• Ann McGuigan and Dympna Malone of Clara ARA
• Claire Keogh, Jim Doherty and Patty Dunne of Naas ARA
• Declan Costello of Offaly Local Development Company
• Dinah Boland and Kitty McNally of Ballykilmurry ARA
• Ena Wilson and Ronnie O’Connor of Ballycumber ARA
• Joan Walsh of Bury Quay Community Mental Health Centre
• Lena Scally and Mary Conneely of Ballycommon ARA
• Marguerite Walsh of Crinkle Sports & Recreation Centre
• Maureen Dooley of Clareen ARA
• Noel Martin of Cluain Darach Resident’s Association
• Terese Healion of Durrow ARA

Go for Life is an Age and Opportunity initiative, funded by the Irish Sports Council. It runs in partnership with the Health Service Executive Health Promotion Units and the Local Sports Partnerships, and is the national programme for sports and physical activity for older people in Ireland.

The participants attended eight workshops covering a wide range of activities which they then brought back and delivered to their groups. Workshops included sit fit, better balance, going strong, stepping and strolling, rolling and bowling, and pitching and tossing activities. Participants from as far afield as Naas Active Retirement Group and as close to home as Ballykilmurry Active Retirement Group attended the course. Huge thanks to Barbara, Valerie, Cavina and Margaret from Go for Life who delivered the workshops in May and October.

A refresher and dance taster workshop hosted by Offaly Sports Partnership and the Health Service Executive Health Promotion Unit, and tutored by staff from Go for Life will take place on the 9th November from 10am to 3pm in St Mary’s Youth and Community Centre. For more information or to book your place, contact Olivia Murphy, Administrator Offaly Sports Partnership on 057 93 57462 or by email to omurphy@offalycoco.ie.