Young Scots Selected for School Games

Ten wheelchair basketball players have been selected to represent Scotland at the upcoming School Games National Finals due to take place at Loughborough University next week (2^nd – 5^th September).

The 2021 School Games will be the first multi sports event for young people since the lifting of lockdown restrictions and will welcome over 1300 young athletes from across the United Kingdom, competing across 10 sports.

The wheelchair basketball element of the Games will welcome 48 athletes from across England, Scotland and Wales and see the youngsters play in the 3×3 competition – the first time this format has been played at the School Games.  This year will also see boys’ and girls’ competition for the first time, a change from the mixed competition in recent years.

The School Games provides an insight into representing their region / country at a large-scale multi-sport events for the young players, with nearly 50% for the 24 players selected to represent ParalympicsGB at Tokyo 2020 previously participating at the School Games at one point in their careers.

The action will be streamed on the Youth Sport Trust YouTube Channel and more information on the School Games can be found by clicking here.

The young players selected to represent Scotland at the Games are listed below –

Scotland Blue Boys (Coach: Mark Stevenson, West Lothian )

Scotland White Boys (Coach: Conor Smart, lp)