London Youth Games
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The London Youth Games is an annual multi-sport event
held in London, England. The London Youth Games offer competitive opportunities for young participants aged 7 to 18 across 30 sports. The London Youth Games are contested between the 32 London boroughs (as well as the City of London
) and take place at venues around the capital all year round, with the focal point being a finals weekend at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace
. The finals weekend traditionally takes place on the first weekend in July and they are free and open to all young people living in or going to school in London. Over 50,000 young Londoners take part in the London Youth Games, making it the largest annual youth sports event in Europe.
The London Youth Games are delivered by the London borough councils, several NGBs and over 2,000 volunteers each year. A small team of full-time staff help to co-ordinate the LYG volunteering programme ' GamesForce ' which, together with volunteering agencies, help recruit, train and provide opportunities in media, events, sports, officiating and team leadership for persons aged 16 and above at the London Youth Games.
The London Youth Games is funded by Balfour Beatty, Sport England National Lottery, London Councils and Thames Water among others. The London Youth Games are organised and managed by the London Youth Games Foundation, which is a registered charity (1048705). Representatives from the London boroughs and a number of independent trustees make up the Board of trustees.
London Youth Games announced in March 2011 that they are working in partnership to deliver the Central London School Games on 1st July 2011.
. The first Games were held that same year at the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace
, where it has remained since.
The 1986 London Youth Games sees the introduction of a water sports regatta at the Royal Albert and Victoria Docks
. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the 1987 London Youth Games features in cycling's Milk Race and the cross-country championships are introduced to the Games programme.
The regatta is revamped in 1999 with the introduction of separate competitions in canoeing, sailing and rowing. Events for disabled athletes, swimming, football and girls rugby union are introduced.
A four-day national Youth Games final of the winning teams from all 43 Area Youth Games in the UK takes place in Southampton in August 2000. London sends two squads to represent them at 'The BAA Millennium Youth Games' in the 12 sports competitions.
among its promoters.
The Queen, accompanied by her husband Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
, visit the London Youth Games Mini Games at Crystal Palace on 4 July as part of her Golden Jubilee Tour in 2002
. She watches a relay race and presents winners medals.
London Youth Games establishes its own website. A festival stage with a big screen, 95.8 Capital FM and the Royal Navy entertain crowds at the 2003 London Youth Games finals weekend.
The 2004 London Youth Games are launched by former boxing champion Michael Watson
and showcase the London 2012 bid during the launch and at the finals weekend. London Youth Games competitor Amber Charles (Newham, girls basketball), then 14, is chosen as a youth ambassador for the bid. Participants greet the Athens Olympic Flame
as it arrives in the UK on its world tour.
BAA Heathrow's sponsorship of the Games ends in 2005 and a new public sector funding secures the London Youth Games' future with long-term funding from Sport England London and the Greater London Authority.
British long-distance runner Mo Farah lights the games torch at the opening ceremoney of the 2007 London Youth Games.
The London Youth Games celebrate the 500,000th competitor in its history in 2009. The London Youth Games also gets its first patron with former competitor, Chicago Bulls and GB basketball captain Luol Deng
and the London Youth Games Hall of Fame is launched with six former participants inducted.
In 2010, the London Youth Games hits a record 50,000 competitors and becomes the largest annual youth sports event in Europe. Olympic 400m runner Christine Ohuruogu
is the 2010 London Youth Games patron. Six more alumni are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Foxy is introduced as the official London Youth Games mascot.
England women's footballer Rachel Yankey
is the 2011 London Youth Games patron.
In each competition, every position carries a points total. At the culmination of finals weekend, each borough's best 28 points totals are added together to give their final score. Penalties of up to 50 points can occur if a borough team does not attend or is disqualified from a competition they have entered. The borough with the highest overall score wins.
