Mackay Walking Soccer Association in Mackay, Queensland | Community organisation

Mackay Walking Soccer Association

Locality: Mackay, Queensland

Phone: +61 437 157 995

Address: Abbott Park Casey Avenue Mackay, QLD, Australia

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23.01.2022 Good Afternoon Walking Soccer Fans we are excited to announce that we will be looking to start our summer season on the 22nd of October but before we do that we would like to hold a come and try night on the 8th of October starting at 6.30pm. If you are interested please send us a message so we can organise teams for the night. Looking forward to seeing all the old faces and the new. See you all then.

23.01.2022 get in it and enjoy Spring Fit plenty of options and its all up to you...get out and enjoy

20.01.2022 Good Morning Walking Soccer Fans we are only 3 days away from our Come and Try night so please if you are interested in having a try send us a message letting us know so we can allocate space in a team for the night. we are excited to be getting under way again after such a long break and are looking forward to meeting new faces and those that have played before and coming back to enjoy our wonderfull game. See you all on Thursday night at 6.30pm.... Cheers Grahame

20.01.2022 Good Afternoon Walking Soccer Fans we are getting closer to the start of our come and try night. Just a reminder to sign in at the gate when entering the gate tonight. It's simple and easy just down load the QR Scanner app point at the bar code and follow the prompts. See you all soon. Cheers Grahame

20.01.2022 Good Morning Walking Soccer Fans Due to the current situation with the Corona virus all soccer in Queensland has been cancelled until at least the 14th of April and that includes Walking Soccer. At this stage we do not know if it will be extended past that date and we will advise as soon as we know what is happening.... Until then stay safe and well and hopefully we can all get back to doing what we love soon. cheers Grahame

19.01.2022 Good Afternoon Walking Soccer Fans it is with pleasure we can confirm our Come and Try Night as part of Spring Fit will be on Thursday the 8th of October 6.30pm at the Mackay Regional Football Zone grounds 10 Hewitt Way Glenella. We thank the entire zone Anthony, Scott, Dean, Greg, Peter, Stephen and Fonda for their generosity in making this happen. We would also like to thank the Mackay Regional Council for their support in making this happen. If you are interested... in having a go or even just having a look please contact us prior to the night so we can organise you all into teams. Get your teams together and lets get going or if you are an individual send us your name so we can add you to a team for the night. Look forward to seeing you there. cheers Grahame

14.01.2022 Good Morning Walking Soccer Fans How exciting that we are getting closer to another season of what is a great game to be involved and in and how much fun it is for everyone no matter what age or ability. We currently have 4x teams entered and are looking forward to adding to that.... Please let us know if you are interested in entering a team or as an individual prior to Thursday the 22nd of October so we can have our draw sorted. Just send us a message with your team or individual details and we will look after it for you. looking forward to seeing you all on the night. cheers Grahame

13.01.2022 Good Morning Walking Soccer Fans What an awesome turnout last night at our come and try night as part of the Mackay Regional Councils Spring Fit Campaign. We saw a lot of old faces and a lot of new faces last night which was good to see.... If you think you would like to play then now is the time to get a team together for the upcoming season which will be starting on the 22nd of October. If you are unable to raise a team let us know and we will add you to a team for the season. We would like to thank the Mackay Regional Football Zone for the use of their grounds for the night. To each and everyone who attended last night we say thank you and we look forward to seeing you all there on the 22nd of October. cheers Grahame

11.01.2022 Good Morning Walking Soccer Fans we are here at last with our Come and Try night kicking off tonight as part of the Mackay Regional Councils spring Fit Campaign. Its not to late to put your team down for tonight's trial or even as an individual you still have plenty of time. Please send us a message letting us know and we can put you into a team for tonight's event.... We have had a great response with a good mix of new and old players nominating for tonight,s event which we look forward to greatly. Get you shoes on and get your game happening. See you all tonight. Cheers Grahame

10.01.2022 Good Afternoon Walking Soccer Fans the time is nearly here for us to start another season of our great sport please remember to sign in at the gate and let's stay Covid safe. We will be on field 4 tonight and for those of you who are unfamiliar with grounds when you enter the gates turn right and come over to field 4 the second field across from the club house. Looking forward to a good night of Walking Soccer. See you all there. Cheers Grahame

08.01.2022 Good Morning Walking Soccer Fans We hope you are all feeling keen to hit it up again tomorrow night at 6pm at the MRFZ as we did last week. We have been getting a great deal of interest from others who have heard about us and may take the time to drop down and have a go.... Remember to sign in at the gate so we are all covid safe and head to field 4 for our weekly game. Looking forward to seeing as always the regulars and the new. Until then. cheers Grahame

06.01.2022 Meet Grahame Bundesen from Mackay Walking Soccer Association, one of our three Spring Fit health challenge ambassadors! Here's Grahame's story which he hopes ...will inspire others in the Mackay community. NOTE - this is a long read but worth it! ---------------------------------------------- Five years ago I suffered a stroke which left me with balance issues amongst a few other things. I was unable to run properly or even have the agility needed to play a sport like soccer, so I started looking around at other options to stay fit and active. I was coaching a couple of junior soccer teams for Wests United and had a fair bit to do with the senior men's team and found I wanted to be able to participate more than just standing on the sidelines. Talking it over with my good mate Simon, who had been involved in soccer most of his life, we came up with the idea to play soccer at a walking pace. I jumped on the internet that night and typed in walking soccer. I was surprised to find it actually existed in a competitive way and that it was fairly big in Europe. They even have a world cup for Walking Soccer! We immediately decided to see what we could do and began to look into the rules and what equipment was needed. We ran a Facebook campaign and held an exhibition match with over 40 people attending, which was an amazing response. We then launched the inaugural season of Walking Soccer and managed to gain nominations from up to eight teams of 10 players over a 10-week period and over 20 individual players, which we allocated to various teams over that period. This led us to cater for all abilities for kids who attended Move and Play Paediatrics, bringing to the sport about 15 adults with disabilities from the Endeavour Foundation, who have been among the game’s greatest supporters. Thank you to my supporter base of Ross Gee (former council member), Elizabeth Crane (Sport and Recreation Officer for council), Kathryn Andrews (Endeavour Foundation, SNAGS), Peter and Shelly Beldan (Whitsunday Office Machines), Jason Mackenzie (Souths Abbott Park) and all the players who have been associated with the sport. It has been a labour of love, so to speak. All I can say to people is, get in and give it a go. You will not be disappointed and you will have a great night out. Walking Soccer truly is a game for all ages and abilities. More - www.mackay.qld.gov.au/springfit #springfitmackay Star 101.9 Mackay

06.01.2022 Good Morning Walking Soccer Fans We are getting closer to getting underway again for what will be another awesome season of Walking Soccer next Thursday night at 6pm. We have 4x teams guaranteed already and a lot of inquiries from our come and try night last week which is great.... We have plenty of room to move so feel free to nominate your team or just yourself and come and enjoy what so many already know to be a whole heap of fun. If interested please send us a message and we will help you with any questions you might have. Until then Cheers Grahame

04.01.2022 Good Morning Walking Soccer Fans The countdown is on to Thursday night and the start of the next season of Walking Soccer. Just a reminder that any child under the age of 12 will be playing at 5.15pm prior to the main games being played at 6.00pm so if they could be there by 5.00pm that would be great so we can sort into teams.... For everyone else games will be commencing at 6pm. Games will be played at the Mackay Regional Football Zone in Glenella and many thanks go to those involved for letting us use the venue for our great game. Its still not to late to get involved just send us a message and we can add either yourself or your team into the competition. We look forward to seeing you all there on Thursday. cheers Grahame