the team winning the group and progressing to the knock out rounds. Southwark were then drawn against Bromley, but despite a good fight just lost the game. The team secured an overall 5th position which is a fantastic achievement, thank you to everyone involved. For full results visit the London Youth Games Boccia page.
Cricket Report
Southwark girls and boys proudly represented the borough at the London Youth Games cricket competitions in Harrow during February and March 2012.
The boys team competed on Sunday 26 February, which turned out to be a thrilling day. The team finished second in their group and just missed out on the finals by a 0.05 net run rate. The girls competed the following week on Sunday 4 March and had an equally eventful day. The team finished in a respectable third place in their group, beating the 2011 champions. This has been a great year for Southwark cricketers at the Games and we would like to thank everyone involved. For full results visit the London Youth Games cricket page.
Cross Country Report
A team of 30 runners represented Southwark at the Cross Country competition on Saturday 19 November at Parliament Hill.
The Cross Country highlighted the start of the 2012 campaign and over 1000 runners from across London took part. Southwark had some great individual results across the age categories, which lead to a 22nd overall placing. This event was very much a team effort and all runners had an enjoyable experience. Congratulations to everyone who was selected for the team. For full results visit the London Youth Games Athletics page.
For further information contact:
Tel: 020 7525 5736
Jennie Platt
Tel: 020 7525 1125
