If you’re inspired by the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 and want to Keep on Kicking, here’s how.
We’re in the midst of another great summer of sport – with women’s football front and centre. The highly anticipated UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 proudly sponsored by AXA, the insurance provider, kicked off on 2nd July, now football fans and newcomers alike are wondering how they can keep the ball rolling.
By joining local teams, you can be part of the Kicking Cancer initiative, which aims to promote health and well-being through football.
Not only are we seeing more girls taking up football, but there’s a phenomenon sweeping the country, thanks to the Walking Football Association (WFA) with men’s and women’s Walking Football teams launching up and down the country – offering women over the age of 40 and men over the age of 50 a chance to play a non-contact, slower pace version of football – and there has never been a more exciting time to get involved.
Walking Football offers a multitude of health benefits such as reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke, improving blood pressure, postural balance, resting heartrate, lowered cholesterol, blood sugar levels and bone density. More importantly, though, it’s fun, and it fosters local, inclusive and uplifting communities around the UK.
There is even a unique and special Walking Football team called Kicking Cancer for those living with, recovered or recovering from the disease.
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Emma Kimber, who plays for the Kicking Cancer team and Melksham Walking Football Club, started playing 11-a-side football to regain fitness after her treatment for ovarian cancer. After 10 years, as she approached 50, Kimber was looking for a way to continue to play football without the more physical element and that’s when she found Walking Football, enabling her to continue to play the sport she loved and discover a whole new footballing community ‘It’s given me incredible opportunities and a massive amount of confidence – both in my football abilities and beyond that. I just feel generally loved and that’s a really special thing.’
Kirsten Pybus, a midfielder for Dawlish Walking Football Club, who is also a cancer survivor, couldn’t agree more. The sport has connected her to her community in ways she couldn’t have imagined. ‘We recently had our Dawlish Walking Football AGM and after the formalities we decided to have a meal and went to our local pub for karaoke,’ she said. ‘Sweet Caroline is always the first song on the list.’ ‘It’s enhanced my life immensely,’ Pybus adds. ‘I’ve got new friends and that’s had a knock-on effect of improving the lives of my family. I’m a much more positive person because of Walking Football.
CONTINUE READING at source: https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/health-fitness/embracing-football-fever-sponsored/
Watch the full story of the Kicking Cancer Walking Football team here: https://youtu.be/Ut3h9dxxLY8
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