{"id":219457,"date":"2025-06-27T20:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219457\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T20:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:06:15","slug":"fitness-inclusion-games-to-take-place-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219457\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness Inclusion Games to take place in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland’s first Fitness Inclusion Games, inspired by the popular CrossFit and Hyrox fitness competitions, will take place in Dublin.<\/p>\n

The event, organised by the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA), follows a pilot programme first organised in Drogheda, Co Louth, that has grown into a national movement.<\/p>\n

The organisers said the games mark a major milestone in the IWA\u2019s Fitness Inclusion Project and the initiative is transforming lives as well as the perceptions surrounding fitness and disability.<\/p>\n

Over 100 athletes from across the country will take part in the inclusive team competitions at Sport Ireland\u2019s National Indoor Arena in Dublin today.<\/p>\n

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\nDeclan Hamilton of the IWA encouraging IWA member Sean Carroll in the gym<\/p>\n

The competitions have been adapted for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

The IWA said the games will bring people with disabilities together in a “celebration of strength, community and inclusion”.<\/p>\n

The project was initiated following a 100km fundraising challenge which was launched by IWA Eastern Region Area Manager, Declan Hamilton in 2022.<\/p>\n

Mr Hamilton, a fitness enthusiast, said the response from IWA members during that event laid the foundation for the pilot programme in Drogheda.<\/p>\n

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\nNaoimi Mehari works out ahead of the competition<\/p>\n

He said: “Many of the young adults who came to support me had never been inside a gym before. They absolutely loved it. That\u2019s when I knew we had something special”.<\/p>\n

Mr Hamilton said he then approached a local CrossFit gym in Drogheda, which “embraced the opportunity to learn and adapt workouts for people with disabilities and the Fitness Inclusion Project was born”.<\/p>\n

From just eight participants in the original pilot, the programme now includes members of all ages from locations such as Dublin, Galway, Longford and the greater north east area.<\/p>\n

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\nConor Dillon is one of the many people taking part in the programme<\/p>\n

Mr Hamilton said the physical and mental health benefits that the participants get from the programme is “profound”.<\/p>\n

He said: “This isn\u2019t about trends or quick fixes. It\u2019s about giving people with disabilities the tools to build lifelong, healthy habits that boost physical and mental wellbeing”.<\/p>\n

The IWA has said its goal is to make the programme available in every county in Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland’s first Fitness Inclusion Games, inspired by the popular CrossFit and Hyrox fitness competitions, will take place in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4322],"tags":[1630,105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-219457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114757133187466030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}