Galway schools invited to compete to be ‘Ireland’s Fittest’

The family of Martin Murray Carol (sister), parents Marie and Michael Murray and Michael Murray junior (brother with Stan O’Grady ( second from left) from the Martin Murray Foundation at the launch of the Martin Murray Foundation in the Salthill Hotel on Sunday night. Through musical and other fundraising initiatives, the Martin Murray Foundation aims to raise vital funds for those in the West of Ireland facing a cancer diagnosis and also will invest funds to foster and encourage the development of musical talent in Galway and further afield. These initiatives will benefit a wide range of charities, social groups, and people across all spectrums of life, with a keen focus on music in honour of Martin Murray’s rich and deep musical legacy. Photo: Mike Shaughnessy

The family of Martin Murray Carol (sister), parents Marie and Michael Murray and Michael Murray junior (brother with Stan O’Grady ( second from left) from the Martin Murray Foundation at the launch of the Martin Murray Foundation in the Salthill Hotel on Sunday night. Through musical and other fundraising initiatives, the Martin Murray Foundation aims to raise vital funds for those in the West of Ireland facing a cancer diagnosis and also will invest funds to foster and encourage the development of musical talent in Galway and further afield. These initiatives will benefit a wide range of charities, social groups, and people across all spectrums of life, with a keen focus on music in honour of Martin Murray’s rich and deep musical legacy. Photo: Mike Shaughnessy

A call has gone out to schools in Galway, and elsewhere across the country, from one of Ireland’s best-known Olympians, sprinter David Gillick who has joined forces with Fyffes once again in a quest to find ‘Ireland’s Fittest School 2025’.

Aimed at promoting the importance of exercise, fitness and healthy eating amongst young people, a central feature of the programme will be a series of exercise routines – recorded by Gillick, alongside Irish fitness trainer, Sharon Flanagan – which competing schools can adopt as part of their PE curriculum and against which performance will be measured and tracked online.

Running for 10 weeks from January 20, the upcoming competition will see a new element introduced in which the top four schools from each province will compete head-to-head across four live regional qualifier events in April. The top school from Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster will then progress to May’s grand final at which the prize package will include €8,000 worth of sports equipment.

School registrations open January 6th and further details can be found online at www.fyffesfittestschool.ie

 

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