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Parkhead Walking netball group has more members than ever before and aims to get women active while building friendships and learning a new skill.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking netball is a slower and more inclusive variety of the sport that was created in 2017 in a collaboration between Age UK and England Netball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are over 200 programmes across the country and more than 37,000 women have got involved in the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christie White, a qualified netball coach and umpire who runs Parkhead’s sessions, said: “It’s just great to see people get back into some sort of sport. They all say each week: ‘we loved that, thank you.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Walking netball is for any age, whatever gender you are.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first sessions were only attended by four women, but now up to 16 play each week, as word has spread across social media and in local newspapers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs White added: “I want them to enter a league, that’s my aim – to get them playing against other people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Age UK, maintaining an active lifestyle is vital, especially in older age: “Regular activity can lower your risk of heart disease, stroke, some cancers, depression and dementia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Being active can lessen aches and pains, help you stay steady on your feet and boost your mood.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.4 million older people in the UK are often lonely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Jeffrey, retired, who has been attending the sessions for eight weeks, said: “It’s been brilliant, I’ve got a whole new set of a friends. I’m a competitive person so I really like the game element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is the first team sport I’ve done since I left school at 18.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking netball has slightly different rules to netball: players can’t run or jump, and are able to take three steps with the ball, rather than one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs Jeffrey added: “It’s been really great getting back, it’s good for your fitness, it’s good for your mental health. It’s very social, I look forward to it coming every Thursday.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite having never met each other before, the women now regularly meet up outside of the netball sessions, and keep in contact through a WhatsApp group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Because we’re all of a certain age, we don’t have to worry about what anybody thinks about us… we are who we are and we’re just comfortable in our own skin.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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