Walk For Life Beat the Street - First Walk Tuesday 12th September

Waterford Sports Partnership is hosting five walks for people aged over 50 during the Beat the Street Programme (see below). The series aims to give people the opportunity to create links with others in their locality and experience some of the wonderful Waterford walks.
So, lace up your walking shoes and come along to a walk near you. Don’t miss this chance to meet new people in your area, discover local walking opportunities - Walk for Life & Beat the Street!

Waterford Greenway, Killmacthomas Workhouse

Tuesday 12th Sept @ 10.30am

Mixed Ability (Accessible Walk) - Distance: 5km | Duration: 1 hour
This walk on the Waterford Greenway begins at Kilmacthomas Workhouse and goes over the Kilmacthomas viaduct where walkers will enjoy beautiful views across the Comeraghs Mountains.

GETTING THERE
From Dungarvan: Follow the N25 from Dungarvan take the turnoff signposted left for Kilmacthomas. Take a right and follow the road to a T-junction. Take a right at the T-junction, proceed for 300m and then take a left signposted Waterford Greenway Workhouse Car Park.
From Waterford: Take N25 towards Dungarvan, turn off at signpost for Kilmacthomas. Turn left at the bottom of the hill and follow the signs to the Waterford Greenway Workhouse Car Park.

COST PER WALK: €3 (INCL. TEA/COFFEE/SCONE)
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER with Peter Jones on 0761 10 2191 /087 7855940 or email Peter - pjones@waterfordsportspartnership.ie

BEAT THE STREET is designed to inspire people to make small changes, such as walking or cycling to work every day, to improve their health. Two hundred and thirty-five thousand have played Beat the Street in over 40 programmes worldwide to date & in 2015, 300 schools played the game and more than 175,000 people took part! As well as major health benefits to the community, participating in activity such as Beat the Street each day has been shown to dramatically improve concentration levels of children in class and adults at work. Further benefits can be seen with reduced traffic congestion around the game areas. How does it work? - ‘Beat Boxes’ will be positioned throughout the local area of Waterford city, Kilmacthomas and Dungarvan. Players receive a card which they tap on the Beat Boxes as they walk, cycle, or scoot around town, earning points for themselves and their team. The more boxes you tap, the more points you earn. Players can view their progress online and see how they are performing. Here they can also see how their team is doing on the leader boards. The top community team will win a prize and there will also be prizes for individuals who have walked the furthest!
FOR MORE INFO visit www.beatthestreet.me/waterford

The BEAT THE STREET TEAM will be in Kilmacthomas from 9.30am on Tuesday ahead of the first walk to answer any questions you might have and register you for the game!

Click on the link below to see a full listing of the upcoming walks....
FULL LIST OF AUTUMN WALKS