Kent School Games
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Kelly Holmes joins in the mass warm-up during the launch of the Kent School Games at Hayesbrook College
Dame Kelly Holmes gets the Kent Schools Games under way
Pupils from Hillview School perform a dance routine
VIP guests join Dame Kelly Holmes and youngsters in celebrating the launch of the 2010 Kent School Games
Youngsters get warmed up at Allington Primary School
Action from the rugby demonstration
Dame Kelly Holmes helps children pass on the relay baton
Theo Lankshire hits the heights
Dame Kelly Holmes and youngsters get the Games off to a colourful start
Dame Kelly Holmes oversees the basketball action
The 2010 Kent School Games are
under way and more than 30,000 youngsters will be taking
part in events across the county. Children, aged five to
16, will have the opportunity to compete in 38 different sports,
including disability sports, with local heats running from October
culminating in a series of finals events in July 2010. The KM
Group, official media partner of the Games, keeps you up to date
with the latest news from what is thought to be the largest event
of its kind in Europe.
The Kent School Games has been voted such a success that the
model is going to be taken nationwide.
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Did your child compete in the
Kent School Games? Here are our snaps of the big event.
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Months of training,
competition and preparation are set to come to a head for thousands
of youngsters this weekend when they take part in the biggest
sporting event of their lives.
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Dame Kelly Holmes launched the finals of the Kent
School Games at a spectacular ceremony in Maidstone.
Pupils from across Kent, including youngsters from Valley Park
Community School in Maidstone, performed at the opening in
Maidstone Leisure Centre, Mote Park.
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Volunteers are wanted to help ensure the smooth running of the
Kent School Games – the largest multi-sport youth event in
Europe.
More than 35 sporting activities will take place during the
second annual competition, with final events starting on Monday,
June 7, and taking place until Sunday, July
4.
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The race is well and truly on for thousands of youngsters across
the county vying to become 2010 Kent School Games champions.
The bi-annual Games give children, aged four to 16, the chance
to compete in 38 different sports and are the largest schools
sports event in Europe.
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Gravesend Grammar School came out
on top in the under-14 West Kent boys’ badminton finals held at
Castlemaine Hall, Gillingham.
Progresssing from the six-team
tournament, Gravesend defeated The Judd School from Tonbridge 5-0
in the final.
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Simon Langton will field four
teams in the badminton finals at this year’s Kent School Games in
Canterbury during the summer.
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Faversham and Mid-Kent MP Hugh
Robertson has spoken of his pride at being involved in the launch
of the Kent School Games.
The Shadow Sports and Olympic
spokesman said he has been following the project with interest ever
since the initial idea from Kent County Council leader Paul Carter
four years ago.
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Hundreds of youngsters have competed in the qualifying
table tennis events for next year's Kent School Games.
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Double Olympic gold medallist Kelly
Holmes believes the mix of sports provided by the Kent School Games
is a major factor in its popularity and success.
More than 30,000 young people, aged
five to 16, will compete in 38 different sports, including
disability sports, during the 2010 event which got under way this
month.
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Dame Kelly Holmes is backing Conservative plans for an annual Schools
Olympics that will be modelled on the Kent School Games.
The double Olympic gold medallist travelled to
Manchester on Wednesday to tell delegates at the Tory party
conference about the importance of competitive sport in
school.
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Double
Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes was joined by hundreds of
children to launch the Kent School Games 2010 at Hayesbrook Sports
College, Tonbridge, on Thursday. The bi-annual Games, organised by
Kent County Council, will give more than 30,000 youngsters, aged
five to 16, the opportunity to compete in 38 different sports,
including disability sports.
Kent will
stage Europe’s largest school sports event and double Olympic
gold medallist Kelly Holmes will be on hand to launch it next
month. The 2010 Kent School Games is being organised by Kent County
Council and will involve 545 schools.
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Click here to vist the Kent
School Games' official website
