The London Youth Games

The London Youth Games proved to be a hugely successful event for Bromley this year being crowned the 2007 Champions. Our young sports people achieved a fantastic result beating 32 other London boroughs. Despite many top scores Bromley last achieved gold in the Youth Games 16 years ago. In recognition of this success, The Mayor of Bromley Councillor Pauline Tunnicliffe and Olympic Silver medallist Alison Mowbray attended a celebratory reception at The Ravensbourne School with many of the participants.

A copy of the 2007 Souvenir Programme can be downloaded here.

The London Youth Games, started in 1977, is now the largest youth games event in Europe, with over 23,000 young people taking part from the whole of London's 33 boroughs. The finals weekend, at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, is usually held over the 2nd weekend in July, with a variety of preliminary events taking place throughout June.

LYG – Mini Games

The mini games are for primary aged children, with eight different sports being played; all teams are mixed boys and girls – basketball, football, hockey, rugby, netball, athletics (sports hall athletics) and boccia. Bromley Mytime works together with Bromley’s School Sports Partnership Managers to coordinate Bromley’s entries into the mini games. 

LYG - Main Games

Bromley Mytime works in partnership with schools and local sports clubs and voluntary Team Managers to enter teams into the LYG. The age range does vary according to the sport, with the upper limit in many cases being U17 (school year 13), some sports however, are based around U14’s. The following activities are included in the games: angling, archery, athletics, disability athletics, badminton, basketball, boccia, canoeing, cycling, diving, fencing, football, MLD football, gymnastics, hockey, judo, karate, netball, rugby (girls tag), squash, swimming, disability swimming, table tennis, tennis, trampolining, duathlon, volleyball, weightlifting. Unless stated otherwise, all these activities are for both boys and girls, some as one mixed team others are independent boys and girls teams.
 

How to take part

The standard of competition differs from sport to sport, and to be considered for selection to the Bromley Squads you must meet all the necessary criteria relating to age, standard etc and must either live or go to school in Bromley. If you feel you would like to be considered for selection to one of the Bromley Squads in the London Youth Games, or would like further information, please contact the Sports Development Unit on the number below.
 

Contacts

Bromley Mytime – Sports Development Unit
Lousie O'Callaghan – Borough Team Organiser
Email louise.o'callaghan@bromleymytime.org.uk
Telephone – 020 8323 1708

Andy Fish – School Sports Partnership Manager
Email andrew.fish@bromley.gov.uk