Major venues included in Glasgow’s bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games will also be venues staging Britain’s first school games in which 1200 competitors in five sports will take part.
Swimming will take place at Tollcross Pool; athletics, table tennis and fencing at the Scotstoun Stadium; and gymnasium at Kelvin Hall.
In athletics 12 teams of students ages under 17 – nine from England, and one from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales – will compete in 35 events Saturday and Sunday.
Also teams from Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England will compete in fencing and gymnastics, while four English, two Scottish, one Irish and one Welsh team will participate in swimming.