Thames Water Regatta Trophy
Most Improved Borough Trophy
Inner London Borough Trophy
Rick Grice Fair Play Trophy
Athletics
Jackie Agyepong, Steve Backley
, Linford Christie
, Tasha Danvers
, Tyrone Edgar
, Mo Farah, Jo Fenn
, Dalton Grant
, Rikki Fifton
, John Herbert
, Jade Johnson
, Jeanette Kwakye
, Joice Maduaka
, Christine Ohuruogu
, Tosin Oke
, Samson Oni
, John Regis
, David Weir
Badminton
Aamir Ghaffar
, Rajiv Ouseph
Basketball
Arek Deng, Ajou Deng
, Luol Deng
, Rosalee Mason, Pops Mensah-Bonsu
, Azania Stewart
Cricket
Rory Hamilton-Brown
Cycling
Jo Rowsell
, Bradley Wiggins
Diving
Tony Ally
, Blake Aldridge
Fencing
Richard Kruse
Football
Chris Bart-Williams
, Siobhan Chamberlain
, Ashley Cole
, Rio Ferdinand
, Dickson Etuhu
, Gavin Hoyte
, Justin Hoyte
, Ledley King
, Lianne Sanderson
, Danny Shittu
, Rachel Yankey
Gymnastics
Chris Bower
Hockey
Darren Cheesman
Judo
Victoria Dunn, Winston Gordon
, Michelle Holt, Ashley McKenzie
Kayak / Canoe
Lizzie Broughton, Lucy Ormorod
Karate
Rachel Newey
Netball
Kadeem Corbin, Amanda Newton
Rugby
Maggie Alphonsi, Helen Clayton, Louise Horgan, Katy Storie
Rowing
Tom Aggar
, Ryan Chamberlain, Naomi Riches, Mark Hunter
Skiing
Chemmy Alcott
, Aaron Tipping
Squash
Paul Johnson
, Dominque Lloyd Walters, Alison Waters
Swimming
Elaine Barrett, Ellen Gandy
, Dervis Konuralp
, Zara Long, Craig Moate
Table Tennis
Darius Knight
Tennis
Anne Keothavong
Triathlon
Tim Don
, Stuart Hayes
Volleyball
Dami Bakare, Peter Bakare, Lucy Boulton, Natasha Brewer, Lizzie Reid, Darius Setsoafia, Nikki Strachan
Weightlifting
Joanne Calvino, Darren Holloway, Zoe Smith
Other
Brendano Lee (international male super model and actor), Warren Russell (member of boy dance band Diversity
)
Former 100m champion Linford Christie
(Hammersmith and Fulham), 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu
(Newham), javelin thrower Steve Backley
(Bexley), Chicago Bulls and GB basketball captain Luol Deng
(Croydon), rower Mark Hunter
(Havering) and Paralympic swimmer Dervis Konuralp
(Greenwich) were the first Hall of Fame inductees in 2009.
They were followed in 2010 by 400m hurdler Tasha Danvers
(Lambeth and Croydon), long-distance runner Mo Farah (Hounslow), England footballer Rio Ferdinand
(Southwark), netball player Amanda Newton
(Newham), Paralympic athlete David Weir (Sutton) and cyclist Bradley Wiggins
(Camden).
Between them, the current 12 members have amassed 23 Olympic or Paralympic medals, 35 World Championship medals and over 500 international appearances for their country.
The 2011 Hall of Fame and Awards evening will take place on Tuesday 11 September at Lords Cricket Ground
.
Below is a list of previous winners:
The Jubilee Cup
2010 GamesForce Team Leaders
2011
Community Partner of the Year
2010 England Basketball
2011
Coach of the Year
2010 Keir Apperly (Hackney, cycling)
2011
GamesForce Volunteer of the Year
2010 Jack Montoya
2011
Volunteer of the Year
2010 Lindsay Sartori
2011
Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...
held in London, England. The London Youth Games offer competitive opportunities for young participants aged 7 to 18 across 30 sports. The London Youth Games are contested between the 32 London boroughs (as well as the City of London
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
) and take place at venues around the capital all year round, with the focal point being a finals weekend at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was...
. The finals weekend traditionally takes place on the first weekend in July and they are free and open to all young people living in or going to school in London. Over 50,000 young Londoners take part in the London Youth Games, making it the largest annual youth sports event in Europe.
The London Youth Games are delivered by the London borough councils, several NGBs and over 2,000 volunteers each year. A small team of full-time staff help to co-ordinate the LYG volunteering programme ' GamesForce ' which, together with volunteering agencies, help recruit, train and provide opportunities in media, events, sports, officiating and team leadership for persons aged 16 and above at the London Youth Games.
