A weight-loss football team in Surrey has been named national community club of the year.<\/p>\n
Guildford’s Man v Fat football club hosts six-a-side games, with extra goal bonuses awarded to teams based on their weight loss.<\/p>\n
At the nationwide Man v Fat football awards, the Guildford club picked up the club of the year trophy, celebrating their outstanding impact on men’s health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n
Mark Smithies, who plays in the team, said: “Being part of such a positive and supportive group does a lot for your confidence and mindset.”<\/p>\n
The club, funded by Surrey County Council, is a Football Association-accredited programme which helps men with a body mass index of 27.5 or above to lose weight.<\/p>\n
Players weigh-in before a 30-minute game, and their weight loss will then be considered alongside goals to determine their place in the league.<\/p>\n
“Joining Man v Fat Guildford has honestly made a huge difference for me, I’ve lost weight, I’ve got fitter and made great mates along the way,” Smithies said.<\/p>\n
“I look forward to it each week and it has helped me stay active outside of football too.<\/p>\n
“Mentally, it’s been a real boost. Being part of such a positive and supportive group does a lot for your confidence and mindset.<\/p>\n
“It’s more than just football and lifestyle, it’s a proper community, and I’m proud to represent Man v Fat Football Guildford.”<\/p>\n
The Guildford club currently has 68 club players. In the past year, players have lost more than 34 stone (216kg) overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A weight-loss football team in Surrey has been named national community club of the year. Guildford’s Man v…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-405911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}