With the Euros in Germany just around the corner, a football competition closer to home provided the perfect warm-up for a summer of sport.
Heriot Watt University’s Oriam Sports Performance Centre was the setting for the Tartan Teapot walking football tournament hosted by Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) on Monday, June 3rd in collaboration with Walking Football Scotland (WFS) and Active Scotland.
Last year CHSS and WFS entered a partnership to improve health outcomes for thousands of over fifties across the country.
More than 9000 people have a stroke in Scotland every year. Incidences of heart attack are even higher, with 11,000 people in Scotland having had a heart attack in 2022. 97 per cent of these occurred in people aged 45 or over.
The tournament marked the first year of a partnership between CHSS and WFS…
READ MORE about Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland’s Partnership with Walking Football Scotland and Active Scotland at source (pic credit): https://www.chss.org.uk/news/chest-heart-stroke-scotland-celebrate-partnership-with-walking-football-scotland-and-active-scotland-with-a-top-tournament/
Author: The Walking Football
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