A trio of talented young Manx sportsmen have been selected to compete in the national 2017 School Games in Loughborough next week.

Pole vaulter Glen Quayle has been selected to be part of the athletics squad, while Team RL360 cyclists Max Walker and Adam Scarffe will represent the North West Region at the 2017 Games in Loughborough between August 31 and September 3.

A total of 114 cyclists have been entered by the 13 regions involved, including teams from Ulster, Scotland and Wales.

Glen, who is a student at Ramsey Grammar and is a member of Northern Athletics Club, will compete for the England North squad. The 15-year-old already has an impressive record of success, winning indoor and outdoor gold in u15B England Championships as well as winning at English Schools last year plus further success at the SIAB Schools International with Team England.

Around 1,600 athletes will compete across 12 sports at the School Games, seven of which include disability disciplines.

The four-day event is supported by National Lottery funding from Sport England and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust.

The trio will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of some of Britain’s biggest sporting stars who have competed at the School Games 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 GB sprinter Adam Gemili, as well as pro and pro-continental cyclists Amy Roberts, Owain Doull and Jon Dibben to name but a few.

The School Games are the springboard for future athletes: 56 of the 382 athletes representing Team GB at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio competed at the School Games.