Westmeath Sports Partnership in conjunction with the Irish Olympic Handball Association is offering a Level 1 Coaching Course for primary school teachers. The course will take place on Wednesday, March 7^th in the Downs G.A.A Club, from 3.00pm to 5.00pm.

There are 25 places available with a maximum of 4 teachers per school, to reserve a place on the course (€10 per person) please contact Westmeath Sports Partnership on 044 93 90208 or email info@westmeathsports.ie.

Fleet Feet is a new indoor fitness walking programme, over five weeks participants will learn how to get the best fitness benefits from walking, how to improve flexibility and strength, how to use step counters and heart rate monitors and learn the techniques of both Stride walking and Power walking.

Places are limited and will be given on a first come, first serve bases. For further details and booking please contact Westmeath Sports Partnership on 044 93 90208 or email info@westmeathsports.ie.

Peil Abu is recommencing in St. Lomans on February 6th from 6.30-7.30pm.

Peil abu is a recreational football game designed by the GAA, aimed at both males & females that don’t play competitively, or indeed who have never played GAA at all at any level.

Peil Abú is effectively tag-Gaelic football where physical contact is not allowed. Participants must be aged 16 or older and need to be in possession of a tracksuit and runners! All tags, bibs and additional equipment will be provided on location.

The rules are quite simple. It’s basically Gaelic football but once players are tagged, they must turn over possession. Scores, solo-running, hand passing and the pick-up can be altered to better suit the needs of the players. It’s also a fantastic way of working up a sweat!

If you have any questions please contact James Heffernan on 085 7139175

Following on form the Operation Transformation Walk held recently Westmeath Sports Partnership has organised walks for the next four weeks taking place every Saturday morning at 11.00am.

Participants can choose what trail and distance to undertake. The walk caters for all ages and abilities and are family friendly.

The next walk takes place this coming Saturday, January 28th.

Belvedere House and Gardens will offer free entry to those wishing to participate in the walks which will take place from Saturday, January 21st until Saturday, February 18th at 11.00am.

Participants can choose what trail and distance to undertake. The walks will cater for all ages and abilities and are family friendly.

Following registration participants helped themselves to a free bottle of Tesco water and then began preparations for the walk by completing a warm up which was led by RTE’s Dr Eva Orsmond and Irish Heart Foundation Walking Leaders.

Just after 11.00am, Earls Trail was engrossed with hundreds of people, including buggies, families and household pets. The walk took a little over 40 minutes to complete and upon arrival to the finish line participants where offered a nice warm brew.

The day was a complete success. A big thank you to all those who participated in the walk, to Belvedere House and Gardens, the Irish Heart Foundation Walking Leaders, Tesco Mullingar and RTE.

More walking dates will be organised over the coming months, details will be included in the near future.

Operation Transformation Walk is part of a series of events organised by Local Sports Partnerships on behalf of the Irish Sports Council in conjunction with RTE’s Operation Transformation team.

Why not get your New Year’s Resolution off to a great start and begin your own ‘Physical Activity Transformation’ by joining us on this scenic 3km walk. We welcome all ages and abilities along on the day and the walk is ideal for beginners to come out and give it a go. The walk is led by Irish Heart Foundation Walking Leaders and its FREE.

• creating awareness of the range of activities and opportunities for physical activity that exist locally, regionally and nationally; and
• providing advice on how to get started, tips on how to get more active and motivation to keep them going.

For event organisers, the website provides a unique opportunity to promote their activities to an online audience. To post your events you can simply click on ‘Submit Event’ on the home page and post your details. There is no cost for use of the site and you can provide details on any events that are open to the public including training, events and races. Already there are over 8,000 events on the site and there an online advertising campaign is planned for the month of October to promote the site even further.”

Coming this month as part of the Mullingar 1400 Celebrtions we have Sport on The Royal Canal

Sunday the 25th of September there will be a large variety of fun activities including ,

Canoe Polo , History walk, Archery, Boating , Sub Aqua Demo , Food & Craft stalls ,

Fishing Demo Face painting , Aqua Sphering , Bozo the Clown . Further details are

available at Westmeath Co Co wbsite www.westmeathcoco.ie

There is also an Novelty Treasure Hunt which aims to test peoples local knowledge . To register and get further details go

There is also an Novelty Treasure Hunt which aims to test peoples local knowledge . To register and get further details go www.westmeathcoco.ie/en/news/name,10167,en.html .

There are €600 in prizes so dont be shy register now.