Are you the next South Yorkshire Olympian or Paralympian?
South Yorkshire has a proud history of producing Olympians, such as Barnsley's athletics star Dorothy Hyman, Doncaster's three time Olympic Taekwondo player Sarah Stevenson, Rotherham's 800m silver medallist Peter Elliott, and of course Sheffield raised and educated, Lord Sebastian Coe.
South Yorkshire will have several Paralympian's representing the region at Beijing 2008. Barnsley's Sue Gilroy will compete in the table tennis, Doncaster born John Hall and Rotherham's Kevin Hayes will both be pushing for a medal as part of the GB Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team, and Sheffield's Jill Fox will be a vital part of the GB Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team
One of the ambitions of the partnership is to use the games to inspire the public of South Yorkshire to get involved in sport.
This summer there are lots of opportunities for young people to get sporty, and maybe become inspired to be South Yorkshire's next Olympian or Paralympian
Summer sporting activities
Below are the pick of some of the activities happening in South Yorkshire this summer. For further details and a wider range of activities and information on sport in south Yorkshire click on the links include in the pages.
Further information on the London 2012 Games.
South Yorkshire - Lighting the Flame is made up of the following partners...