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Josh Lindsay and his friends would like outdoor play to be just a click away.

Lindsay, a Grade 8 student at Henry Munro Middle School in Beacon Hill, attended a recent enrichment program at Carleton University, where his group was asked to work on a cause that was meaningful to them.

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The four — Nate Contant, Matthew Robertson and Jasper Li are the other Grade 8 students in the group — wanted to do something to make young people in Ottawa more active.

They settled on the idea of an app for bringing kids together to play.

“Our teacher called it the ‘Uber of sport,’” Lindsay said.

It would work like this. If a student in a particular neighbourhood was interested in rounding up a group of kids to play road hockey or pickup baseball or soccer, he or she would send out a notice via the app.

It’s an extension of what kids might do after school by texting friends. An app would widen the scope of possibilities.

“We want the ability to bring in more people,” Lindsay said. “That’s our main goal. Get re-acquainted with old friends, meet new friends and just play sports with them.”