FRINTON'S Amy Lane has been picked to play volleyball at this year's national School Games.

The 16-year-old Tendring Technology College student, a member of Tendring Volleyball Club, will represent England's junior women at the prestigious event at Loughborough University.

She already has an impressive record of success, having competed for the England Cadet team in last year's Madrid Spring Trophy.

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.

“I went to watch the volleyball twice at the 2012 Olympics in London and it was amazing,” said Lane, will live in a dedicated athletes’ village on the Loughborough University campus and take part in an Opening Ceremony.

"It really inspired me and I can’t wait to compete."

The School Games are an integrated multi-sport event for the UK’s most talented school-age athletes and will take place from August 31 to September 3.

Lane 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 - 56 of the 382 athletes representing Team GB at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio competed at the School Games.

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.

“The School Games national finals provide a great opportunity for talented young athletes like Amy,” says Ali Oliver, chief executive officer of the Youth Sport Trust.

“Competitors get a real taste of what it’s like to be part of a world-class sporting event at the amazing sporting venues of Loughborough University and the event is a great way to see our future sporting champions in action.”