Hounslow Youth Make Youth Games Final

Male and female teams qualified for hockey final at Crystal Palace

Team Hounslow’s youngsters enjoyed a successful weekend at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games by making it through the hockey qualifying rounds at Redbridge Leisure Centre to next month’s finals.

Kate Carruthers, Jessie Stitson, Jade Greene, Arabella Ash-Belton, Jessica John, Ottile Fox-Cockett, Ciara John, Charlotte Quinn, Rebecca Fuller

Both the male and female teams qualified for the finals, which will take place at the National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace on 5-6 July, where Europe’s largest annual youth sports event will conclude for 2014.

Joel Lim, Joe Wile, Aman Naqvi, Anoop Sandhu, Theo Mitchell-Smith, Ramon Bailey, Euan Carr, George Gurney

The London Youth Games is Europe’s largest annual youth sports event and is driving the legacy for increased participation in competitive sport for young Londoners. A record 114,295 young Londoners took part in the record-breaking 2013 London Youth Games. The event, which first took place in 1977 at Crystal Palace, is on track for its millionth athlete in 2014.

Team Hounslow is managed by Fusion, operator of leisure services in partnership with the London Borough of Hounslow. For more information about becoming involved in Hockey or other sporting activities including representing the London Borough of Hounslow in the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games please contact Rebecca Townsend or Jonathan Barbour on 0845 4562856/7.

June 18, 2014