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MORE 1,000 SALFORD STUDENTS – SWIM, RUN AND CYCLE!

Group of smiling girls in white t-shirts with medals, posing with orange drawstring bags on a grassy field after a sports event.

The Swimming Pool at Irlam Leisure Centre and the surrounding area of Princes Park, was hit with a massive wave of Salford Primary School children this week!

Or to be more exact over 1,000 students from 32 Primary Schools from across the whole of Salford, taking part in the Brownlee Foundation annual Salford Primary Schools Triathlon in association with the fantastic Salford Schools Sports Partnership, that every primary school in our city should quite rightly be involved with.

Wave after wave of school children arrived in Irlam from 9.30am in the morning until late in the afternoon, taking part in a brilliant Triathlon event featuring a swim in the Pool, followed by a cycle and run around Princes Park. Fantastically well organised and marshalled and enjoyed by all those that were able to participate.

Each student taking part received a medal and goodie bag after crossing the finish line. This the third year that the event has taken place at Princes Park.

Swimmer in a blue pool performing freestyle stroke, head turned to the side, arm reaching forward.
Person in a pool, swimming with face near water surface and bubbles around.
Girl swimming in a pool with a yellow pool noodle, smiling at the camera.
Smiling person swimming in a blue pool with yellow pool noodles on both sides.
Group of smiling girls in white t-shirts with medals, posing with orange drawstring bags on a grassy field after a sports event.
Boy wearing a blue helmet rides a red kick scooter on a grassy field with white barriers in a park setting.
Boy in a white shirt and blue shorts rides a red bike with a blue helmet on a grassy field at an outdoor event, with a scooter in the background.
Young boy in a white shirt and green shorts sprinting on a grassy race course, with cones and rope barriers and tents in the background.
Child wearing white and orange swim goggles swims in blue pool water, arm raised in front of splash.

Gold medal winning triathletes the Brownlee brothers Alistair and Jonny started the Brownlee Foundation to allow as many young people as possible to experience Triathlon. A sport they are both passionate about and continue to enjoy.

Brownlee Foundation events provide a fantastic vessel to expose young people to swimming, cycling, running and triathlon. The brothers said, “We’d be delighted if each event inspires only a handful of people to take up regular activity. In a nutshell, this is the aim of everything we do with the Brownlee Foundation.”

Salford Schools Sports Partnership this year celebrates 25 years of providing provision for Salford schoolchildren to try a whole host of inclusive, different and diverse sporting activities.

Under the leadership of Dean and Elaine Gilmore over the years, sports have included anything from the usual rugby, football, cricket and netball. But also, the likes of wrestling, ten pin bowling, American football, rock climbing, lacrosse and parkour with next week darts being tried for the first time! In total more than 30 different sports for our young people to try!

Well done to everyone involved in a fantastic day of sporting achievement!

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Bill McLaughlin

Our intrepid Irlam and Cadishead reporter - Bill 'Scoop' McLaughlin, is somewhat of a local photographic and media legend having worked on the Irlam and Cadishead Times as well as Local Mag.