2022 School Games National Finals

Get your tickets for the UK's biggest multi-sport event for young athletes!

School Games National Finals are back at Loughborough University from 1^st – 4^th September with 10 sports in action including Athletics, Cricket, Hockey, Netball, Wheelchair Basketball and more. Bring your students down to spectate the action for a day on Friday 2^nd September and experience this major multi-sport event for talented young athletes across the UK for just £1 per student! Formal ticket launch will be on the 6^th June, but in the meantime please register your interest by emailing Martin Barradell martin.barradell@youthsporttrust.org with your school name, contact details and the number of students you would like to bring. This is a perfect opportunity for any reward and recognition programmes in your school or to link with the wider curriculum.

To get a flavour of the action, check out the highlight reel from 2021 and we hope to see you on the 2^nd September at Loughborough University! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66YG_0EXR2k

To successfully deliver the event, around 200 volunteers are needed, who will act as representatives for the event, so friendly, outgoing and reliable volunteers to fulfil a variety of roles are required.

The 2022 School Games is a multi-sport event for the UK's elite athletes of school age and the aim is to create an inspirational and motivational setting, that not only provides our elite young sports people with the opportunity to thrive and perform at the highest levels, but encourages more young people to take part and succeed in sport.

Who will be competing

Eleven National Governing Bodies of Sport are involved in the planning and running of their competitions at this event. Of the eleven sports, three of them, Athletics, Cycling & Triathlon, incorporate disability events, and two of them, Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Tennis are Paralympic only sports. The remainder of the sports are, BMX, Hockey, Modern Pentathlon (Laser Run), Netball and Women`s Cricket.

Around 1,200 of the nation's finest young sports stars will participate in this event.

This will be 5^th time that the School Games has been held on the Loughborough University Campus, the previous Games were in held in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.

This is where you come in!

To successfully deliver the event around 200 volunteers are needed, who will act as representatives for the event, so friendly, outgoing and reliable volunteers to fulfil a variety of roles are required.

It is through this event the 2022 School Games Volunteering Team aim to reward and recognise a diverse workforce of skilled, trained and enthusiastic volunteers and inspire them to continue their volunteering journey beyond this event.

For the majority of roles, no specific experience is required, as training (including safeguarding training) and briefings will take place prior to the event to ensure that you are fully prepared for your role and responsibilities, you will also be required to complete the relevant checks.

As a volunteer you will receive School Games branded event kit and a packed lunch during your shifts.

Registration

Registration for volunteering at the School Games opened on 4th April 2022 and the 2022 School Games Volunteering Team would really like to have as many local people as possible volunteering at this event.

If you would like to make an application to volunteer at the School Games 2022, please click here.

Or if you have any further questions E-Mail volunteers@schoolgames.org.uk

If you do not have an E mail address please ring 0161 914 5564 with your name and telephone number and you will be contacted.

For more information on the National School Games 2022 please visit 2022 School Games | 2022 School Games (schoolgamesfinals.org)