Through engagement in sport, they learn leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, responsibility, self-discipline, and a sense of initiative.
With more and more sports clubs returning to action as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease, we asked managers, coaches and parents to send in their team pictures so we could show our support by publishing a special supplement and hopefully encouraging more young people to join the clubs which do so much great work across our communities.
This supplement was published in Thursday's newspaper, but if you missed it scroll down this page and take a look at all the team pictures that were submitted.
AFC Leyton in their first team picture taken in April in their new kits
AFC Leyton U10s Wyverns
AFC Leyton U11 Dragons
AFC Leyton U12s Griffins
AFC Leyton U12s Wyverns
AFC Leyton U13s
AFC Leyton U14s won their league this season
AFC Leyton U15s were league winners in the 2019/20 season
AFC Leyton U16s
AFC Leyton U9s, just after finishing a league game
Buckhurst Hill Blacks U10s
Chigwell Wolves U10s
Epping Foresters Cricket Club Colts section 2021
Epping Foresters Cricket Club Minis team 2021
Epping Foresters Cricket Club U10 team 2021
Epping Foresters Cricket Club U9 team 2021
Epping Upper Clapton Rugby Club U6s team
Epping Upper Clapton Rugby Club U7s team
Futgen, from Chingford, winners of the Jermain Defoe tournament
North Weald All Stars new arrivals
On your marks, get set, GO! The juniors at Woodford Green with Essex Ladies take off
South Loughton Cricket Club Under-14s. Winners of the 2020 Metropolitan Essex District Cricket Board Len Stentiford Trophy
Supreme Youth U12s from Benfleet
Supreme Youth U7s from Benfleet
Epping Upper Clapton Rugby Club U9s team
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