Commonwealth Youth Games

2023 Commonwealth Youth Games

England Athletics and Commonwealth Games England have announced the criteria for selection for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad & Tobago.

The Games take place from 4 – 11 August and past participants have included Jessica Ennis-Hill, Jazmin Sawyers, Dina Asher-Smith, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Lawrence Clarke.

Selection

Selection for the Commonwealth Youth Games is open to athletes 16 – 17 years of age (athletes born in 2006 or 2007) who are eligible to compete for England to be considered for selection.

The final team will be nominated in a single selection meeting to be held on Monday 19 June 2023. Only then will the team be announced, subject to ratification by Commonwealth Games England

• Download the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games selection policy (PDF 200kB) for full details
  • Version 1.4 (01/03/2023) – Update to point 13 of the policy. The date athletes will be contacted by the Plus 1 % portal has been delayed to mid-March.
• More information on the Commonwealth Games is available on the Commonwealth Games Federation website

Para athletes

England Athletics and Team England are also pleased to announce the inclusion of para athletes for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad & Tobago. This will be the first time para athletics events will take place at a Commonwealth Youth Games and provides an exciting opportunity for developing athletes to progress on to representing senior teams at major international championships in the future.

Para athletes can gain selection for the Commonwealth Youth Games through direct invitation from the Commonwealth Games Federation and through nomination from England Athletics. England Athletics will accept all direct invitations and will nominate additional para-athletes who have a realistic medal winning potential where there is capacity within the team size quota allocated by Commonwealth Games England (CGE).

Para selection for the Commonwealth Youth Games is open to athletes born in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, who are eligible to compete for England to be considered for selection.

The deadline for Team England to nominate para athletes is 24 April.

• Download the para athlete nomination policy (PDF 137kB)

More information

• Commonwealth Youth Games selection policies announcement
• Commonwealth Youth Games Webinar Series
• U18 competition opportunities ahead of the Commonwealth Youth Games

2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

The 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games took place in the Bahamas from 18 to 23 July. The Games saw athletes from 71 nations and territories gathering on the island of New Providence. The athletics events were held from Thursday 20 July to Sunday 23 July.