North Yorkshire Sport Youth Games - Ampleforth College in Ryedale - Sunday 1st June

The Youth Games is an annual event hosted by the County Sports Partnerships across the UK. Launched as the Millennium Games in 2000, the Youth Games allows children from across the County to come together and compete in a range of Sporting Activities, in a fun filled and exciting day. The districts involved are: Harrogate, York, Selby, Craven, Ryedale, Scarborough, Richmond, and Hambleton

Sunday 1st June 2008 will be the ninth annual North Yorkshire Youth Games. Ampleforth College in Ryedale will provide the backdrop to five and a half hours of back to back sporting competition, across 11 sporting disciplines, with children from all local authority areas.

Cricket is, of course, one of the sports on the day and Yorkshire County Cricket Club is proud to announce they will be sponsoring the cricket competitions. The other sports are:

• Cheerleading
• Cricket
• Girls Football
• Gymnastics
• Hockey
• Sportability
• Sports Hall Athletics 
• Tag Rugby League
• Tag Rugby Union
• Tag Ability
• Plus a special wheel chair basketball demonstration.

There will be an entertainment zone where the Young People can try different activities from sliding down the Army's Aerial Slide, to climbing the 30ft Climbing wall. There is also going to be an opportunity to have a go at being the next Tony Hawk or Matt Hoffman on the Mobile Skate Park. 

If you or your school are planning on entering let us know! We'll put your photos and news up on the Cricket in the Community web pages.