Birmingham celebrates National School Sport Week in style

23 June 2014

With exactly one month to the start of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow school pupils from across Birmingham have taken part in a special event to celebrate the Games and mark the National School Sport Week which begins today.       

National School Sport Week is delivered by the Youth Sport Trust and takes place from 23-27 June, 2014. Seven hundred primary school pupils from 20 Birmingham schools have taken part in a special Opening Ceremony, before competing in a range of sports including handball, hockey, fencing, seated volleyball, decathlon multi skills and Tri Golf.

The event, held at Kingsbury School, was supported by 100 secondary school leaders from Erdington, Kingsbury School & Sports College, St Edmund Campion, Stockland Green School, Bournville College and Birmingham Coach Academy students. School reporters also got involved in the day conducting interviews and writing reports on the action as it happened.  Stockland Green Year 8 and 9 students helped run the track events during the festival and had the chance to meet Olympic Silver Medallist Gail Emms.  They even appeared on BBC news that evening.

Gail Emms and Commonwealth gold medallist Kelly Sotherton were among the sporting stars at the event and offered support to those taking part in the day.

Gail Emms, who is an ambassador for the Youth Sport Trust, said:

"I have been involved in National School Sport Week for many years and every time I am extremely impressed by the young people taking part and the importance that schools place on delivering fantastic events for their pupils.
"The event in Birmingham today has been a very special occasion and I am delighted to have been lucky enough to have been part of it. Congratulations to everyone that took part you - should all be very proud."