Archived press release
Date Published: 01/06/09
More than 1,000 children across Bucks will be coming together on 6 June for one of the highlights of the sporting calendar: the Bucks Youth Games.
This ‘mini-Olympic’ style festival of sport, now in its fourth year, features 11 different sports ranging from athletics and rugby to tennis and boccia.
Based this year in Milton Keynes, the various competitions will take place at the National Badminton Centre, Stantonbury Campus and the Kingston Gymnastics Centre.
Children from primary and secondary schools across Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes, Wycombe, Chiltern and South Bucks will be trying their level best to come home with a medal.
The Games is the culmination of school competitions and talent camps which have been taking place in recent months. Organised by Milton Keynes Sports Development and Bucks and Milton Keynes Sports Partnership (Bucks Sport), with support from the Milton Keynes Partnership, it is hoped the Games will inspire a new generation of youngsters to get more involved in sport.
Lee Mason, Director of Bucks Sport, explains: “Bucks will have a unique role to play in the hosting of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We are already getting our young people excited and interested ahead of 2012 by giving them the chance to take part in their own ‘mini-Olympic’ style festival of sport.”
For more information about the Bucks Youth Games please see www.buckssport.org or call Jacqueline Galvin or a member of the Bucks Sport Team on 01296 585215.
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