School Games - National Virtual Competitions

On the back of Commonwealth Day, we are excited to share with you the National Virtual Competitions from School Games!

The Commonwealth Games brings nations together in a colourful celebration of sport and human performance. Underpinned by the core values of humanity, equality and destiny, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games aim to unite the Commonwealth family through a festival of sport and culture. Often referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’, the event is renowned for inspiring athletes to compete in the spirit of friendship and fair play. 

To help embed the spirit of the friendly games associated with the Commonwealth Games, a number of virtual challenges have been created for young people to take part in, inspired by the three values. Each month, we will shine a spotlight on one of the challenges based around the values: 

The theme for this month is Equality, and the challenge can be found at the bottom of this page in the resources section. The downloadable challenge provides information about the challenge, and how to enter.

The challenges will help develop physical literacy skills, strength, or aerobic capacity, whilst aiming to inspire children and young people to be more active.

As the Competition encourages and celebrates participation, we want to see schools get involved by sharing their activities on social media! The schools with the highest levels of engagement with our National Virtual Competition social media posts will be entered into a monthly draw. Prizes each month will include: 

• 2 x Athlete Mentor visits 
• 3 x cuddly Perry mascots 

In July, the two schools with the highest level of social media engagement throughout the Competition will have the opportunity to join our B2022 School Games Legacy Celebration event in Birmingham on Wednesday 03 August and spectate sporting events in the evening. 

Use #B2022SGVirtualComp and tag the School Games social channels in your posts to be in with a chance to win:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram