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Angling
Aquathlon
Archery
Athletics (F)
Athletics (M)
Athletics - Disability (F)
Athletics - Disability (M)
Badminton
Basketball (F)
Basketball (M)
Boccia
Cricket (F)
Cricket (M)
Cycling
Diving
Fencing
Football (F)
Football (M)
Football - Disability (F)
Football - Disability (M)
Gymnastics - Artistic (F)
Gymnastics - Artistic (M)
Gymnastics - Floor & Vault (F)
Gymnastics - Floor & Vault (M)
Hockey (F)
Enfield
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Kingston
Bromley
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Croydon
Redbridge
Haringey
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Merton
Redbridge
Tower Hamlets
Hackney
Bromley
Barnet, Enfield, Newham
Lambeth
Brent
Bromley
Lambeth
Bexley
Harrow
Kensington & Chelsea
Southwark
Richmond
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Hockey (M)
Judo (F)
Judo (M)
Karate (F)
Karate (M)
Kayak Slalom
Kayak Sprint
Netball
Rowing
Rowing - Indoor
Rugby Union
Sailing
Squash (F)
Squash (M)
Swimming (F)
Swimming (M)
Swimming - Disability (F)
Swimming - Disability (M)
Table Tennis (F)
Table Tennis (M)
Tennis
Trampolining
Volleyball (F)
Volleyball (M)
Weightlifting
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Our goal is to deliver an annual calendar of high quality sports
events that inspire all young Londoners to discover and
achieve their potential in and through sport.
To do this we have identified six priority areas for the Charity:
Raise Participation
• Optimise the competitions programme, and development
activity to exceed the target of 50 thousand participants
in 2012
Deliver a Great Games
• Continually improve experience on and off the pitch for the
athlete, volunteer, team manager and BTO – making this an
event people want to compete and volunteer at
Embed LYG in London Sport
• Build strong partnerships with our boroughs as well as
NGBs, YST and other public, private and third sector
organisations to be at the heart of youth sport in London
Raise our Profile
• Increase our profile amongst key political and financial
stakeholders – sell our success to the boroughs and use our
stories to inspire more young people to compete
Ensure Financial Stability
• Exceed our funders’ expectations and carefully manage our
cash and costs while pursuing new revenue opportunities
particularly for funding post 2012
Our Goals are open for all to see – We aim to inspire
more young people to be involved in competitive sport.
London Youth Games Annual 2009
Demonstrate Excellent Governance
• Apply best practice in governance with an effective and
accountable Board with fit for purpose working practices
and documents
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Every event that London Youth Games delivers has three
complementary aims
• provide an outlet for young people to become and remain
involved in all areas of sport; be it playing, coaching,
officiating or volunteering
• ensure the development needs of all athletes and each
sport are met
• deliver competitions that lead to a great athlete and
volunteer experience
The LYG Archery event
motivated a volunteer to start
Hillingdon Junior Archery Club,
showing how competition
inspires participation
“The London Youth Games have
formed an integral part of Schools
Tennis Competition development in
London over the last year.”
88% of young people would
recommend the Games to others
LYG are working with 7 NGBs to train new
young officials and are offering them
practical experience
Over 100 GamesForce volunteers at 2009
Games
LYG Triathlon Event grew by 60% to become
the largest youth event in London
Tom Gibbins, Tennis Foundation
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More young people are competing in the London Youth Games
than ever before. Over 47 thousand began the journey to compete
for their borough in the 2009 Balfour Beatty London Youth Games
(2008: 28 thousand).
New events were organised in 2009 which addressed gaps in competition pathways for particular sports.
Thousands of young gymnasts and tennis players got the opportunity to
take part in the London Youth Games through competitions introduced in
partnership with Youth Sports Trust Competition Managers, British
Gymnastics and the Tennis Foundation.
The Thames Water London Youth Games Regatta returned in 2009 and
saw a doubling of participants at the Docklands Venue in events fully
supported and endorsed by the 3 NGBs.
More external funding was sourced to invest in partnership projects
to encourage more participants.
In 2009/10 London Youth Games attracted more than £80 thousand of
external funding to support projects aimed at increasing participation in
the Games.
Balfour Beatty / Help a London Child Sports Development Grants
programme ran for a third year, increasing participation through initiatives
led by the London Boroughs.
