The London Youth Games are now well underway with several teams competing over recent weeks and more events to come over the summer.
Sunday 15th May saw the Hounslow team take part in the trampolining event where they achieved their best result in the last 6 years. Nine local gymnasts took part and finished 9th out of 28 competing Boroughs.
The trampolining team
Ciara Schleip
Naomie Cain
Adriana Vasylyshyn
Ruby Stanley-Davies
Woody Lee
Leo McKenzie
Hayden Lawson
Grace Whittaker
Zain Cabral
Road Cycling also took place with 5 young riders competing for the Borough. The team placed 15th out of 22 teams at the Lee Valley Velo Park event.
The cycling team
Aiden Brassil – The Green School for Boys, Hounslow
Oscar Walker – Orleans Park School, Richmond
Elliot Brassil – The Green School for Boys, Hounslow
Kiki Hanreck – Lady Eleanor Holles School, Richmond
Zoe Hanreck – Lady Eleanor Holles School, Richmond
Hounslow also took part in the basketball events on 21st and 22nd May. Both the boys and girls teams did brilliantly and made it through to the semi-finals that will be taking place at the Copper Box Arena. The boys won every one of their games in a tough group at the UEL Sports Dock. The girls lost their opening game after a controversial refereeing decision but went on to win their remaining games and a play off to make it through to the next round of the competition.
Jonathan Barbour from the Lampton Leisure Sports and Community Development team said: “We’d like to pass on a huge thank you to all of the coaches and athletes who represented the Borough of Hounslow and their family and friends who support them both in the run up to the event and on the day. The London Youth Games is a great opportunity for young people in the Borough to get involved in sport and Lampton Leisure is proud to play a part in helping them.”
Further teams will be competing in Netball, Judo, Table Tennis, Badminton, Swimming, Aquathlon, Volleyball, Girl’s Football and Indoor Rowing over the coming weeks.
