72\u00a0young athletes, aged between 14-18, have been selected to represent Team England at this year\u2019s Commonwealth Youth Games in The Bahamas.<\/p>\n
The 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games will provide young athletes with a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience of a multi-sport competition to support their development.<\/p>\n
A host of future stars will be heading to the Caribbean from\u00a019-23 July 2017<\/span><\/span>\u00a0competing in athletics, swimming, rugby 7s, beach volleyball, judo, boxing and tennis.<\/p>\n Notable young athletes in the squad include two-time national junior boxing champion Ivan Price, 2016 European Youth Championships\u00a0Long Jump gold medallist Holly Mills and Beach Volleyball U20 British Champions Joaquin and Javier Bello, who will all have the opportunity to represent Team England for the first time.<\/p>\n They will follow in the footsteps of Team England and Olympic heroes Jessica Ennis-Hill, Beth Tweddle, James de Gale and Danny Care in representing England at the Commonwealth Youth Games.<\/p>\n The 2017 Bahamas Games will feature up to 1300 athletes who will compete across nine sports for 94 medals including Judo and Beach Volleyball for the first time.<\/p>\n Sarah Winckless, Chef de Mission for Commonwealth Games England said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m delighted that we will be taking such a talented group of young athletes to the Commonwealth Youth Games. For many this will be their first experience of a multi-sport Games environment and a key milestone on their pathway.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThese young athletes represent the pride of England and I know everyone back home will be wishing them all the best for the competition.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThis is the largest team we\u2019ve sent overseas to a Commonwealth Youth Games and for the team behind the team the Commonwealth Youth Games represents an important staging post on the road to the Gold Coast next year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The first Commonwealth Youth Games was held in Edinburgh in 2000 and Team England has taken part in all editions since. Bahamas 2017 will be the largest international sporting event ever hosted in The Bahamas, and the largest-ever edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games.<\/p>\n The most recent Commonwealth Youth Games were in Samoa in 2015, when England came third in the medal table behind South Africa and Australia.<\/p>\n Young swimming sensation Layla Black, who claimed two gold medals at Samoa 2015 will get the chance to experience her second Commonwealth Youth Games, having been selected to represent Team England at this year\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n Swimmer, Layla Black said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt feels great to have been selected for my second Commonwealth Youth Games. It fills me with a great sense of pride to have been chosen to represent my country again.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI am looking forward to swimming fast, meeting new people and experiencing a new culture in the Bahamas.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Full Team England squad for Bahamas 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games:<\/strong><\/p>\n Aquatics<\/u><\/p>\n Layla Black,\u00a0Leeds<\/em><\/p>\n Lily Boseley,\u00a0Ashfield<\/em><\/p>\n Harry Constantine,\u00a0Dunstable<\/em><\/p>\n Leah Crisp,\u00a0Wakefield<\/em><\/p>\n Thomas Dean,\u00a0Maidenhead<\/em><\/p>\n Jakob Goodman,\u00a0Sevenoaks<\/em><\/p>\n Elizabeth Harris,\u00a0Stoke-On-Trent<\/em><\/p>\n James McFadzen,\u00a0Newbury<\/em><\/p>\n Jahrel Murphy,\u00a0London<\/em><\/p>\n Ciara Schlosshan,\u00a0Leeds<\/em><\/p>\n Mason Wilby,\u00a0Coalville<\/em><\/p>\n Alicia Wilson,\u00a0Guildford<\/em><\/p>\n