2007 Youth Games
The ninth Northamptonshire Youth Games took place on Saturday 30th June 2007 at Kettering Leisure Village and Bishop Stopford School.
Olympian Derek Redmond opened the games and was joined by local young sports people Sarah Anne De Kramer and Tim Yarnall for the mass warm up that followed. The Mascot race was won by Newshound from the Daventry Express!
The day itself was a great success with 700 young people participating in 8 sports with girls cricket the only casualty of the poor weather that we had suffered leading up to the games. Each participant received a drinks bottle, certificate and a free ticket to attend at match to see Northampton Town Football Club at Sixfields.
The Olympic Roadshow also received over 1000 visitors and our special guests, swimmer Ross Davenport and local athlete Sian Edwards were on hand to speak with everyone and talk about their aspirations for London 2012. The Dream Statistics Zone and the Have a Go areas were particularly popular with all ages.
The results of the competitions were as follows:
Athletics - 1st: Northampton A, 2nd: Northampton B, 3rd: Corby
Basketball Boys - 1st: Corby, 2nd: Wellingborough, 3rd: Kettering
Basketball Girls - 1st: Kettering, 2nd: East Northants, 3rd:Northampton 2
Girls Football Yr 56 - 1st: Kettering, 2nd: South Northants, 3rd:Northampton
Football Yr 7 - 1st: Corby, 2nd: Kettering, 3rd:South Northants
Hockey Boys - 1st: Northampton, 2nd: Corby, 3rd:East Northants
Hockey Girls - 1st: South Northants, 2nd: East Northants, 3rd: Daventry
Netball - Joint 1st: Wellingborough & Kettering, 3rd:Northampton A
Tag Rugby - 1st: South Northants, 2nd: Northampton (Barry Road), 3rd:Northampton (East Hunsbury)
For further media coverage of the events, please click on the links below:
Northants Newspapers BBC Radio Northampton
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone that contributed to the day including the 2012 Roadshow Team, East Midlands Development Agency, Northampton Town Football Club, Northampton Saints Rugby club, Northants Cricket Club, Northants Newspapers, Daventry Express, Northampton PCT, Kettering Town Harriers, Kettering Cricket Club, East Midlands Rugby, Northamptonshire Hockey, Northants Basketball Association, Northamptonshire FA, Kettering Arena, Kettering Borough Council, Bishop Stopford School, Apple Marquees, England Hockey, Kettering Judo Club, Westfield Table Tennis, NTFC Community Team, Amateur Rowing Association, Northamptonshire Golf Partnership, Cloverdale Catering, 1st Reaction Security, Brodie Publishing, BBC Northamptonshire, Northants 96, Northampton Trampoline Gymnastic Academy, Wellingborough Shodan, Alfa Netball Club, Northampton Fencing Club, Sports Development Officers and ALL THE TEAM MANAGERS, COACHES, VOLUNTEERS, PARENTS & PARTICIPANTS.
