Kent School Games

In Towards 2010, Kent County Council pledged to organise a biennial Kent School Games. This briefing gives an update on the Games.

P & O Ferries are the headline sponsor of the Kent School Games.

Follow this link to see Kent TV's report on the Kent School Games

Latest from the Games!

Latest news and photos from the heats events

Please check this section frequently for new photos of events going on around the county and leading up to the Finals.

The Aim of the Games

The Kent School Games aims to embed competitive sport into schools and get as many young people as possible in schools fully engaged in physical activity.

Partnership Working

The Games are being led jointly by KCC Communities Directorate and Children, Families and Education Directorate. They are being developed through a partnership involving School Sport Partnerships, Specialist Sports Colleges and governing bodies of sport; all managed by KCC Sport, Leisure and Olympics Service and Advisory Service Kent.

Kent School Games are also very proud to be associated with P&O Ferries and are very grateful for their support.

The Scale and Scope of the Games

• 25,000 – 30,000 participants in the heats, area competitions and finals.
• 400 separate competitions .
• 14 different sports and a further 9 disability sports.
• Target of 350 to 400 schools to be involved.
• Involving boys and girls at primary, secondary school and special schools, from years 3 to 11
• All participants to receive certificates.
• Each participating school to receive a special commemorative certificate.
• Area heats and competitions are being held until June 2008 in each of Kent’s 13 School Sport Partnerships.
• Finals will be held in June and July 2008 , involving 5,000 children over nine days at 15 facilities at eight venues; resulting in 1,200 medallists.

Follow the Games!

Don’t forget to follow the progress of the Kent School Games via these web pages www.kentsport.org/schoolgames . A new website has also been set up to track school sport compeitions in Kent, please follow this link to visit kentcompetitions.org

For further information, contact Natalie Harris, Kent School Games Coordinator, KCC Sport, Leisure and Olympics, Commercial Services Building, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4QG. Telephone: 01622 605440, email: Natalie.harris@kent.gov.uk