Sport sessions

Do you enjoy playing sport? Are you aged seven to 19? Well why don't you help Hertsmere take part in this year's Herts Youth Games, a competition for young athletes.

Most training sessions have already started but it's not too late to get involved.  Sessions for athletics, boccia (a sport for people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities), basketball, badminton, hockey, kwik cricket, netball, tag rugby and table tennis are taking place around the borough and most are free to take part in.

• Mondays, 6-7pm - kwik cricket at Yavneh College, Borehamwood for girls under 11 (free)
• Mondays, 6.30-7.30pm - athletics at Hertswood School, Borehamwood for under 11s mixed (50p per week)
• Mondays, 8-10pm - table tennis at Maxwell Park Community Centre, Borehamwood for under 19s mixed (first session free and then £2 per week)
• Wednesdays, 6-7pm - netball at Haberdashers Girls School, Elstree for girls under 15 (free)
• Starting from Wednesday 19 March, 4.15-5.30pm - hockey at Dame Alice Owen School, Potters Bar for under 14s mixed (free)
• Thursdays, 6-7pm - badminton at Yavneh College, Borehamwood for under 12s mixed (free)
• Fridays, 7.30-9.30pm - basketball at Hertswood Centre, Borehamwood for under 12s mixed (first session free and then £3.10 a week with a Hert card)
• Sundays, 1.30-2.30pm - tag rugby at Tabard Rugby Club, Radlett for under 11s mixed (free)

The Herts Youth Games take place on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May at the University of Hertfordshire's sport village in Hatfield.  The event aims to raise the profile of sport and encourage young people to take part in it.  The games promote healthy living, fun, and fair play. 

Olympic medallists Colin Jackson and Alison Mowbray will be at the event and as well as the actual competition, there will be 'come and try it' opportunities for sports such as speed stacking, a relatively new sport where participants stack and unstack specially designed plastic cups.

Hertsmere is one of the ten local authorities in Hertfordshire taking part.

If you would like more information or would like to attend one of the training sessions, please contact Helen Bottomley, Community Sports Officer, on 020 8207 7801 or at helen.bottomley@hertsmere.gov.uk