The launch of North West Walking Netball League, Wigan Wigglers have two teams and play against teams from Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, held at Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, Wednesday 10-12. It is the only Walking Netball League in England, part of the Wigan Be Well - Back to Sport sessions in partnership with England Netball.
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00:00 Good morning, my name is Ben, I'm the Sport Engagement Coordinator at Be Well Wigan.
00:04 This is the North West Walking Netball League, the first of its kind in the country.
00:09 And this morning we're here at Robin Park Leisure Centre. The North West Walking Netball League is a
00:15 joint partnership with our friends at England Netball. And this morning we've got six teams
00:20 from around the North West that have come here this morning to play walking netball.
00:25 Walking netball forms part of our highly successful and long-standing back to sport program.
00:30 Our Wigan Wigglers team play here every Tuesday morning and for them walking netball is more than
00:37 just about the netball itself, it's about coming together, making new friendships, socialising,
00:44 but on the same on that same point having those physical mental health benefits that
00:50 comes through sport and physical activity. Wigan Wigglers!
00:56 Hi I'm Abi, the Netball Development Officer for Greater Manchester. We've come down to the Wigan
01:09 Walking Netball League today which is the first walking netball league nationally for England
01:14 Netball. Walking netball essentially is a slower paced version of the game that we all love. So
01:20 walking as it pretty much says on the tin, no jumping, you get an extra second on the ball,
01:26 so four seconds and you get to take an extra step as well. So we're just here, I think we've got six
01:31 teams here today that have sort of come across, Merseyside, Cheshire and Greater Manchester as
01:39 well that have all come together and Wigan just play the game.