London Youth Games

London Youth Games
London Youth Games
Venue	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and others
Established	1977
Participants	Est. 1.5m to date (2020)
Sponsor	Nike

The London Youth Games is an annual multi-sport event held in London, England. The London Youth Games offer competitive opportunities for young people aged 7 to 18 (who live or go to school in London) across approximately 30 sports every year. The London Youth Games are contested between the 32 London boroughs (as well as the City of London) and take place at venues across the capital nine months of the year.

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The focal point is finals weekend at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace, which traditionally takes place on the first weekend in July. But there are around 50 events that take place annually including qualifying rounds and stand alone finals at venues as prestigious as Lord's, Copper Box Arena and Hampstead Heath. The London Youth Games is free and open to all young people living in or going to school in London.

Notable past participants include four-times Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah, Premier League and England Footballer Raheem Sterling and World and European sprinting gold medallist Dina Asher-Smith.

The London Youth Games is funded mainly via commercial support from headline sponsor Nike, membership contributions from each of the London local authorities and Sport England National Lottery support. The London Youth Games are organised and managed by the London Youth Games Foundation, which is a registered charity (1048705).,^[1] representatives from the London boroughs and a number of independent trustees who make up the board of trustees.

The London Youth Games are delivered by a small team of full-time staff,^[2] Borough Team Organisers (BTO's) from London's local authorities, School Games Organisers (SGOs), representatives of Sporting National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and around 4,000 volunteers from the London Youth Games volunteering programme GamesForce.

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Year	Jubilee trophy	Other trophies (only shown where awarded)
1977	Havering	-
1978	Not contested	-
1979	Havering	-
1980	Havering	-
1981	Havering	-
1982	Waltham Forest	-
1983	Havering	-
1984	Havering	-
1985	Croydon	-
1986	Bromley	-
1987	Waltham Forest	Inner London borough trophy – Southwark
1988	Bromley	Inner London borough trophy – Southwark
1989	Enfield	Inner London borough trophy – Islington
1990	Redbridge	Inner London borough trophy – Islington
1991	Bromley	Inner London borough trophy – Islington
1992	Redbridge	Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth
1993	Redbridge	Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth
1994	Croydon	Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth
1995	Havering	Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth
1996	Redbridge	Inner London borough trophy – Lewisham
1997	Havering	Inner London borough trophy – Greenwich
1998	Havering	Inner London borough trophy – Greenwich
1999	Havering	Inner London borough trophy – Southwark
2000	Havering	Inner London borough trophy – Greenwich
2001	Havering	Inner London borough trophy – Southwark
2002	Havering	Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth
2003	Bexley	Inner London borough trophy – Southwark
2004	Havering	Disability trophy – Southwark Inner London borough trophy – Southwark Most improved borough – Greenwich Rick Grice Fair Play trophy – Bexley
2005	Redbridge	Disability trophy – Lewisham Inner London borough trophy – Southwark Most improved borough – Barnet
2006	Havering	Disability trophy – Lewisham Inner London borough trophy – Lewisham Most improved borough – Hounslow Rick Grice Fair Play trophy – Merton
2007	Bromley	Disability trophy – Lewisham Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth Most improved borough – Tower Hamlets
2008	Bromley	Disability trophy – Lewisham Inner London borough trophy – Lewisham Most improved borough – Kensington & Chelsea
2009	Havering	Disability trophy – Wandsworth Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth Most improved borough – Richmond Rick Grice Fair Play trophy – Westminster Thames Water Regatta – Richmond
2010	Bromley	Disability trophy – Croydon Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth Most improved borough – Southwark Rick Grice Fair Play trophy – Barking & Dagenham Thames Water Regatta – Richmond
2011	Richmond	Disability trophy – Lewisham Most improved borough – Lewisham Thames Water Regatta – Richmond
2012	Croydon	Disability trophy – Croydon Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth Most improved borough – Sutton Schools Shield – Hounslow Thames Water Regatta – Kensington & Chelsea
2013	Wandsworth	Disability trophy – Croydon Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth Most improved borough – Haringey Schools Shield – Wandsworth Thames Water Regatta – Richmond
2014	Wandsworth	ParaGames trophy – Croydon Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth Most improved borough – Schools Shield – Haringey Thames Water Regatta – Richmond
2015	Wandsworth	ParaGames trophy – Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth Most improved borough – Schools Shield – Haringey Thames Water Regatta – Richmond
2016	Bromley	ParaGames trophy – Inner London borough trophy – Most improved borough – Schools Shield – Regatta – Richmond
2017	Bromley	ParaGames trophy – Inner London borough trophy – Most improved borough – Schools Shield – Regatta – Richmond
2018	Bromley	ParaGames trophy – Inner London borough trophy – Most improved borough – Schools Shield – Regatta – Richmond
2019	Bromley	ParaGames trophy – Croydon Inner London borough trophy – Wandsworth Most improved borough – Waltham Forest Schools Shield – Regatta – Tower Hamlets Respect the Games Trophy - Redbridge
2020	Not contested	ParaGames trophy – Not contested Inner London borough trophy – Not contested Most improved borough – Not contested Schools Shield – Not Contested Regatta – Not contested Virtual Games - London Borough of Camden

Wins	Country	Years
16	Havering	1977, 1979–81, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1997–2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
10	Bromley	1986, 1988, 1991, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016-2019
5	Redbridge	1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2005
3	Croydon	1985, 1994, 2012
3	Wandsworth	2013-2015
2	Waltham Forest	1982, 1987
1	Enfield	1989
	Bexley	2003
	Richmond	2011

Year	Borough
2003	Bromley
2004	Bromley
2005	Bromley
2006	Bromley
2007	Lewisham

Year	Male	Female
2008	Waltham Forest	Barking and Dagenham
2009	Havering	Bromley
2010	Enfield	Bromley
2011	Enfield	Bromley
2012	Southwark	Bromley
2013	Tower Hamlets	Bromley
2014	Southwark	Bromley
2015	Wandsworth	Havering

Year	Borough
2003	Croydon
2004	Hillingdon
2005	Sutton
2006	Croydon
2007	Waltham Forest
2008	Croydon
2009	Enfield
2010	Enfield
2011	Croydon
2012	Enfield
2013	Croydon
2014	Croydon
2015	Greenwich

History

Origins

1978–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

2020-present

Sports

The Jubilee Trophy and Schools Shield

Previous Winners

Jubilee Trophy wins by borough

Event winners

Athletics

Angling

Archery

Badminton

Basketball

Boccia

Canoeing

Cricket

Cycling (Road)

Cycling (BMX)

Diving

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics (Floor and Vault/Artistic)

Hockey

Judo

Karate

Kayak Sprint

Kayak Slalom

Netball

ParaGames Athletics

ParaGames Football

ParaGames Swimming

Swimming

Table Tennis

Tennis (Team)

Trampolining

Triathlon/Aquathon

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Notable participants

Hall of Fame

References

External links