The London Youth Games is funded by Balfour Beatty, Sport England National Lottery, London Councils and Thames Water among others. The London Youth Games are organised and managed by the London Youth Games Foundation, which is a registered charity (1048705). Representatives from the London boroughs and a number of independent trustees make up the Board of trustees.
London Youth Games announced in March 2011 that they are working in partnership to deliver the Central London School Games on 1st July 2011.
1977
The London Youth Games is launched as one of two major sporting events to mark the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth IISilver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth realms...
. The first Games were held that same year at the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was...
, where it has remained since.
1985-1990
London Youth Games Ltd is created in 1985 to cater for the growth and complexity of the organisation dedicated to running the London Youth Games and other London sports events for young people.The 1986 London Youth Games sees the introduction of a water sports regatta at the Royal Albert and Victoria Docks
Royal Docks
The Royal Docks comprise three docks in east London - the Royal Albert Dock, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock. They are more correctly called the Royal Group of Docks to distinguish them from the Royal Dockyards, Royal being due to their naming after royal personages rather than...
. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the 1987 London Youth Games features in cycling's Milk Race and the cross-country championships are introduced to the Games programme.
1990-2000
In 1994, BAA Heathrow becomes first title sponsor of the London Youth Games which are renamed ' The London Heathrow Youth Games '. The Mini Games event for Londoners under the age of 11 is introduced. The Indoor Cricket Cup is set up in 1996. A then record 20,000 children take part in the 1998 London Youth Games.The regatta is revamped in 1999 with the introduction of separate competitions in canoeing, sailing and rowing. Events for disabled athletes, swimming, football and girls rugby union are introduced.
A four-day national Youth Games final of the winning teams from all 43 Area Youth Games in the UK takes place in Southampton in August 2000. London sends two squads to represent them at 'The BAA Millennium Youth Games' in the 12 sports competitions.
2001-2005
The London Youth Games reach their 25th anniversary in 2001 with GB Olympic diver Tony AllyTony Ally
Antonio Piero Ally is a British diver. He was born in Luton, England.In 1998 he was a bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, won Gold in the European Championships for the three metre event in 1999, and won Silver at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.He placed 18th and...
among its promoters.
The Queen, accompanied by her husband Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
, visit the London Youth Games Mini Games at Crystal Palace on 4 July as part of her Golden Jubilee Tour in 2002
Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was the international celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Elizabeth II to the thrones of seven countries, upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, and was intended by the Queen to be both a commemoration of her 50...
. She watches a relay race and presents winners medals.
London Youth Games establishes its own website. A festival stage with a big screen, 95.8 Capital FM and the Royal Navy entertain crowds at the 2003 London Youth Games finals weekend.
The 2004 London Youth Games are launched by former boxing champion Michael Watson
Michael Watson
Michael Watson, MBE is a retired British boxer whose career ended prematurely as a result of near-fatal injury sustained in a WBO super-middleweight title fight defeat by Chris Eubank in September 1991....
and showcase the London 2012 bid during the launch and at the finals weekend. London Youth Games competitor Amber Charles (Newham, girls basketball), then 14, is chosen as a youth ambassador for the bid. Participants greet the Athens Olympic Flame
Olympic Flame
The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928...
as it arrives in the UK on its world tour.
BAA Heathrow's sponsorship of the Games ends in 2005 and a new public sector funding secures the London Youth Games' future with long-term funding from Sport England London and the Greater London Authority.
2006-present
Balfour Beatty announces a six-year association with the London Youth Games in 2006. They sign as a title sponsor until 2013 and the London Youth Games are renamed ' The Balfour Beatty London Youth Games '.British long-distance runner Mo Farah lights the games torch at the opening ceremoney of the 2007 London Youth Games.
The London Youth Games celebrate the 500,000th competitor in its history in 2009. The London Youth Games also gets its first patron with former competitor, Chicago Bulls and GB basketball captain Luol Deng
Luol Deng
Luol Deng is a South Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.-Early life:...
and the London Youth Games Hall of Fame is launched with six former participants inducted.
