After the success of last year, the second ‘K3 Secondary School Games’, will take place on Friday 13th June 2008 at the University of Bath.  The event for 12 to 13 year olds promotes the value of sport to young people and provides the chance for local sports clubs to create links with secondary schools. 

Young people from 13 secondary schools from across Bath and North East Somerset will compete and receive coaching in a variety of activities including hockey, tennis, badminton, basketball, extreme golf, orienteering, athletics, rugby, lacrosse, fensing, cricket and judo.  Participants will also be able to take part in a 2.5km run for the British Olympic Day.

Organised by Bath and North East Somerset’s Sport and Active Leisure team, University of Bath Sports Development, the West of England Sport Trust and the Oldfield School Sport Partnerships, the event will focus on participation rather than performance and take place at the superb facilities at the University of Bath, Sports Training Village. The secondary schools will select their teams from those young people who have not had a chance to compete for their school in the past. 

The K3 Secondary School Games forms part of a programme of events that will lead up to the UK School Games which will be held in Bath and Bristol at the end of August 2008. 

Several local sports clubs will be involved with the competitions including Lansdown Tennis Club, Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club, Bath Touch Rugby Club, Bath Lacrosse, Bath Swords, Cricket Bath and Bath Junior Basketball Club, along with British Orienteering, the Golf Foundation and Avon Badminton.

As part of the day, the competitors will have the chance to take part in the Olympic Day run ­- one of hundreds being held around the country. The fun run is organised each year by Sports Department staff at the University of Bath to celebrate the Olympic spirit and values.

The children are challenged to run a 2.5km run, with no time limit to complete it. All runners who complete the effort receive a free T-shirt and certificate to mark their achievement.

For further information, please contact:

Martin Pellow, Sports Development Officer, Bath & North East Somerset Council. Tel: 01225 396431