Ruby's LYG 33 Success

Our very own Ruby Price has been selected to be a member of the LYG33 programme. "LYG33 is a youth engagement and leadership programme that empowers young Londoners to influence the future of London Youth Games and sport." 

Ruby recently attended an LYG33 event and this is what she had to say about her experience. 

"I was privileged enough to be chosen as one of the marketing leads as a member of the LYG33 leadership team for 2025/26. To kick things off, I attended leadership day 1, and during this day I was introduced to the programme and my fellow members. Everyone was extremely welcoming and nice so we all got on really well as a team. We were shown the values and mission of LYG33 and how the company would like projects to be youth-led so as a team we started to brainstorm some ideas on how we would like to encourage more people to take part in sport by raising awareness through youth voice. The following day, we met again at William Perkin School because we learnt that LYG were involved in creating the sports hall at the school. This has a deeper meaning as it represents students from state schools who don’t receive the same sporting opportunities as others. Therefore, to remember the legacy of Wilf Slack, who was a great cricketer for Middlesex, LYG helped to facilitate the cricket centre. It is the only cricket centre that is a part of a school in London and is 1 in 5 cricket centres in state schools across the UK. It was a real honour to play sports in this facility throughout the day. Also, during the day we were introduced to the majority of the staff members who we will be working with and it was great to get to know them. We also mapped out our goals which we want to achieve from our specific roles and those which are personal to inspire us and help shape our future. To finish the day, we discussed our different ideas from the day before and together we organised them into groups so hopefully by this time next year you will see a difference and our team can leave a legacy onto the next group, so please look out online and in schools across the boroughs as we raise awareness about LYG activities and ensure we gain inclusion, integrity and collaboration. So far, we’ve created a safe and comfortable environment to work in with each other so we can’t wait to properly get started and help encourage young people to sport which we are all passionate about."

We look forward to following Rubys successes through the programme. 

LYG Cross Country 2024/25

Ninja Warrior

Hi everyone, Ruby here. It’s been a while. I would like to share my fantastic experience at the recently opened Ninja Warrior course in Chelmsford. It was so much fun and definitely a great activity to partake in with friends.

My friend and I visited this indoor adventure park and really enjoyed it. The course was challenging yet so much fun. It tested our strength, grip, determination and acrobatic skills. 

The park, was split between two courses. The first section was extremely challenging, it was almost identical to the course you see on TV, without the water! I was so excited to try and see if I could accomplish the course. Firstly, it started with the side loads you have to jump side to side on, which are always at the start of the course on TV. Then you have to jump, swing and grip on a multiple of different obstacles to make your way to the wall, which is slightly smaller. I recommend wearing some light gloves as it can make your hands sore.

It’s at this point your halfway through the entire route. There are more fun obstacles to test your ability, even toughened safety glass barriers that you have to climb through. That was really hard, because it requires strength in your arms and legs, balance, grip, coordination and speed. After that, you face the big warped wall, I always wondered what it would be like to try and climb it and I got the chance, it was amazing.

Over the other side of the park, there was a gigantic inflatable course as well, which was so fun as you could race one another along a challenging bouncy course. As well, as that there are climbing walls and another bouncy frame to climb and there is a slide at the top of the inflatable hill to slide down, even the adults loved it! Beside the obstacle course there was bouncy, inflatable balls that you had to try and run across to make it to the other side without falling, we really enjoyed this. Also, there was an area where you could combat against your friend to try and push each other off of the beam into the foam pit. This was so much fun and we did this several times.

Overall, this day out was extremely enjoyable and I would definitely go back to challenge the courses and wall again.

“Do you have what it takes to be a Ninja Warrior?”

Ruby Xx

Ruby's verdict: 9/10, I really enjoyed climbing but after a while my hands felt sore. The bounce park was so good, I wish I spent more time in it!

Overall experience: A fantastic array of fun. There are obstacles the whole family can enjoy, whether you’re a Ninja in training, or you’re a Ninja master.

Price: Book online from £14.95 for 60 minutes

Fun Factor: Lots to discover, a fun day spent indoors.

Contact: www.ninjawarrioruk.co.uk

Havering Wins LYG Tampoline Gold!

A massive congratulations to the Havering LYG Trampoline team lead by Team Manager Gary Lewis. 

On Sunday 28th January 2024 our trampolining team (Aiden, Jaime, Lara, Maisie, Max, Pheobe, Riley, Rose, Samuel and Summer) competed in the London wide competition bringing home the Team Gold Medals and Overall Trampoline Trophy to Havering. They all performes solid routines to build their points together as a team in their different ability levels. 

Well Done Team Trampolining!