West Norfolk Inter-Village Games (Upper Marham and Marham Village)

On Sunday 27th June 2010
At Lynnsport in King’s Lynn
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Something for all ages and abilities

Please register at the RAF Marham Community Support Hub by 11th June 2010

Telephone:
(01760) 337261
Ext 7425 / 6052

Enter just one event or as many as your village wishes to. 12 activities to choose from including: Badminton, Table Tennis, 5-a-side Football, Netball, Mini Soccer, Indoor Bowls, Darts, Athletics....and more!

A great day for all your village - All ages most welcome

Downloadable Application/Entry Forms

West Norfolk Inter-Village Games

The event has been running since the mid 1980s. It has been staged by the Borough Council at Lynnsport since 1992 with help from local sports clubs. It is a fun but competitive day of sport for villages and resembles a large sports festival with a great atmosphere for young and old alike.

Brief Rules
1. Two sections – one for small villages/parishes of electoral roll population of 1,250 or under; one for medium villages/parishes with an electoral roll population of
1,251 – 4,250.

2. Up to 4 adjoining villages/parishes may join together to form a team.

3. Each village team must be selected from those who reside within the village or parish (second home owners allowed).

4. A person may not compete in more than one sport apart from the Fitness Triathlon where teams may use players from other sports.

5. Senior competition means over 16 years and junior competition means under 16 and over 8 years unless otherwise stated.

Players’ ages are defined by school dates and years, ie. as at 1st September of the
previous year.

6. Villages may enter the event with as many or as few team entries as they wish, i.e. they may enter just one event or any number up to the full 17.

7. Village teams are allocated points towards the overall inter-village trophy according to their placing in each individual event: 7 points for 1st place, 6 points for 2nd, 5 for 3rd, and so on. The best 6 results will be used to calculate a village’s total score.

Trophies for all winning teams in each competition.

Sports Event Details

Badminton:
Senior and junior competitions; both require a team of one male and one female to enter; if required juniors over 11 as at 01.09.09 may play in the senior event.

Table Tennis:
as for badminton above.

Mini Athletics:
4 – 8 participants required for a combined junior and senior team. One or two junior boys plus one or two junior girls to take part in: long jump, 100m, shot putt, 200m and relay. One or two senior men plus one or two senior women to take part in: long jump, 100m shot putt, 400m and relay. Juniors in this event must be under 16 and over 11 as at 01.09.09.

5-a-side Football:
Male senior and junior competitions. Juniors must be under 16 and over 14 as at 01.09.09 (ie school years 10 and 11). Teams of 5 players with up to 2 substitutes.

Netball:
Female senior and junior competitions. Juniors must be under 16 and over 11 as at 01.09.09 (ie.school years 7,8, 9, 10 and 11). Teams of 7 players with up to 5 substitutes.

Indoor Bowls:
Senior and junior competitions. Teams of 4 (male and/or female) with up to 2 substitutes. If required juniors over 11 as at 01.09.09 may play in senior event.

Darts:
Senior competition with a team of 4 male and/or females. Juniors over 11 years as at 01.09.09 may join in if required.

Squash:
Senior competition with a team of 3 male and/or females. Juniors over 11 years as at 01.09.09 may join in if required.

Gymnasticators:
A junior event that resembles junior gladiators in the Lynnsport gymnasium – great fun! Teams of 4 boys and/or girls, under 11 and over 8 as of 01.09.09 (i.e school years 4, 5 and 6).

Mini-Soccer:
Junior event with teams of 7 boys and/or girls (plus up to 3 substitutes) under 11 and over 9 as at 01.09.09 (i.e school years 5 and 6)

Inter-Cricket:
Junior event with teams of 6 (plus up to 2 substitutes) under 14 and over 11 as at 01.09.09 (i.e. school years 7,8 and 9) Boys and/or girls.

Fitness Triathlon:
Senior and junior combined event. Team of 4 required – one senior man, one senior woman, one junior boy and one junior girl. Juniors are under 16 and over 12 as at 01.09.09 (school years 8, 9, 10 and 11) This is the only event where participants may also take part in other sports if required. Timed sessions on running, stepping and rowing machines take place with distances accumulated added together to calculate team scores.

Mini Tennis
Junior tennis event played on badminton courts with teams of 2, one boy and one girl, aged under 13 and over 11 as at 01.09.09 (ie school years 7 and 8).

More information @
Sports Development Unit, Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, c/o Lynnsport, Greenpark Avenue,
King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 2NB

Tel: 01553 818015/7/8
Email: sportsdevelopment@west-norfolk.gov.uk

http://www.intervillagegames.co.uk/