‘Virtual’ School Games event sees 73,836 entries from children across 421 Sussex schools

An 11-week ‘Virtual’ School Games programme for Sussex schools came to an end last Friday, seeing an impressive 73,836 total entries over the course of the three months.
By Mark Dunford
Published 21st Jul 2020, 10:55 GMT
Updated 21st Jul 2020, 10:57 GMT
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The Sussex School Games Summer Festival had been an annual highlight for school sport competition since 2012, but was cancelled this year due to school closures and restrictions surrounding COVID-19.

Active Sussex and the Sussex School Games Organiser network, who together organise the Sussex School Games, saw a continuing need for young people to stay healthy and active at home, and launched the Specsavers ‘Virtual’ Sussex School Games, an online programme of virtual sports challenges, on 27th April 2020.

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Created in partnership with the national governing bodies of sport, the virtual programme saw a different sport launched every week for 11 weeks of th