Local athletes selected to compete at 2021 School Games National Finals

Sixteen athletes from Nottinghamshire have been selected to compete at the 2021 School Games National Finals – a major multi-sport event for talented young athletes across the UK.
Athlete Mentors supporting School Games National Finals athletes. Photo: Youth Sport TrustAthlete Mentors supporting School Games National Finals athletes. Photo: Youth Sport Trust
Athlete Mentors supporting School Games National Finals athletes. Photo: Youth Sport Trust

The event will take place at Loughborough University from Thursday until Sunday.

The School Games National Finals will be the first multi-sport event for young athletes following the lifting of lockdown restrictions.

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The event will celebrate the athletes’ achievements in working hard to maintain training and motivation over the last year and a half of restrictions.

More than 1,300 athletes will compete across 10 sports at the School Games, four of which include disability disciplines.

The event will give many young people, across a variety of different sports, an experience of high-level competition in a multi-sport environment similar to an Olympic or Paralympic Games.

The young athletes will be following in the footsteps of some of Britain’s biggest sporting stars who have competed at the event before going on to senior international success.

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Alumni who competed at Tokyo 2020 include Adam Peaty, Kathleen Dawson, Alex Yee, Amelie Morgan, and more.

At the event the athletes will experience the excitement of competing at the highest level.

They will live in a dedicated Athletes’ Village on the Loughborough University campus, take part in the School Games ceremony, and have their performance livestreamed for spectators via the Youth Sport Trust YouTube channel.

“The School Games National Finals provide a great experience for talented young athletes,” says Ali Oliver, chief executive officer of the Youth Sport Trust.

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"Competitors get a real taste of what it’s like to be part of a multi-sport world-class sporting event at the amazing venues of Loughborough University.

"Given the competitors have endured a tough challenge to maintain their training and motivation over the last year, it’s fantastic to see them back.

"We are so excited to celebrate the athletes’ incredible achievements during a weekend of sport.”

The 2021 School Games National Finals is supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England and is delivered by the Youth Sport Trust.

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Representing Notts will be: Ella Porter, Retford, cricket; Jess Smith, Nottingham, triathlon; Will Pearson Inman, Cropwell Bishop, triathlon; Martha Harris, Nottingham, wheelchair tennis; Phoebe Clayton, Nottingham, athletics; Henry Barkerpine, Brinsley, cycling; Holly Lounds, Nottingham, wheelchair basketball; Jamie Newton, Mansfield, wheelchair basketball; Kamari Parker, Nottingham, wheelchair basketball; Paul Senior, Nottingham, athletics; Isabelle Moran, Nottingham, netball; Floriana Del Buono, Nottingham, netball; Thomas Playford, Nottingham, hockey; Izzy Hurry, Nottingham, BMX; Joshua Walls, Nottingham, BMX; Maddie Ward, Worksop, cricket.

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