The Grants achieved their objectives of growing sports participation,
amongst disadvantaged groups. The projects benefited over 3000
participants across all 33 boroughs including 307 young people with
a disability.
Jacqui Agyepong, former Games competitor visiting
Newham Mini Games - an LYG Funded Event
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Sporting Pathways – another Balfour Beatty funded programme will invest
more than £150 thousand with NGBs to address areas of London with
lower participation in certain sports through increased
coaching and competition between now and the 2012 Olympics.
Triathlon and Judo are already beginning to benefit from this funding.
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LYG 2009 published the
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Whether it is the event format, the competition structure, the
standard of officiating and organisation or the off the field
factors, the quality of experience of the competition is vital
to retaining young people in sport.
In 2009 we went through an exercise of understanding what
is important to the experience of the athletes, team managers, Borough Team Organisers and volunteers. We have
embarked on a programme of activity to continuously
improve the experience for all.
• There has been a traditional focus only on finals week We invested in improving the quality of the qualifying events, to
give competitors a sense of being part of Europe’s largest youth
sports event.
• Communication of rules, draws and other information is critical to
the experience of the Team Manager and ultimately the athletes
– we provided draws online and are committed to a
communications timetable for all competitions in 2010.
• Our Online Entry Management System was launched for the 2009
Games improving the management of competitors’ information
and the elimination of errors – further developments are reducing
time taken to enter teams and giving Boroughs a great overview
of their entry status.
• More than twenty sports celebrities attended LYG events during
the year providing inspiration to current competitors.
Team Managers and Athletes
were asked for their opinions for
the first time, through independent
face to face and online research.
This has set our “experience”
priorities for 2010.
84% of young people say they are
more likely to carry on participating
in sport because of the London
Youth Games.
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LYG competitions are designed to assist in the development
of young athletes. In the last 18 months we have worked
closely with 19 NGBs to ensure the rules, age groups,
equipment and competition format are aligned with the
sport’s framework and development plans and the principles
of Long Term Athlete Development.
• In 2009 we introduced mini-tennis, and key steps gymnastics, the
modified forms of the sports appropriate for our age groups.
• Following England Squash recommendations the age groups,
standard cap and scoring format were changed.
• We have supported the introduction of pathway competitions in
triathlon and judo to give our athletes competitive experience
prior to the Games.
• The RS Feva Sailing competition has helped develop new skills
with sailors in London.
Minority sports such as Waterpolo and Handball benefit from being
part of the Games calendar through our development sports
programme - which creates high quality competitions.
LYG is a critical part of the
competitive framework for youth
volleyball in London
“The London Youth Games are an essential part of
developing a performance pathway and providing
opportunities for young sailors in London.”
Guy Malpas, Royal Yachting Association, Regional Development Officer.
London Youth Games Annual 2009
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Athletics, one of eight LYG
disability competitions
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quarter of a million pounds
More than two thousand volunteers were involved in teams
and competitions at the 2009 Games.
GamesForce – is a programme which inspires young
people to volunteer at the Games. Launched by Tessa
Jowell, it is managed entirely by London Youth Games,
and successfully recruited over 100 volunteers between 16
and 25 to the Games. GamesForce enjoyed a celebration
event at the Athletics Grand Prix at Crystal Palace in July.
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In 2009 our “unsung heroes” were recognised at our inaugural Hall of
Fame and Awards evening – Awards included Team Manager of the
Year, Volunteer of the Year, Community Partner of the Year and the
Jubilee Cup for an individual showing an outstanding contribution to
the Games
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The London Youth Games Hall of Fame was launched
in 2009 to recognise the international achievements
of former competitors. LYG are grateful for the role
that Team LYG, our alumni, play in inspiring more
young people to participate in sport.
2009 Team LYG performances included:
• Anne Keothavong (Hackney) breaks in to World Top 50 Tennis
• Zoe Smith (Greenwich) becomes British Olympic Association
Weightlifter of the Year and Commonwealth Youth Games Winner
• Mo Farah (Hounslow) wins European Indoor 3000m.
• Chemmy Alcott (Richmond) makes Top 10 Skiing Combined Ranking
• Bradley Wiggins (Camden) finishes 4th in the Tour De France
• Siobhan Chamberlain (Wandsworth) and Lianne Sanderson (Bromley)
help England to the European Football Final
• Jo Rowsell (Sutton) becomes World Track Cycling Champion in
Team Pursuit.