In 2010, the London Youth Games hits a record 50,000 competitors and becomes the largest annual youth sports event in Europe. Olympic 400m runner Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu MBE is an English athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres; the event for which she is the current Olympic and former World and Commonwealth Champion...
is the 2010 London Youth Games patron. Six more alumni are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Foxy is introduced as the official London Youth Games mascot.
England women's footballer Rachel Yankey
Rachel Yankey
Rachel Abba Yankey, MBE is an English football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and for the England national team. She plays as a left-winger or forward, and wears the number 11 for Arsenal and England. She is of Ghanaian descent, from her father's side.Yankey is the most-capped...
is the 2011 London Youth Games patron.
Sports
The London Youth Games consists of 60 competitions in 30 different sports. The following sports are included in the London Youth Games programme:- AnglingAnglingAngling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" . The hook is usually attached to a fishing line and the line is often attached to a fishing rod. Fishing rods are usually fitted with a fishing reel that functions as a mechanism for storing, retrieving and paying out the line. The hook itself...
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The Jubilee Trophy
The Jubilee Trophy is presented to the borough with the best overall performance at the London Youth Games.In each competition, every position carries a points total. At the culmination of finals weekend, each borough's best 28 points totals are added together to give their final score. Penalties of up to 50 points can occur if a borough team does not attend or is disqualified from a competition they have entered. The borough with the highest overall score wins.
Previous Winners
| Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Havering | 1983 | Havering | 1989 | Enfield | 1995 | Havering | 2001 | Havering | 2007 | Bromley |
| 1978 | No Games | 1984 | Havering | 1990 | Redbridge | 1996 | Redbridge | 2002 | Havering | 2008 | Bromley |
| 1979 | Havering | 1985 | Croydon | 1991 | Bromley | 1997 | Havering | 2003 | Bexley | 2009 | Havering |
| 1980 | Havering | 1986 | Bromley | 1992 | Redbridge | 1998 | Havering | 2004 | Havering | 2010 | Bromley |
| 1981 | Havering | 1987 | Waltham Forest | 1993 | Redbridge | 1999 | Havering | 2005 | Redbridge | 2011 | Richmond |
| 1982 | Waltham Forest | 1988 | Bromley | 1994 | Croydon | 2000 | Havering | 2006 | Havering | ||
Other Awards
Disability Trophy| Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Southwark | 2009 | Wandsworth | 2010 | Croydon | 2011 | Lewisham |
Thames Water Regatta Trophy
| Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Richmond | 2010 | Richmond | 2011 | Richmond |
Most Improved Borough Trophy
| Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Greenwich | 2005 | Barnet | 2009 | Richmond | 2010 | Southwark | 2011 | Lewisham |
Inner London Borough Trophy
| Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Southwark | 2007 | Wandsworth | 2009 | Wandsworth | 2010 | Wandsworth | 2011 | Wandsworth |
Rick Grice Fair Play Trophy
| Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough | Year | Borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Bexley | 2006 | Merton | 2009 | Westminster | 2010 | Barking and Dagenham | 2011 |
Alumni
The London Youth Games has been a stepping stone in the careers of many of Great Britain's finest Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Below is a list of athletes from each sport who are former participants at the London Youth Games.Athletics
Jackie Agyepong, Steve Backley
Steve Backley
Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...
, Linford Christie
Linford Christie
Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...
, Tasha Danvers
Tasha Danvers
Tasha De'Anka Danvers is a British Olympic bronze medallist, who finished in third place in the 400m Hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
, Tyrone Edgar
Tyrone Edgar
Tyrone Damien Edgar is a sprinter from Great Britain who specializes in the 100 metres.Edgar went to junior college in Kansas, USA in 2003 where he ran an impressive wind assisted 10.04 at the Junior College Championships...
, Mo Farah, Jo Fenn
Joanne Fenn
Joanne Fenn née Mersh, is an English middle distance runner.-Career:Jo had shown a great deal of promise in her early athletics career having been the English schools 300m hurdles champion. However, a series of injuries, particularly shin splints, halted her career...
, Dalton Grant
Dalton Grant
Dalton Grant is a British high jumper, who has won a total number of four national titles for Great Britain in the men's high jump event. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He has a personal indoor best of 2.37 metres...
, Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton is a British sprinter who mainly specialises in the 200 metres, but occasionally competes in 100 metres, 400 metres, and relay events.Before becoming involved in athletics, Fifton was an avid kick boxer...
, John Herbert
John Herbert (athlete)
John Herbert is an English triple jumper and bobsledder who competed from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s. He won the triple jump gold medal for England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.-Athletics career:...
, Jade Johnson
Jade Johnson
Jade Linsey Johnson is an English athlete, specialising in long jump.She is allergic to sand.Johnson came second in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Later she won the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships and finished fourth at the 2003 World Championships...
, Jeanette Kwakye
Jeanette Kwakye
Jeanette Boahemaa Kwakye is a British sprinter of Ghanaian origin.-Athletics career:Kwakye won a bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 2002 World Junior Championships, with teammates Jade Lucas-Read, Amy Spencer and Vernicha James. At the 2007 European Indoor Championships she finished fourth...
, Joice Maduaka
Joice Maduaka
Joice Maduaka is a British athlete who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 19 medals to date, including being the 100m champion 6 times, and the 200m champion...
, Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu MBE is an English athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres; the event for which she is the current Olympic and former World and Commonwealth Champion...
, Tosin Oke
Tosin Oke
Tosin Oke is a Nigerian triple jumper. He formerly represented Britain & is sponsored by Mizuno.He began competing in 1997 for Cambridge Harriers, South-east London, and was coached by Guy Spencer...
, Samson Oni
Samson Oni
Samson Oni is a Nigerian-English high jumper.Early in his career Oni won the 2001 AAA Indoor Championships while representing Nigeria. He also competed in the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, and the 2009 European Indoor Championships without reaching the...
, John Regis
John Regis (athlete)
John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams...
, David Weir
Badminton
Aamir Ghaffar
Aamir Ghaffar
Aamir Ghaffar is an English badminton player.He won the Canadian Open in 2004 and the men's singles title at the English National Badminton Championship in 2004 and 2005 and reached the final in 2008...
, Rajiv Ouseph
Rajiv Ouseph
Rajiv Ouseph is an English badminton player. He was born and brought up in London and studied media and communication at Loughborough University.-Career:...
Basketball
Arek Deng, Ajou Deng
Ajou Deng
Ajou Ajou Deng is a British-South Sudanese professional basketball player. He is the son of Aldo Deng, a former Sudanese politician and is the brother of Luol Deng, an NBA player who is also his teammate on Great Britain's national team....
, Luol Deng
Luol Deng
Luol Deng is a South Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.-Early life:...
, Rosalee Mason, Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Nana Papa Yaw Dwene "Pops" Mensah-Bonsu is a British professional basketball player of Ghanaian descent.-Amateur career:...
, Azania Stewart
Cricket
Rory Hamilton-Brown
Rory Hamilton-Brown
Rory Hamilton-Brown , is an English cricketer, who currently captains Surrey. Playing as an all-rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and off spin bowler. He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School and Millfield School...
Cycling
Jo Rowsell
Joanna Rowsell
Joanna Rowsell is a cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competes on track and road. She first came to national prominence as a winner of junior national competitions in 2005/2006, while her biggest successes to date are the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2008 and 2009...
, Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
Diving
Tony Ally
Tony Ally
Antonio Piero Ally is a British diver. He was born in Luton, England.In 1998 he was a bronze medalist at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, won Gold in the European Championships for the three metre event in 1999, and won Silver at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.He placed 18th and...
, Blake Aldridge
Blake Aldridge
Blake Aldridge is a British synchronised diver, who dives for The Crystal Palace Diving Club. During the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics he took part in the Men's 10m Synchronised event. Aldridge and his 14-year-old diving partner, Tom Daley, finished in eighth position in the final in an event...
Fencing
Richard Kruse
Football
Chris Bart-Williams
Chris Bart-Williams
Christopher Gerald Bart-Williams is a Sierra Leonean-born English former footballer. His position was defence or midfield....
, Siobhan Chamberlain
Siobhan Chamberlain
Siobhan Rebecca Chamberlain is an English female international football goalkeeper, currently playing her club football for Bristol Academy.-Club career:...
