Fyffes launch search to find Ireland’s fittest school
For the second year in succession, Irish Olympians, Cork sprinter Phil Healy and fellow athlete, Dubliner David Gillick, have teamed up with banana importer Fyffes in a quest to find the fittest school in the country.
Registration for the competition, which runs until March 31st, can now be made online at www.fyffesfitsquad.ie, with the overall winner to be announced in April.
Last year, North Donegal primary school, Scoil Na Croise Naofa, in Dunfanaghy, fought off stiff competition from the large volume of competitors to be crowned ‘Ireland’s Fittest School 2022’.
Together, Healy and Gillick have recorded a series of workouts which they say are ‘fit for even the least active’ – exercise routines they hope schools will adopt as part of their PE curriculum.
Coupled with monthly and spot prize rewards, one successful school will have the distinction of being chosen as ‘Ireland’s Fittest School 2023’, the prize for which will be a visit from the Fit Squad ambassadors Healy and Gillick and €5,000 worth of sports equipment.
The commencement of the competition coincides with the resumption this month of Fyffes children’s fitness programme of live school visits following a two year break during Covid.
Originally conceived as a means of introducing children to the importance of physical exercise and healthy eating, the upcoming schedule will see some 7,500 pupils from schools throughout Ireland, North and South, participate in an interactive Fit Squad session between now and March next.
