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London Youth Games Inspire Festival at Willesden sports stadium

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LYG Indpire Festival, Lonfon Youth Games

London & Middlesex Squash Coach Tony St Louis attended the LYG Inspire Schools Festival to give London Primary schoolchildren a chance to try rackets-based activities using mini walls, smaller rackets and bouncier balls. 11 primary schools (groups of 30) came from Barnet, Brent, Camden, Kensington, and Chelsea, Ealing, Hammersmith, and Fulham to try a range of sports of which outdoor squash was one. Each school had 30 minutes trying each activity on a carousel basis. The children really enjoyed the opportunity to try something different in a non-traditional setting. Vickie…

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From one team to two: borough squash dreams come alive!

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London Youth Games Hackney Team

Coaches Christine Trumper and Dani Ellis with players from Tower Hamlets and Hackney boroughs – proof that when opportunity knocks, inclusion answers When two passionate coaches set out to form a squash team for Tower Hamlets, they expected to inspire a handful of young players and give them the chance to compete. What they didn’t expect was that their mission would resonate so widely it would spark a ripple effect—leading not only to the formation of a Tower Hamlets squad, but also a full Hackney team. The journey began with…

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London Youth Games ’24

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London Youth Games 24 Winners

Wandsworth takes Gold in the 2024 LYG Squash Tournament In the final of the London Youth Games squash event, held at the Cumberland Club on the 26th May, sixteen London boroughs competed in the first squash competition to be included in the games since 2019, the borough of Wandsworth took the gold, with the Camden team taking Silver as runners-up, and Merton in third place taking Bronze. In all, sixteen boroughs took part, divided into four groups of four: Group AU17 MIXED Squash MertonU17 MIXED Squash BromleyU17 MIXED Squash Richmond…

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