, Ashley Cole
Ashley Cole
Ashley Cole is an Barbadian-English professional footballer who plays for Chelsea and the England national team. He plays as a left-back and has been named one of the best in the world....
, Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand
Rio Gavin Ferdinand is an English footballer. He plays at centre back for Manchester United in the Premier League and for the England national football team...
, Dickson Etuhu
Dickson Etuhu
Dickson Paul Etuhu is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League. His younger brother Kelvin is also a footballer...
, Gavin Hoyte
Gavin Hoyte
Gavin Andrew Hoyte is an English footballer. A product of Arsenal Academy who plays as a defender for Arsenal and he is the son of British sprinter, Wendy Hoyte and the younger brother of Justin Hoyte, who also played for Arsenal before his move to Middlesbrough in 2008.-Career:Hoyte has been...
, Justin Hoyte
Justin Hoyte
Justin Raymond Hoyte is an English footballer who plays for Middlesbrough. His younger brother, Gavin Hoyte, plays for Arsenal in the reserve team. His mother is the British sprinter, Wendy Hoyte.-Arsenal:...
, Ledley King
Ledley King
Ledley Brenton King is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur. He is the longest serving player at the club and captained Spurs since 2005. He is currently contracted to Tottenham until 2012...
, Lianne Sanderson
Lianne Sanderson
Lianne Joan Sanderson is an English footballer who plays for Espanyol in the Superliga Femenina as a striker.-Club career:...
, Danny Shittu
Danny Shittu
Daniel Olusola "Danny" Shittu is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers."Olusola" is a nickname for the Yoruba name "Oluwanisola" .-Early career:...
, Rachel Yankey
Rachel Yankey
Rachel Abba Yankey, MBE is an English football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and for the England national team. She plays as a left-winger or forward, and wears the number 11 for Arsenal and England. She is of Ghanaian descent, from her father's side.Yankey is the most-capped...
Gymnastics
Chris Bower
Hockey
Darren Cheesman
Darren Cheesman
Darren Cheesman is an England and Great Britain Hockey field hockey International.A member of the current England and Great Britain Hockey Teams, he was also a member of the Great Britain U21 team that won Silver Medal at the 2007 Junior Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.Darren has been...
Judo
Victoria Dunn, Winston Gordon
Winston Gordon
Winston Alanzo Gordon is a British judoka, and Sensei at the in Tooting, London.He is also British Open Champion 2009.Winston is hoping to compete in his third Olympic games in London 2012.-Achievements:...
, Michelle Holt, Ashley McKenzie
Kayak / Canoe
Lizzie Broughton, Lucy Ormorod
Karate
Rachel Newey
Netball
Kadeem Corbin, Amanda Newton
Amanda Newton
Amanda Newton is an English netball player. Throughout her career, Newton has played mostly goal defence but also wing defence ....
Rugby
Maggie Alphonsi, Helen Clayton, Louise Horgan, Katy Storie
Rowing
Tom Aggar
Tom Aggar
Tom Aggar is a British rower who competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.Aggar went to the University of Warwick where he was a member of the rugby union 1st XV as well as the Saracens F.C. development squad. In 2005, whilst out with a group of friends, he slipped and fell eight feet on to a...
, Ryan Chamberlain, Naomi Riches, Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter (rower)
Mark John Hunter MBE is a British rower.In 2007 he partnered Zac Purchase in the Great Britain Lightweight Men's Double Scull. They won medals at each World Cup Regatta through the season. At the World Rowing Championships in Munich-Oberschleissheim they won a Bronze medal...
Skiing
Chemmy Alcott
Chemmy Alcott
Chimene "Chemmy" Mary Alcott is the current female British number one alpine ski racer, and competes on the World Cup circuit in all five disciplines: downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined.Alcott has competed in three Winter Olympic Games and six FIS World Championships...
, Aaron Tipping
Squash
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson (squash player)
Paul Johnson is a former professional squash player from England.Johnson reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in 1999. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, he won a Gold Medal in the men's doubles , and a Bronze Medal in the men's singles. Johnson and Chaloner were also men's doubles...
