HOUNSLOW TEAMS TAKE PART IN LONDON YOUTH GAMES WITH NINE MORE COMPETITIONS TO COME
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 was:
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 was:
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 gamesand 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.
For more information about Hounslow and the London Youth Games and how to get involved please