HARROW school pupils took to the streets of Harrow this weekend to encourage young people to take up new sports.

The eight teenagers are organising Sports Central, an all-day event promoting sports not usually played at school.

The event will include demonstrations of sports like Jiujitsu and archery and involve a host of local clubs showing which sports are available to young people in Harrow.

Sports Central is being organised by the Golden Kids, made up of three Harrow teenagers who won £1,000 funding from Harrow Council in a competition to find a way to use sport to keep children out of trouble.

They have teamed up with five pupils from Nower Hill High School, in George V Avenue, Pinner, to organise the mass sports showcase.

The teenagers were in Harrow town centre on Saturday, June 14, handing out leaflets and giving shoppers information about Sports Central.

Nina Cooper, 15, one of the members of the Golden Kids, said the idea was to show young people in Harrow what sports they could take up outside the school gates.

She said: "We brainstormed our ideas, thinking of things we would have like to do.

"We wanted to include disabled sports, and include as many people as possible in the event."

Sports Central will be one part of Under One Sky, a large one-day festival taking place on Sunday, June 29.

Sports teams, including Harrow & Wealdstone Swimming Club, Ruislip and Northwood Sub Aqua Club, and Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy, have already signed up to have a stall in Sport Central, giving demonstrations and encouraging members of the public to take part.

Sports Central is just one part of Under One Sky, which will also feature the second year of Gig in the Park, an open air concert with performances from acts including Jay Sean, Mumzy, and Veronica from the Rishi Rich Project.

Organisers of Gig in the Park joined the Golden Kids in St Ann's Road on Saturday to promote the hotly anticipated event.

Under One Sky in on Sunday, June 29, between midday and 8pm on the sports ground in Harrow View, Headstone.

Admission costs £3 for adults, £1 for concessions, and children under 10 get in free.