Sainsbury's 2012 School Games Kicks Off at ExCeL London

• 08

  May

  Sainsbury's 2012 School Games Kicks Off at ExCeL London

  Sainsbury's 2012 School Games has kicked off at ExCeL in London! The UK's biggest multi-sport event was opened by Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP in front of 1,600 cheering athletes, coaches, team managers, Athlete Mentors, hundreds of volunteers and sports stars including Tanni Grey-Thompson, Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell and Jonathan Edwards.

  On Monday 7 May, competitions took place across nine sports in London venue. Badminton, fencing, gymnastics, judo, table tennis, volleyball and wheelchair basketball took place at the ExCeL, while Rugby sevens was held at Barking Rugby Club, road cycling at Redbridge Cycling centre and Hockey at the Old Loughtonians.

  With the competition now well under-way, the atmosphere at the ExCeL is buzzing. As well as the competitions themselves, young people are enjoying the benefits of the Sainsbury's 2012 School Games experience, including trying out new activities in the Sainsbury's Active Kids village, being interviewed and photographed by the Youth Sport Trust’s very own Young Media Team.

  For up-to-date results and news on the competition, follow the action on twitter:

  Youth Sport Trust: @youthsporttrust

  School Games: @_SchoolGames

  The Youth Sport Trust will also be updating  youtube regularly with video clips from the event and posting updates on facebook too.

  Photograph taken by Nathaniel Villete (Kingsthorpe School) from the Young Media Team.