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The Games continued its track record of playing an
important role in the development of talented athletes
– current competitors have won the BBC’s Rising Stars
Awards for the last two years.
www.londonyouthgames.org/halloffame
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In 2009 we successfully raised the profile of the
Games with key stakeholders, and the media.
This helps attract sponsorship and inspires more
young people to compete.
of press and web media value was further enhanced by BBC TV, Radio and regional /
national coverage. Highlights included – 1⁄2 millionth competitor with Linford Christie
on BBC Radio as well as Talk Sport and Capital) / BBC TV, Luol Deng as Patron,
Boris Johnson launch and the Hall of Fame launch.
www.londonyouthgames.org was relaunched in February 2009 and has quickly
grown in terms of functionality and popularity. Games Time website traffic trebled
year on year and at its peak saw 20,000 page views in a day.
Stakeholders were engaged at LYG competitions and events such as the Hall of Fame
evening. We received valued support from Council Leaders and Mayors and MPs,
many of whom attended events including the Minister for Olympics, the Shadow
Minister for Sport and the Mayor of London,
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The Games are funded by a unique
blend of private, public and non-profit
sector finance
Balfour Beatty – are title sponsors in a £1.7million deal until 2013,
which includes ring-fenced funds to develop grassroots sports
projects across the capital. In 2009 they added an employee
volunteering programme to their support of the Games.
London Youth Games and Balfour Beatty
shortlisted for prestigious for Grassroots
Sponsorship Award.
Sport England reconfirmed their funding for 2009/10 –they support
the Games to help deliver a lasting Olympic and Paralympic legacy
of increased participation and to nurture talented athletes.
Thames Water became title sponsor of the London Youth Games
Regatta in 2009, which helped create significant growth in
participation.
London Boroughs are members of London Youth Games and fund
20% of the cost of staging the events. London Councils and the
Mayor of London are also important supporters of The Games.
LYG successfully applied to v’s vmatch scheme to fund
GamesForce our Young Volunteer programme and to Capital FM
Help a London Child to run the sports development grant
programme focused at raising participation amongst London’s most
disadvantaged communities.
Anne Keothavong was part of Team LYG, former
competitors who have excelled internationally.
Over 20 visited the Games in 2009
London Youth Games Annual 2009
Other partners over 2009 were NBA, Environment Agency, KEA
Sportswear, Hire Intelligence, Limelight Sports and Fast Track.
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Sources of LYG income are shown below. As well as working hard
to increase sources of commercial income and value in kind,
considerable focus has been on ensuring grants are secured over
a number of years to support longer term planning.
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2. Commercial 33%
3. Sport England 24%
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Our expenditure is tightly controlled through funding agreements with
Sport England and other bodies. In 2008/9 a surplus of £11k was
added to our reserves.
For the
financial
report –
click here
Team – The Charity behind the Games grew in 2008/9 to manage the
development of the Games and the requirements of the new funders. Chief
Executive, Russell Findlay, who is leading this team joined after running the
Fulham FC Foundation.
www.londonyouthgames.org/accounts
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A message from the Chairman of London
Youth Games, Anthony Kendall
The Games were revitalised in 2009, thanks to the support from our
sponsors and funders and the hard work of the London Youth Games team.
We are proud of our achievements, most notably the growth in participation and
creating the only young volunteer programme exclusively focused on getting
young people in to sports events – in my opinion a critical part of ensuring that
young Londoners play their role in the 2012 Olympics.
2010 is an important year for us to continue to implement the strategy
outlined in this Annual. This means continuing to grow participation in the
Games towards and hopefully beyond the fifty thousand target I set two years
ago and to raise the bar again on the quality of competition being provided for
all participants.
This time next year we look forward to reporting progress on our 2010 priorities;
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• Our sporting pathways programme in partnership with NGBs to give more
young people access to high quality sport competitions.
• The growth of GamesForce, our successful volunteering programme where
we will broaden the opportunities and increase the numbers of volunteers
from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Modernisation of our governance – creating an effective and accountable
Board with fit for purpose working practices and governing document.
• Our partnerships with other sporting partners ensuring the Games remain at
the heart of youth sport in London.
• Identification of new commercial and funding partners to realise the
potential of the Games.
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