WELCOME TO THE LONDON YOUTH GAMES FINALE WEEK- YOUR BOROUGH, YOUR PASSION, YOUR SPORT. END #THISISLYG 2019 CONTENTS A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIR A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIR ................3 OUR AMBITION ...........................................4 2019 SO FAR ................................................6 Welcome to the 2019 London Youth Games Finale weekend. These THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS ...............7 3 days of high quality sports are the culmination of many months SATURDAY TIMETABLE AND MAP ..........10 of intense competition by tens of thousands of young Londoners. SUNDAY TIMETABLE AND MAP .............. 12 As ever, in addition to great sport, there will be a host of related fun and EVENTS TO WATCH ................................... 14 engaging activities across the Crystal Palace site. So please take your time BOROUGH VILLAGE ..................................16 to sample as much as possible. GOLD MEDALLIST JACKETS .................... 17 2019 is one of the most exciting years in the history of the Games! We are RESPECT THE GAMES ..............................18 thrilled to be able to put on these events with our new partner – Nike. CELEBRATING WOMEN IN SPORT ..........19 Our partnership was announced in May and as you look around you JUBILEE TROPHY...................................... 20 during Finals week, I am sure you To help you follow the weekend more closely will be able to see the impact that has we are delighted to be able to present the BOROUGH CHALLENGE ........................... 21 already been made. Our ambition in Games on our new digital platform. This will working with Nike is to grow the number enable everyone to sign up to the Games and AUTOGRAPHS ...........................................22 of participants to 200 000 over the next gain access to the most current participation 3 years, and in doing so we are confident and volunteering opportunities. If you don’t THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS ....... 23 that we will see the positive impact of sport have the app on your smartphone simply on young people right across our great and search ‘London Youth Games’ on Apple diverse city. or Android and download. Nike are our most recent partnership, but In whatever capacity you are here, whether we would not be able to put on the Games to participate, watch, support, officiate or without the support of our other partners. help over this weekend – enjoy your sport We are hugely grateful to Sport England, and #RespectTheGames Tate and Lyle, GLL, the Mayor of London and most importantly the 33 London boroughs. We would like to extend a special @ldnyouthgames thanks to the network of Borough Team Organisers and Schools Games Organisers as well as coaches and families who do so @ldnyouthgames much to enable young people to take part. Of course, putting on high quality events MARK CAMPBELL /londonyouthgames on such a scale requires organisation and LYG Chair of Board support of many other volunteers and www.londonyouthgames.org officials without whom none of this would happen. We are extraordinarily lucky to FOLLOW US! have such a dedicated group of GamesForce volunteers proud to serve their local #THISISLYG community and the young people of London. 3 OUR AMBITION The London Youth Games aims to inspire and enable every young Londoner to find their best through sport. Last year we reached a monumental milestone of 1.5 million young Londoners participating in the Games since its inception in 1977 and in May 2019 we were delighted to formally announce our new As valued partners and friends of the Games, partnership with Nike. these are some of the many benefits you can expect from the London Youth Games: Over the past few months, many of our local networks, communities and funders have AN ELEVATED GAMES expressed their support for the Games and EXPERIENCE we appreciate your ongoing commitment as Working with Nike and their vast experience LYG embarks on this exciting new chapter. in delivering high quality sporting events As the largest youth sport event in Europe, and moments, provides us with an we pledge our continued commitment opportunity to elevate LYG events for in providing inclusive and engaging all participants, volunteers and supporters. opportunities for young Londoners to take At LYG, we are proud of our illustrious alumni, part in sport and physical activity. Both many of whom are now elite Nike athletes Nike and LYG share the belief that sport such as Alex Scott, Dina Asher-Smith, is a powerful vehicle for positive change, and Mo Farah. We hope the increased and if a young person has a desire to play, presence of this sporting talents at our they should have the opportunity to. The events inspire more young Londoners partnership aims to