Age & Opportunity Walking Football Initiative
Walking Football, an initiative of Age & Opportunity, is a fun, non-contact sport which offers significant health and well-being benefits.
Walking Football is a great way to socialise and to exercise in a safe and enjoyable environment. This initiative takes place over 5 consecutive weeks , is free to participate and offers a perfect introduction to the game.
The initiative has been developed for older people with simple game rules in place, designed with health and safety in mind.
Walking Football, has modified rules including only non-contact tackling allowed and the ball must never go above head height. Walking football is usually played 6 or 7 a-side ideally on all-weather astroturf pitches but can be played on natural grass either.
To find out more about Walking Football, visit Age & Opportunity’s webpage or check out this video.
To register your interest, contact Philip from Age & Opportunity on 01 913 3943 or email active@ageandopportunity.ie or email Lorraine from IMSA on lorraine@menssheds.ie
It’s the craic – the banter out there and disagreeing with the ref, you know, the usual! We love it.
