Borough youngsters win at School Games
MORE than 1,000 of the county’s top primary school-based and disabled athletes aged eight to 11 competed in the Leicestershire and Rutland School games - with Hinckly and Bosworth crowned overall champions.
With the Rio 2016 Olympics around the corner, the competition had a Rio theme with a Leicester Samba Band opening the championships in a special ceremony.
The youngsters battled for the honour to become county champions in four hours of multidisciplinary sporting action at Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College.
The sports involved were Quadkids Athletics, Kwik Cricket, Girls Football, Quicksticks Hockey, Netball, Sportsability, Swimming, Tennis, Tri-Golf and a Change 4 Life Festival.
Hinckley and Bosworth took home the top prize of the day, the 2015/16 School Game Champions trophy.
The Spirit of the Games Champions trophy went to North West Leicestershire.
The School Games are set to continue with the 2016 National School Games Finals taking place at Loughborough University in September.
Lucy Baginskis, School Games manager from Leicester-shire and Rutland Sport, said: “This year has seen another fantastic School Games Summer Championships, with new sports and competitions being added to the programme and a record number of young people attending.
“Our young competitors have also been inspired in the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics, with a Samba Band and Rio themed school flag competition, as well as an opportunity to access tickets to the Nation School Games taking place in September, hosted by Loughborough University for the first time ever.”