BURY duo Corinne Side and Jack Chamberlain have been selected to compete in the 2016 School Games.

The national multi-sport event for the UK’s elite young athletes will take place at Loughborough University and Sheffield from September 1-4.

Side, aged 15, who goes to Woodhey High School, will represent England North West in Cycling, while Elton High School pupil Chamberlain, aged 14, has been picked for the gymnastics team.

More than 1,600 athletes will compete across 12 sports at the event, seven of which include disability disciplines.

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

The majority of the event will take place at Loughborough University, with the swimming held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.

Side and Chamberlain 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 Olympic gold medallist and world-record breaking swimmer Adam Peaty, Paralympic champions Hannah Cockroft, Ellie Simmonds and Jonnie Peacock, heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and GB sprinter Adam Gemili.

The experience for young athletes is designed to mimic the Olympics, with all competitors performing in front of thousands of people, staying in an athletes village for the duration of the tournament and invited to attend spectacular opening and closing ceremonies.

There is a full education programme for the athletes running throughout the event, which aims to give them an insight into life at the very highest level of sporting competition.

Side has been chosen after some stand-out performances for Cycle Sport Pendle, while Chamberlain has competed for England as well as Bury Gymnastics Club at a number of high-profile events.