Primary school pupils from across Aberdeen are set to have a ball this week as one of Scotland’s largest sports projects culminates in a celebration of health, wellbeing and the benefits of an active lifestyle.
Over 1,500 pupils from 45 city primary schools will converge on Aberdeen Sports Village on May 24 - Friday, as the annual Aberdeen Youth Games (AYG) programme concludes with its Primary Festival of Sport.
The pupils will spend the day taking part in a range of fun sporting activities led by Sport Aberdeen’s Active Schools team and students from Robert Gordon University (RGU) and North East Scotland College (NESCol).
They will be cheered on by a number of inspirational ambassadors to the programme, including Sir Ian Wood KT GBE, Scottish women’s football captain Rachel Corsie, taekwondo world champion Katrina Carr, table tennis champion Colin Dalgleish snowboarder Douglas Green and Scottish basketball’s Chris Clearly.
This year’s festival will also have an added Nordic touch, as Sport Aberdeen’s Active Schools team will host a delegation of 17 education staff from the Municipality of Kopavogur in Iceland. Everyone in attendance will pay homage to the guests with a spectacular ‘Iceland Viking thunder clap’ as part of the opening ceremony.