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1 Jun 99

POOLE CHILDREN HEAD FOR MILLENNIUM YOUTH GAMES

300 young people from Poole and Purbeck have been selected to represent their town in the regional Millennium Youth Games in Bournemouth on 27 June 1999. The Millennium Youth Games is a competition for young people who wish to represent their community in one of eight sports; Athletics, Basketball, Football, Rugby, Hockey, Netball, Swimming and Tennis.

The youngsters taking part have been drawn from local clubs, schools and local authority coaching programmes. None of the youngsters competing are involved in County teams so allowing others to play representative sport. Swimming and Football also include events for disabled athletes.

The Poole/Purbeck local team will be competing against other local authority teams from Dorset and Wiltshire in the Regional Games based at the Littledown Centre in Bournemouth. They will compete again in another Regional Event in Swindon in 2000 with the winners representing the two counties in a National Games.

Michaela Hutchings, Sports Development Officer for Borough of Poole said,
'We hope that the Games will highlight the opportunities on offer to young people in sport and will act as an incentive for young people to get involved. Poole has a comprehensive Sports Development programme and is committed to making sport accessible to all regardless of their ability.'

Michaela Hutchings, Sports Development Officer - tel. 01202 261301