Seniors 'have A Go' For Better Health

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Seniors ‘Have A Go’ for better health


It’s that time of year again when the question on every Western

Australian senior’s lips is “Are you having a go?”


The Seniors Recreation Council of WA (SRC) is proud to present Have A Go

Day 2008, an information and activities day which will be held in Burswood

Park, Great Eastern Highway, on Wednesday 29 October, between 8.30am

and 3pm.


An annual initiative of the SRC – a volunteer-based organisation that

promotes healthy ageing through activity – Have A Go Day is a free event that

allows seniors to try out a range of sporting and recreational activities and

hopefully go on to join a sport or recreation club. A wide range of information

specific to seniors will also be available by visiting the various static displays.


Last year, more than 12,000 people attended Have A Go Day, and an even

greater turnout is expected this time around with 196 sites making this year’s

event the biggest yet.


SRC Administrator Dawn Yates urged all seniors to head to Burswood Park

on the day and make the most of the opportunity to find an activity they

enjoyed.


“Physical and mental activity is so important for the health and wellbeing of

seniors,” Mrs Yates said.


“Being active both physically and mentally in your older years can have great

health benefits, helps you to maintain friendships and keeps you being an

active part of the community. It can also result in improved mental health,

reduced risk of disease, social interaction, lifelong independence and overall

being, so we urge all Over 45s to get out there on the day and Have A Go!”


An exciting program of activities is planned including Tai Chi, Seniors Golf,

Exercise to Music, Archery, Weightlifting, Canoeing, Tennis, Traditional Wing

Chun, Croquet, Squash, Bridge, Climbing Wall, Gopher Demonstration, Group

Walk and Helicopter Rides.


Seniors can also try their hand at Polewalking, Woodturning, Dry Casting,

Rock Tumbling, Metal Detecting, Quilting, Aboriginal Art and Storytelling and

Nintendo Wii Fit Simulated exercise.


For the dance lovers there will be Square Dancing, Belly Dancing, Ballroom

Dancing, Clogging, Line Dancing , Tap Dancing and more.


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New Minister for Seniors The Hon. Robyn McSweeney will perform the official

opening at 9.25am. The opening will start with a didgeridoo player followed by

an Aboriginal dance troupe and Aboriginal singer Jason Bartley, assisted by

Hugh Rogers, singing Advance Australia Fair with the singing group from

Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Services.


Channel 7 personalities such as Monika Kos, Jeff Newman, Tina Altieri, Ric

Ardon, Basil Zempilas and Fat Cat’s Mum will be in attendance, and Curtin

Radio 100.1FM will be doing an on-site broadcast. 


The Council on the Ageing’s (COTA) Living Longer Living Stronger Awards

will kick off at 12.15pm. Music-based activities and entertainment will run all

day, concluding with half an hour of entertainment by Jay Weston from

2.45pm in the sound shell near the Citizen of the Year Lake. 


Special services on offer will include free tea, coffee and water at the

Hospitality Tents sponsored by Have a Go News, eye sight testing by the

Lions Eye Institute and hearing testing by the Lions Hearing Institute. Three

First Aid posts will be provided by the Royal Life Saving Society.


In preparation for the event, a smoking ceremony will be conducted by an

Aboriginal Elder on Monday 27 October to cleanse the grounds of Burswood

Park, starting at 9.30am.


For more information on Have A Go Day 2008, visit the SRCWA website at



ENDS

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Media contact – 


Dawn Yates 9492 9773







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