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Loughborough MP Helps Launch Youth Games at Aeropark
Posted on 19/05/09
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Andy Reed MP, Chair of the County Sports Partnership joined youngsters and staff at East Midlands Aeropark at Castle Donnington on Friday to launch the Leicestershire 2009 Youth Games.
"The Youth Games at Loughborough University have become a fixture in the sporting calendar since they started at the turn of the millennium.
"This year they are growing and will be bigger and better than ever. These are an inclusive games with seven events for athletes with a disability.
The concept of County Youth Games was brought forward in 1999 as the whole nation prepared to celebrate the Millennium.
Each of the 45 counties in England organised Youth Games as the young people of our nation celebrated the year 2000 through sporting participation.
Each of the 45 counties of England sent representative teams to a National Finals held in Southampton. They were joined by squads representing Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The National Finals were the second biggest sporting event in the world in 2000 with over 7,000 young people participating. The biggest event was the Sydney Olympics!!
Since then it has become an annual event for Leicester-Shire & Rutland, getting bigger and better each year!
The Youth Games was first held in 1999 at Loughborough University. The inter-district competition is a celebration of Youth Sport with the following objectives:
* To provide quality activities for young people
* To provide competition for young people with sporting potential
* Talent identification
* First volunteering experience
Each Local Authority area through their Sports Development Officer, work in partnership with local schools and community sports clubs select teams to represent their area. The selection process works in different ways depending on where you live and is carried out through school competitions, district trials and personal nominations.
The Local Authority areas are:
Blaby
Charnwood
Harborough
Hinckley & Bosworth
Leicester City
Melton
North West Leicestershire
Oadby & Wigston
Rutland
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