Article Source: Beat The Street
Last Updated: 30 October 2022 12:03
The game took place over six weeks in September and October and saw 11,802 people walking, cycling and rolling for points and prizes!
The competition ended at 7pm on Wednesday evening but for the three days prior to the end, participating schools were invited to take part in an inter-school flag relay to celebrate the community’s achievements.
Players together totalled 151,588 active travel miles, which meant that organisers also donated £500 to Kilbryde Hospice.
The winners of the game have now been announced:
Schools - total points
1. Crosshouse Primary School
2. St Kenneth’s Primary School
3. Long Calderwood Primary School
4. St Hilary’s Primary School
Schools - average points
1. Long Calderwood Primary School
2. St Hilary’s Primary School
3. Greenburn Primary ASN
4. St Louise’s Primary School
Community and workplace teams – total points
1. EKCC Juniors
2. Beggin for a Biscuit
3. EKUC
4. Playcare Out of School Care
Community and workplace teams – average points
1. Beggin for a Biscuit
2. EKCC Juniors
3. Playcare Out of School Care
4. EKUC
Small teams – total points
1. Phats and Small
Individual leaderboards
1. Rebecca C
One enthusiastic participant managed to visit every Beat Box in the game – all 81 of them! Despite not joining the game until nearly a week in, David Edwards tapped all Beat Boxes. Initially, he was tapping 20 on each morning run, but then switched to cycling.
He said: “I thoroughly enjoyed taking part and I think it's a great experience for everyone in the community. I decided to take part in Beat the Street as the School, Kirktonholme Primary, that my Grandson, Ben Collier, attends were participating. I initially went round my local Beat Boxes as part of my morning run, but thought that it would be an interesting challenge to see if I could possibly get round to all of the Beat Boxes in East Kilbride. I found that the event encourages people to discover areas of their town and also to find the best shortcut routes between Beat Boxes. I am really hopeful that Beat the Street will return to East Kilbride next year following the undoubted success of this year's event.”
Beat the Street East Kilbride is being delivered by Intelligent Health on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council with support from South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture, Smarter Choices, Smarter Places and the Scottish Government.
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