The city will welcome guests from Aalborg, Almere and Rendsberg for the first time since 2017, so we thought it was an ideal time to take a trip back in time to youth games of yesteryear.
We hope you enjoy these 36 pictures taken at International Youth Games held in Lancaster over the years, and some from Lancashire Youth Games finals too.
![Lancaster girls football against Ribble Valley in 2002.](https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIwZjY3NzM4LWUzMWItNDAwOS1iYjk2LWQ0NGFmOTMwZDUyZDowNTJlODlkOS03Yzg2LTQzNmYtOTBjZS03Y2M2YjFkN2YxY2I=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
33. Lancashire Youth Games
Lancaster girls football against Ribble Valley in 2002. Photo: Garth Hamer
![The tag rugby team from Ryelands Primary School in 2011 who represented Lancaster in the Lancashire Youth Games after winning the Lancaster schools tournament.](https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ0ZDZhZWY4LTk5ZjYtNGE0MC1iM2MxLWJiZGYwY2ZmNGVkMjo4OTFjYjA5NS03MWRlLTRlYWItODRmMS03ZTY2ZGU1NjdmMzk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
34. Lancashire Youth Games
The tag rugby team from Ryelands Primary School in 2011 who represented Lancaster in the Lancashire Youth Games after winning the Lancaster schools tournament. Photo: Garth Hamer
![Lancaster girls football against Ribble Valley at Salt Ayre.](https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZjODkwNjk0LTNkODYtNDQyMS04YTBlLThkY2NlYjYyMGIwMTozOWIwODJlOS1hYmU3LTQyZmQtYTFkMi1jNThlNjlhMDE5MGQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
35. Lancashire Youth Games
Lancaster girls football against Ribble Valley at Salt Ayre. Photo: Garth Hamer
![Year 3 and 4 Indoor Athletics teams at St Peter's CE Primary School, Heysham, who won the Lancaster and District Tournament in February 2011 and went on to represent North Lancashire in the Lancashire Youth Games final.](https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmMyZTE5YmJhLWUyMzItNDllNS1hYzU1LWRkNWJhZmJjZjlhYzpjMGU0NGM2MC1lZDE5LTRiYjgtYjQwNi02MGM5NmE1OGUyNmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
36. Lancashire Youth Games
Year 3 and 4 Indoor Athletics teams at St Peter's CE Primary School, Heysham, who won the Lancaster and District Tournament in February 2011 and went on to represent North Lancashire in the Lancashire Youth Games final. Photo: Nigel Slater