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Men’s Health Week – Get All Fired Up with Healthy Habits!

Together let’s celebrate the men in our lives by encouraging men and boys to prioritise their health and wellbeing. Men’s Health Week (14 – 22 June) will focus on developing ‘healthy habits’ to encourage men to make small changes that can have a big and lasting impact on their overall health and wellbeing. Get Active…

Free Get Moving ABC Workplace scheme welcomes new business partners

"𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝑩𝑪 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 ‘𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝑩𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆’. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝑩𝑪 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 ‘𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈’ 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒅!"…

‘Get Wet Stay Safe’ continues to keep public safe in open water

The ‘Get Wet Stay Safe’ (GWSS) programme returns for its second year to ensure the safe use of open water spaces. The GWSS programme is a joint initiative between Sport NI, Canoe Association of Northern Ireland, Swim Ulster, Maritime Coastguard Agency, Royal National Lifeboat Institute, Outdoor Recreation Northern Ireland, The Outdoor Partnership and local authorities.…

Iron Dads Prove Their Mettle Taking On Iron Man Challenge

Meet the ‘Iron Dads’. Three local guys who are set to take on the ultimate challenge, a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile cycle, and a 26.2 mile marathon all in one day, more commonly known as the Iron Man Challenge! Men of metal, Mark Jameson [48], Andrew Foster [42] and Arthur Wenlock [48], are…

School Competition celebrates World Daily Mile Day: Join The Movement

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is encouraging all local schools and early years settings to get moving and join World Daily Mile Day on Thursday 27th April 2023.   Open to all schools across Northern Ireland – right from early years to secondary level – the virtual mass participation event aims to get…

LEN ratifies Daniel Wiffen’s 800m European record as the Magheralin twins continue their winning streak

Daniel Wiffen’s 800m freestyle gold medal-winning time of seven minutes and 25.96 seconds has been officially ratified as a new European short course record by LEN, the governing body of European Aquatics. This was the fourth fastest time ever posted for the 800m in the world and Daniel achieved the number one ranking in the…

Borough’s top talent honoured at ABC Senior Sports Awards

There was an overwhelming sense of pride at the ABC Senior Sports Awards last night (Wednesday 5 April) when 150 guests gathered at the Seagoe Hotel to honour the A-list of the local sporting community and celebrate their impressive achievements over the past year. Organised by Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Sports Forum and supported by…

New 2023 Running Programmes To Get You Moving

Spring into action and improve your health and wellbeing for 2023 on one of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s latest running programmes.   Taking up running can feel like a scary prospect – especially for beginners – but now you can get the support and guidance you need to train up to the…

Gareth King and Adrian Daye chat to getactiveabc ahead of the Anglo Celtic Plate 100k Championships

When Gareth King lines up for the Anglo Celtic Plate 100K British Isles Championships at South Lake Leisure Centre on Sunday, he will do so in the knowledge that this prestigious event at which he excels is being held in Northern Ireland for the first time! How do you feel Gareth about this prominent event…

New diabetes clinic for children and young people at South Lake Leisure Centre

A brand new clinic for children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) has been trialled over the last few months at South Lake Leisure Centre (SLLC). Organised by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council in partnership with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) T1D team, a number of age banded…