A short film has been made about the life of former world inline-skating champion Jenna Downing.

 

Jenna, 25, grew up on West End Crescent in Royston and started skating at the age of eight.

 

She has won numerous major national and international competitions, and the film charts her life from a small girl learning to skate, to being the world champion to the work she now does with young people.

 

The ten minute film has been made by Jenna's friend and videographer Simon Mulvaney, who plans to send it to to film festivals for review.

 

Jenna said: "I've seen the finished product and it's brilliant.

 

"It made me cry because it was so emotional speaking about where I came from, how my mum brought me up as a single parent, how hard things were and how I got into skating."

 

Some of the filming was done in Royston at her home and on the streets where she used to play as a youngster.

 

She added: "There is a little girl who plays a young version of myself and is learning to skate.

 

"It's about how sport has changed my life and how it can change other people's lives.

 

"I also wanted to show the transition I'm making, as I'm not competing as much any more but doing more work to spread the word about my sport."

 

Jenna now spends a lot of time working as a Sky Sports athlete mentor working with young people in schools, trying to get them off the streets and away from video games and into sport.