boost participation to find their best through sport. figures to 200 000 young Londoners taking part in the Games annually by 2022. We are keen to maximise stakeholder relationships by shaping more opportunities outside of LYG events and programming. The partnership is committed to increasing not only female participation in sport across TRANSFORMING OUR and we are very excited to have Sport all boroughs, but also boosting DIGITAL PLATFORMS England, the Mayors Office and the local participation opportunities With the support of Nike, we have powered 33 London Boroughs join us on this journey. through community volunteering. up our digital capabilities, revolutionising our Developing the next generation website, app and social media platforms. This From myself, and the LYG team we hope of coaches is another focal point will vastly improve our engagement with our you enjoy the weekend celebrating sport for the partnership. To this end, current and future participants, volunteers, and celebrating the youth of London! we will be hosting an inaugural team managers and supporters. Included in London Youth Games Coaches this is an enhanced onboarding journey that Conference this summer, where will offer all users a seamless experience we will be upskilling and investing across the Games from the moment you in local coaching workforce. download the app. LYG are dedicated to offering an inclusive platform for young Londoners to come together to achieve more through sport. NICKY AFFLECK As we enter this new partnership, we are LYG Interim Chief Executive Officer committed to ensuring this remains at the heart of all that we do through all the programmes and partners we work with. This unique opportunity presents us with a game changing moment and will give us the opportunity to inspire and enable more young people to find their best through sport; 4 5 2019 A SPECIAL SO THANK YOU TO FAR… OUR FUNDERS The 33 London Boroughs Richmond showed their dominance once again in the Boccia, unbeaten in both qualifiers and finals. Not content being just London Champions, the team then went on to take the National Championship – a fantastic success and an achievement everyone at LYG are extremely proud of. The Richmond Inclusive Zone Basketball also progressed to the National Champs after winning LYG and finished OUR PARTNERS a fantastic 5th place. Tower Hamlets got off to a great start in their pursuit to be crowned Regatta AND FRIENDS champions, medalling in both Kayak events and Greenwich scored great ParaGames Trophy points in the pool, medalling in both PG Swimming events. Regatta and ParaGames trophies will be awarded on stage at finals weekend after all events are completed. Although off to a great start, Bromley have tough competition in this year’s Jubilee Trophy challenge. Strong contenders Richmond and Haringey have qualified for both male and female Basketball finals and previous AND OUR champions Wandsworth have scored consistent points in all events to The 2019 Season kicked off in style back date. Hackney and Havering could also be in November with the first event of the year – in the mix with strong teams entered across DEDICATED Cross Country. All 33 Boroughs were well all sports. The trophy will be awarded on represented and it was Bromley who stormed Sunday evening – who will be crowned to team victory taking both the Male and 2019 Champions? NETWORK Female trophies, laying down their intent to retain the Jubilee Trophy for another season. The winning streak for Bromley continued • Borough Team • 2000 Coaches in the Cricket, taking the girls title, but it in a tightly contested boys’ competition, Organisers and Team managers Hillingdon were crowned champions. • School Games • 4000 Volunteers Organisers 6 7 UNBEAT- ABLE BEGINS 8 AT LYG 9 10 SATURDAY TIME- TABLE AND MAP SPORT VENUE REG S TA RT FINISH MEDAL MED. VENUE Archery Stadium 08:30 09:45 16:15 16:15 Stadium Football (M) Football Pitches 08:30 09:30 16:00 16:15 On Stage Weightlifting Indoor Track 08:30 11:15 15:30 16:00 On Stage Indv: All Day Indv: At Sport Swimming (Mini) Pool 08:45 09:30 11:45 Team: 12:00 Team: On Stage Swimming Indv: All Day Indv: At Sport (Open) Pool 11:00 13:00 17:00 Team: 17:15 Team: On Stage Basketball (F) Indoor Court 10:00 11:00 16:30 17:30 On Stage Basketball (M) Indoor Court 10:00 12:00 17:30 17:30 On Stage F: 13:00 All at Sport Skateboard Skate Bowl 12:00 M: 14:00 17:00 17:00 Dance Studio One 12:30 13:30 16:00 N/A N/A NFL Astroturf N/A All Day All Day N/A N/A 9 1. Archery 15. Crystal 2. NFL Palace ONE E Z 6 3. Weighlifting Station G 4. Basketball A 5. Swimming BOROUGH L L A 6. Skateboard VILLAGE I ST V RO 7. Football 16. Volunteer Z 8. Towards Zone O Penge Gate 17. Hospitality N 9. Towards 18. Gold E Rockhills Medallist Tent PA & Westwood 19. Stage RK Gates 20. Information Z 10. Car Park Tent O 4 I N 11.