{"id":438452,"date":"2026-05-08T09:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/438452\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:27:12","slug":"galway-school-wins-connacht-final-of-irelands-fittest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/438452\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway school wins Connacht Final of &#8216;Ireland&#8217;s Fittest&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CALTRA-NATIONAL-SCHOOL-GALWAY-WINS-\u2018IRELANDS-FITTEST-CONNACHT-FINAL.webp.webp\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CALTRA-NATIONAL-SCHOOL-GALWAY-WINS-\u2018IRELANDS-FITTEST-CONNACHT-FINAL.webp.webp\"  data- alt=\"\" title=\"CALTRA NATIONAL SCHOOL GALWAY WINS \u2018IRELAND\u2019S FITTEST\u2019 CONNACHT FINAL\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 696px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 696\/522;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The young pupils at Caltra National School in County Galway are in the running to be crowned the fittest in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Caltra NS have been crowned Connacht provincial champions in this year\u2019s competition to find Ireland\u2019s Fittest School 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The school will now join the top school from each of the Ulster, Munster and Leinster provincial finals in the grand final in Athlone on May 20.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s Fittest School is hosted by one of Ireland\u2019s best-known Olympians, sprinter David Gillick, and health and fitness expert Sharon Flanagan.<\/p>\n<p>The competition\u2019s prize package will include \u20ac8,000 worth of sports equipment and the title of \u2018Ireland\u2019s Fittest School 2026\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Supported by fruit importer Fyffes and tracked online, the purpose of the competition, launched in December and now in its fifth year, is to promote the importance of exercise, fitness and healthy eating amongst young people.<\/p>\n<p>A big part of the competition is a series of exercise routines that help to measure the progress of students. This has benefits beyond the competition, as schools can the adopt them into their P.E. curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The young pupils at Caltra National School in County Galway are in the running to be crowned the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-438452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}