Attention Sutton’s budding sports stars – applications are now open for the 2015 London Youth Games.

This year, Sutton Council has made the application process even easier, implementing an online form for the first time.

You can apply to represent Sutton in the games if:

You’re aged between 11 and 17
You live in the borough of Sutton or attend a Sutton school
If you enjoy competing in, and are competent at, your sport
The Balfour Beatty London Youth Games 2015 is Europe’s biggest youth sporting event.

Past Sutton competitors have included:

Joanna Rowsell MBE: World Champion Carshalton-born cyclist, now on the Great Britain Cycling Team

David Weir CBE: Six-time gold medallist Paralympic wheelchair athlete and seven times winner of the London Wheelchair Marathon.

Councillor Jill Whitehead, Chair of Sutton Council’s Environment and Neighbourhoods Committee, said:

“The London Youth Games are a tremendous opportunity to represent our borough in more than 30 different sports and follow in the footsteps of some of Sutton’s great sporting successes.

“You don’t need to be an Olympian to try out. All that is required is a passion for your sport and, of course, our wonderful borough. With the new, easy online application process now in place, there is no excuse not to apply.”

For more information, go to the youth games section of the council website.