Limerick school launches expanded fitness initiative

LIMERICK Secondary school Ardscoil Rís has announced a renewed and extended partnership with Setanta Athletic Development, a division of Setanta College, focusing on a number of whole school health, wellbeing, and fitness initiatives.

Through this partnership, Setanta will provide comprehensive support to the entire school community encompassing athletic development, educational workshops along with a staff health and wellbeing initiative, as well as parent/guardian workshops.

The athletic development aspects of the partnership will support hurling, hockey and rugby teams from first to sixth year, providing specific development programmes designed for each player and team with demands of the sport, training age of the athlete and competition schedule taken into account.

For students not involved in sport, initiatives will run throughout the year aiming to improve movement skills and physical development, in conjunction with physical education classes.