By Jamie Holt

Wandsworth have finally lifted the Jubilee Trophy at the 2013 Balfour Beatty London Youth Games and team organiser Peter Freeman claims more future Olympians lie in wait for the borough.

Runners-up in both 2011 and 2012, they reached the summit for the first time ever with a total of 1189 points after a gruelling nine-month season, which culminated at Crystal Palace over the weekend.

Freeman’s troops triumphed in the cross country, indoor and outdoor rowing, men’s judo, women’s hockey and in girls' and boys' volleyball – pushing last year’s champions Croydon into second place on 1171 points.

But Freeman warned the 32 other boroughs they are not finished there, and more talent like London 2012 volleyball player Dami Bakare – a silver medallist for Wandsworth at the London Youth Games – are within their ranks.

“We’ve got a few future Olympians lined up hopefully, and maybe we can unearth a few more over the next few years,” said Freeman.

“It’s absolutely fantastic, 2013 has been a fantastic year for Wandsworth. It’s still got to sink in, but we can live with first at Wandsworth.

“It’s been a lot of hard work, but we’d like to thank the London Youth Games because it’s such a fantastic completion and we’re proud to be a part of it.”

The watching Bakare would have been proud as a substantial part of the winning total came in volleyball – both the boys' and the girls’ teams won their event.

The boys beat Redbridge 25-19, 25-20 in the final while the girls saw off Richmond 25-15, 27-25 and boys' captain Sebastian Espin, 16, claims they are carrying on a great tradition.

“It felt great, it was a tight final, both sets were really tight but we managed to fight back and we won,” said the Ernest Bevin College pupil.

“It wasn’t that hard to get to the final, only when we got a bit complacent but we were OK. Wandsworth are known to win but we lost last year.

“It was a great atmosphere with a lot fans for Wandsworth. It’s a great thing because it brings unity and it brings all the boroughs together.”

Away from the volleyball court, swimmer Julian Chan Quee Lin claimed gold in the boys’ 50m freestyle in a time of 24.92 seconds but admits it’s only preparation for the upcoming European Youth Olympic Festival, which take place in Holland later this month.

He said: “I’m looking to do the 1500m, it’s a big step away from 50m here, but I went 16:17 minutes in the trials in Leeds in March so if I can do a better time than that then I think that would be quite good.”

The London Youth Games is delivering a sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics by inspiring more young Londoners to play and volunteer in sport. London’s councils including Wandsworth along with Balfour Beatty and Sport England support Europe’s largest annual youth sports event which has over 100k athletes competing across 85 competitions over nine months.