Athletics<\/u><\/p>\n Vera Chinedu,\u00a0London<\/em><\/p>\n Chad Miller,\u00a0Thornton Heath<\/em><\/p>\n Georgina Adam,\u00a0Lincoln<\/em><\/p>\n Amber Anning,\u00a0Hove<\/em><\/p>\n Emma Alderson,\u00a0Liverpool<\/em><\/p>\n Joshua Allen,\u00a0Stockton-On-Tees<\/em><\/p>\n Alex Botterill,\u00a0York<\/em><\/p>\n Isabelle Boffey,\u00a0London<\/em><\/p>\n Anna Burt,\u00a0Bath<\/em><\/p>\n Luke Duffy,\u00a0Nottingham<\/em><\/p>\n Joshua Lay,\u00a0Northampton<\/em><\/p>\n Olivia Mason,\u00a0Workington<\/em><\/p>\n Anna Smith,\u00a0Newark<\/em><\/p>\n Claudia Lance Jones,\u00a0Guildford<\/em><\/p>\n Jack Sumners,\u00a0Stratford-Upon-Avon<\/em><\/p>\n Sam Bennett,\u00a0Basildon<\/em><\/p>\n Pippa Earley,\u00a0New Malden<\/em><\/p>\n Seamus Derbyshire,\u00a0Stoke-On-Trent<\/em><\/p>\n Joshua Faulds,\u00a0Rugby<\/em><\/p>\n Holly Mills,\u00a0Andover<\/em><\/p>\n Lucy Hadaway,\u00a0York<\/em><\/p>\n Gaia Osborne,\u00a0Southsea<\/em><\/p>\n Serena Vincent,\u00a0Southampton<\/em><\/p>\n Don Baker,\u00a0Ipswich<\/em><\/p>\n Emma Howe,\u00a0Chester<\/em><\/p>\n Boxing<\/u><\/p>\n Aaron Bowen,\u00a0Coventry<\/em><\/p>\n Shiloh Defreitas,\u00a0London<\/em><\/p>\n Mark Dickinson,\u00a0Durham<\/em><\/p>\n Charles Frankham,\u00a0Crowthorne<\/em><\/p>\n Eithan James,\u00a0Northampton<\/em><\/p>\n Georgia O’Connor,\u00a0Spennymore<\/em><\/p>\n Ivan Price,\u00a0Leeds<\/em><\/p>\n Sadie Thomas,\u00a0Hartlepool<\/em><\/p>\n Benjamin Vaughan,\u00a0Northampton<\/em><\/p>\n Chloe Watson,\u00a0Birkenhead<\/em><\/p>\n Judo<\/u><\/p>\n Holly Bentham,\u00a0Beverley<\/em><\/p>\n Sian Bobrowska,\u00a0Worcester<\/em><\/p>\n Leah Grosvenor,\u00a0Stourport-on-Severs<\/em><\/p>\n Thomas Lish,\u00a0Abbots Langley<\/em><\/p>\n Lachlan Moorhead,\u00a0Pennistone<\/em><\/p>\n Harry Zain Prosser,\u00a0Surbiton<\/em><\/p>\n Imogen Ranner,\u00a0Foxton<\/em><\/p>\n Rugby 7s<\/u><\/p>\n Harry Barlow,\u00a0Guildford<\/em><\/p>\n Connor Doherty,\u00a0Sale<\/em><\/p>\n Thomas Fawcett,\u00a0Henley-in-Arden<\/em><\/p>\n Lailand Gordon,\u00a0Gwent<\/em><\/p>\n Fergus Guiry,\u00a0Chichester<\/em><\/p>\n Cameron Kelemeti,\u00a0York<\/em><\/p>\n Thomas Marshall,\u00a0Blyth<\/em><\/p>\n Samuel Maunder,\u00a0Cullompton<\/em><\/p>\n Jack Musk,\u00a0Thames Ditton<\/em><\/p>\n Oliver Sleightholme,\u00a0Northampton<\/em><\/p>\n JJ Tonks,\u00a0Gloucester<\/em><\/p>\n Manu Vunipola,\u00a0Bridgewater<\/em><\/p>\n Tennis<\/u><\/p>\n Peter Alam,\u00a0Altringham<\/em><\/p>\n Indianna Spink,\u00a0Welwyn Garden City<\/em><\/p>\n Beach Volleyball<\/u><\/p>\n Ellena Austin,\u00a0Croyde<\/em><\/p>\n Joaquin Bello,\u00a0Isleworth<\/em><\/p>\n Javier Bello,\u00a0Isleworth<\/em><\/p>\n Yasmin Kaashoek,\u00a0Devizes<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n About Commonwealth Games England\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Commonwealth Games England (CGE) leads and manages the participation of Team England at the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. We are affiliated to the Commonwealth Games Federation and work closely with the various sports\u2019 National Governing Bodies (NGBs), our funding partner Sport England, commercial sponsors and Organising Committees. Our purpose is to help prepare and support athletes and their sports to achieve success at Games-time.<\/p>\n Team England is the nation\u2019s most inclusive and diverse team, featuring athletes and para athletes from all over the country and an equal gender split across the team. After topping the medal table in 2014 with 174 medals, including 59 gold, Team England is also one of the nation\u2019s most successful teams.<\/p>\n Press release courtesy of Team New England.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 72\u00a0young athletes, aged between 14-18, have been selected to represent Team England at this year\u2019s Commonwealth Youth Games in The Bahamas. 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