Preparations are well underway for this year’s Festival of Youth Sport where hundreds of school children will enjoy an afternoon of fun and activities.
The event, supported by Airbus and Sport Wales*, will be held at Deeside College on Thursday, 29 April.
It is the largest sport and physical activity festival for schools in the county.
The festival will host ten events – basketball, cheerleading, street dance, tri golf, mountain biking, girls tag rugby, BMX, cricket, water polo and futsal.
Street dance proved very popular last year with over 700 children taking part. As a result there will be three separate street dance events for different age groups, with the main festival hosting the Key Stage 1 age group.
It is the first year that cricket, water polo and BMX have featured in the festival.
Schools receive free coaching for the events they are entering in the run up to the festival.
Organisers Sport Flintshire are working to ensure many of the activities continue after the festival has finished, encouraging children to go on with their selected sport.
Julie Rice-Williams, Sport Flintshire, said: “This is an amazing opportunity for Flintshire children to participate in a range of activities which are not only great fun but help keep them fit and active too.”
Sport Wales Member, Hywel Meredydd, said:
“Sport Wales is delighted to once again support the Festival of Youth Sport. This excellent event compliments our vision and aspiration to get every child in Wales hooked on sport for life by encouraging huge numbers of local youngsters, of all abilities, to take part in a variety of sports.”
