Youth Games

2000
The inaugural Games was held in Edinburgh.

2004
The 2nd Games took part in Bendigo, Australia.
(see media releases).

2008
The 3rd Games took part in Pune, India.
(see media releases).

Pune Youth Games - 08th August 2008

The Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey has just announced the team of 12 to participate in the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games due to take place in Pune, near Mumbai, India from 12th to 18th October 2008. This is an event which is expected to attract entries from all 71 Commonwealth Territories from around the World and will involve over 1200 competitors aged 18 and under.

Team Jersey includes 4 competitors from each of the 3 sports of athletics, swimming and tennis.

The athletes selected are Gemma Dawkins (17), Jenna Murphy (16), Stephen De La Haye (17), and Zane Duquemin (16). The Coach/Team Manager is Andrew Winnie.

The swimming team includes Tom Gallichan (15), JJ Gallichan (17), Emma Glendening (15) and Charlotte Manning (14). The Coach/Team Manager is Nathan Jegou.

The tennis team includes Scott Clayton (14), Charlie Cohen (16), Katie Gouyette (17) and Kirsten Mc Arthur (16). The Coach/Team Manager is Andrew Evans.

The Team will be led by General Team Manager, Paul Huddlestone, and he will be supported by Dr. Carl Clinton as the Medical Officer and Helen Richardson as the Team Physiotherapist.

The official party will be attending a ‘Bon Voyage’ Reception at Government House on 3rd September before flying out to India on Tuesday 7th October 2008.

The officers of the local association are still seeking a sponsor to help off-set the cost of participating in these Games and Alan Cross, the Association’s Secretary General, would welcome hearing from local companies. His contact tel.no is 742254 or email address alan.cross@cgaj.org

Pune Youth Games - 12th September 2008

Sanne Group steps in as lead Youth Games sponsors.

The Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey is extremely pleased to announce that a local company has come forward as the lead sponsor for its Youth Team due to leave Jersey for Pune, near Mumbai, India on Tuesday 7th October 2008 to compete in the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games.

Sanne Group, an international trust company based in Jersey, have signed up as lead sponsors after they found out that Team Jersey required a sponsor for the Games.

Simon Young, Managing Director of Sanne Group said “When we heard that the Jersey team might have to participate in the Games without the funding they deserved we wanted to do everything possible to help. Encouraging young people to excel is an important ethos for Sanne Group and this opportunity provides them with a supreme challenge. We will be following their progress with great interest as this team represents some of the best young talent in the island.”

Alan Cross, Secretary General for the local Games Association said “ We are delighted that Sanne Group have stepped in to ensure that the expenses of taking our 12 strong team of athletes to India next month are covered and that we have found a sponsor that is sympathetic to the needs of young elite performers in sport. The 4 tennis players, 4 swimmers and 4 athletes will do their utmost to justify their selection and Sanne Group’s support when competing in this prestigious event involving 1300 competitors from 71 Commonwealth Countries from all corners of the Globe”

Further enquiries:

Sanne Group:

Andrew Goodyear, Head of change management and communications – tel: 01534 750552,
email: andrew.goodyear@sannegroup.com

Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey:
Alan Cross, Secretary General – tel: 01534 742254, email: alan.cross@cgaj.org

About Sanne Group:

Sanne Group is one of the largest independent fiduciary services companies in the Channel Islands. Headquartered in Jersey, the group delivers comprehensive management and international corporate and trustee services to a worldwide private and corporate customer base.

Sanne Group is an active contributor to local sport, also sponsoring the Jersey Under15 and Under16 rugby teams.

Sanne Group encourages local talent by offering an exciting and challenging range of employment and training opportunities to young people interested in developing a career in the financial services sector.

The 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games - Pune, India. - Information Sheet.

VENUE: Pune, the 7th largest city in India is located in the western Indian
state of Maharashtra and has a population of 4.5 million. Pune is
located approximately 120 kms east of Mumbai at an altitude of
560m above sea level.

DATES:

12th to 18th October 2007.

AGE GROUP:

All competitors must be 18 or under during the year of the Youth Games.

PROGRAMME OF SPORTS:

The following nine sports are included in the programme -:
Athletics; Swimming; Badminton; Boxing; Shooting; Table Tennis;
Tennis; Weight Lifting; and Wrestling.

It is understand that, for the first time in a Commonwealth Youth Games, all 71 Commonwealth territories are expected to be represented so competition is expected to be pretty fierce.

The 2008 Pune Youth Games website is -: www.cygpune2008.com/sports-venue

TEAM JERSEY - Due to the restrictions on the size of a Commonwealth Youth Games i.e. normally 1000 competitors representing 6 sports, Jersey has been allocated places for only 12 athletes. This allocation is made on the basis of the size of Team Jersey at the 2006 Melbourne Games. The Commonwealth Games Federation, the governing body for all Commonwealth Games events, agreed to increase the size of the Pune Games to 1300 athletes covering 9 sports.

Three local sports associations i.e. athletics, swimming and tennis will be represented in Team Jersey at these Games. The attached media release (dated 8th August 2008) provided the Jersey public with the names of the 4 team members selected in each of the 3 sports plus the names of all supporting officials. The media release failed to mention that the Association’s President, Martin Hebden, and his wife would also be attending the Youth Games.

OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST.

Jersey entered a team of 8 competitors in the 2nd Commonwealth Youth Games which was held in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia in 2004. On that occasion we participated in athletics, cycling and swimming. Although all members of the Team competed with integrity and well justified their selection, there were two outstanding performances by Daniel Halksworth (gold and silver medals in swimming) and Lauren Therin (two bronze medals in athletics)

Alan Cross
CGAJ Secretary General

Future Games 2011 & 2015

Mike Fennell, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, informed delegates that they had received declarations of intent from two Commonwealth Countries (CGAs) to host the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, namely Sri Lanka and Samoa. Subsequently, Sri Lanka had withdrawn, and members were therefore asked to approve of the bid from Samoa to stage the 5th Youth Games, an event involving a maximum of 1000 athletes and targeted at the smaller CGAs. Earlier in the meeting, delegates had received a progress report from the Director of the Organising Committee of the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in the Isle of Man from 7th to 13th September 2011 and he reminded all that the sports within that programme include athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, rugby and swimming. The proposed programme for the Samoa Games will again include the sports of athletics, boxing, rugby, swimming and tennis and will also include lawn bowls, squash and weightlifting.