Lambeth community sports

London Youth Games 2025 - Team Lambeth

The London Youth Games Europe’s is largest youth multi-sports competition and offers a unique experience for young people in London. This epic multi-sport event offers opportunities for young people aged 7 to 18 across the Capital to grow and excel in their field. The London Youth Games are contested between the 32 London boroughs (as well as the City of London) annually and take place at various venues for nine months of the year. 

There are around 50 events that take place annually including qualifying rounds and standalone finals at venues as prestigious as the Olympic Park and Aquatics Centre. The teams are free to join and open to all young people in London, so if you live or go to school in Wandsworth.

There are a range of 25 different sports such as Badminton, Judo, Cricket and Tennis, also including Para Sports such as Para Athletics, Para Football, Para Swimming and with more than 100,000 young Londoners taking part in the London Youth Games each year, it is a celebration of sport not to be missed. 

Having been running for more than 40 years the Games have seen such notable past participants as four-times Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah, Premier League and England Footballer Raheem Sterling, and World and European sprinting gold medalist Dina Asher-Smith.

If you are interested in joining Team Lambeth for the 2025 season, please email us at lyg@lambeth.gov.uk with your sporting interest.

If you have any questions, please contact Rodney Craig at rcraig@lambeth.gov.uk.

Many of the sports have specific age requirements, so for further details either contact us or visit London Youth Games. Please see for quick reference the competition dates:

London Youth Games 2025 Events Calendar

Please note that this event calendar is a live document and will continue to be updated, so bookmark this page if you want to check on any updates.

London Mini Marathon – Lambeth Team 2025 

The TCS Mini London Marathon 2025 will take place on Saturday 26 April 2025.

If you are aged between 11 and 17 years, live or go to school in the borough and would like to take part in the TCS Mini London Marathon along part of the TCS London Marathon course then you can apply to be part of our team.

Age categories for 2025

The age categories for the TCS Mini London Marathon 2025 are:

• U17 men and U17 women, aged 15 or 16 on 31 August 2024 (school year 11 or 12)
• U15 boys and U15 girls, aged 13 or 14 on 31 August 2024, (school year 9 or 10)
• U13 boys and U13 girls, aged 11 or 12 on 31 August 2024 (school year 7 or 8)  

Joining the team

To apply to join our Squad you will need to:

1. Complete a 5k parkrun event* You should register to complete a parkrun no later than the 6pm the Friday before you want to run
2. Submit your parkrun or recent power of 10 time
3. Lambeth’s race submission closing date is Saturday 15 March 2025. Late entries will not be accepted. 

* To view details of all parkrun events visit the parkrun website. When taking part in a parkrun event you must adhere to the parkrun code

What happens next?

The Park, Sports & Physical Activity Service, will select the six fastest male and six female athletes in each category to represent Lambeth on Saturday 26 April 2025. We will contact qualifying athletes during the week of the closing date. 

Wheelchair and ambulant athlete entry

There is also the opportunity for young athletes who use wheelchairs or have a physical or sensory impairment to take part in the TCS Mini London Marathon championships in the following categories:

• Under-14 Boys and Girls Wheelchair
• Under-17 Boys and Girls Wheelchair
• Under-14 Boys and Girls Ambulant
• Under-17 Boys and Girls Ambulant

How to enter

For further details on taking part in these specific categories please contact Michelle Weltman, the TCS Mini London Marathon Wheelchair and Ambulant/Para Athlete Coordinator, at paraathletes@londonmarathonevents.co.uk.