BROMSGROVE'S Isobel Bridge has been selected to be part of the Wasps Netball squad competing at the 2018 School Games.

The event is a national multi-sport event for the UK’s most talented school-age athletes taking place at Loughborough University from August30 to September 2.

Bridge, 15, who is a student at the Alcester Grammar School and is a member of the Wasps Netball Academy, has racked up plenty of experience having previously reached the National Finals with her home team. Isobel lists the England Rose’s 2018 Commonwealth Gold as her biggest sporting inspiration.

Over 1,400 athletes will compete across 11 sports at the School Games, five of which include disability disciplines. This year the School Games has introduced four new sports (Canoeing & Rowing, Laser Run, Netball and Triathlon). The event will give many young people, across a variety of different sports, an experience of high-level competition in a multi-sport environment similar to an Olympic or Paralympic Games.

Isobel will be following in the footsteps of some of Britain’s biggest sporting stars who have competed at the event before going on to senior international success. Previous competitors include Paralympic champions Hannah Cockroft, Ellie Simmonds and Jonnie Peacock, Olympic champion Adam Peaty, heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and sprinter Adam Gemili.

“The School Games National Finals provide a great opportunity for talented young athletes like Isobel,” says Ali Oliver, Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Sport Trust. “Competitors get a real taste of what it’s like to be part of a world-class sporting event at the amazing sporting venues of Loughborough University, and the event is a great way to see our future sporting champions in action today.”

Tickets for the event are available at schoolgamesfinals.org/buy-tickets/