, Dominque Lloyd Walters, Alison Waters
Alison Waters
Alison Waters is a professional squash player from England.Waters won the British National Squash Championships in February 2010, beating Jenny Duncalf in the final 10–12, 11–7, 4–11, 11–7, 12–10...
Swimming
Elaine Barrett, Ellen Gandy
Ellen Gandy
Ellen May Gandy is a female butterfly swimmer from Great Britain. She represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200m butterfly swimming event....
, Dervis Konuralp
Dervis Konuralp
Dervis Konuralp is a British Paralympic swimmer who has represented Great Britain at four Paralympic Games, three World Championships and four European Championships.-Biography:...
, Zara Long, Craig Moate
Table Tennis
Darius Knight
Tennis
Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world...
Triathlon
Tim Don
Tim Don
Timothy Philip Don is a triathlete from the United Kingdom.-Career:Don competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took tenth place with a total time of 1hr 49min 28.85sec. In the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics he was placed eighteenth with a...
, Stuart Hayes
Volleyball
Dami Bakare, Peter Bakare, Lucy Boulton, Natasha Brewer, Lizzie Reid, Darius Setsoafia, Nikki Strachan
Weightlifting
Joanne Calvino, Darren Holloway, Zoe Smith
Zoe Smith
Zoe Smith is a British weightlifter. In October 2010 Smith won a bronze medal in the women's 58kg division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, her first senior international competition, to become the first Englishwoman to win a Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal.-Sporting...
Other
Brendano Lee (international male super model and actor), Warren Russell (member of boy dance band Diversity
Diversity (dance troupe)
Diversity are an English street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known...
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Hall of Fame
The London Youth Games Hall of Fame was established in 2009. It is made up of former competitors who have progressed from the London Youth Games to the world stage.Former 100m champion Linford Christie
Linford Christie
Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...
(Hammersmith and Fulham), 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ohuruogu
Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu MBE is an English athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres; the event for which she is the current Olympic and former World and Commonwealth Champion...
(Newham), javelin thrower Steve Backley
Steve Backley
Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...
(Bexley), Chicago Bulls and GB basketball captain Luol Deng
Luol Deng
Luol Deng is a South Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.-Early life:...
(Croydon), rower Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter (rower)
Mark John Hunter MBE is a British rower.In 2007 he partnered Zac Purchase in the Great Britain Lightweight Men's Double Scull. They won medals at each World Cup Regatta through the season. At the World Rowing Championships in Munich-Oberschleissheim they won a Bronze medal...
(Havering) and Paralympic swimmer Dervis Konuralp
Dervis Konuralp
Dervis Konuralp is a British Paralympic swimmer who has represented Great Britain at four Paralympic Games, three World Championships and four European Championships.-Biography:...
(Greenwich) were the first Hall of Fame inductees in 2009.
They were followed in 2010 by 400m hurdler Tasha Danvers
Tasha Danvers
Tasha De'Anka Danvers is a British Olympic bronze medallist, who finished in third place in the 400m Hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
(Lambeth and Croydon), long-distance runner Mo Farah (Hounslow), England footballer Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand
Rio Gavin Ferdinand is an English footballer. He plays at centre back for Manchester United in the Premier League and for the England national football team...
(Southwark), netball player Amanda Newton
Amanda Newton
Amanda Newton is an English netball player. Throughout her career, Newton has played mostly goal defence but also wing defence ....
(Newham), Paralympic athlete David Weir (Sutton) and cyclist Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
(Camden).
Between them, the current 12 members have amassed 23 Olympic or Paralympic medals, 35 World Championship medals and over 500 international appearances for their country.
Hall of Fame and Awards Evening
The annual Hall of Fame and Awards Evening not only sees former London Youth Games competitors inducted into the Hall of Fame, it recognises and presents special awards to individuals and organisations who make a major contribution to the success of the London Youth Games.The 2011 Hall of Fame and Awards evening will take place on Tuesday 11 September at Lords Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
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Below is a list of previous winners:
The Jubilee Cup
2010 GamesForce Team Leaders
2011
Community Partner of the Year
2010 England Basketball
2011
Coach of the Year
2010 Keir Apperly (Hackney, cycling)
2011
GamesForce Volunteer of the Year
2010 Jack Montoya
2011
Volunteer of the Year
2010 Lindsay Sartori
2011