Doreen’s Mick Trim is taking part in a week-long global Walking Football tournament on land and sea.
Mr Trim, who is Walking Football 4 Health Victoria president, will be represent Australia and will be competing against 10 teams from 16 countries in the tournament in Singapore and Thailand.
One match will be place on land and the other onboard a cruise ship.
Mr Trim founded Walking Football 4 Health Victoria in March this year.
“We’re going to Singapore this year, next year we are going to Bali for a tournament,” he said,
His son Sean, 14, will be participating as a part of a multi-generational all-star team made up of the best players from the countries involved.
Walking Football 4 Health has sessions in Epping and Bundoora.
“The main thing is, obviously, to get as many people active and get them healthy. So obviously we’d like to spread the word right through Victoria and to just get as many, many programmes going as we can,” Mr Trim said.
The Walking Football 4 Health program originated in Singapore in 2019 and has quickly spread to other countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and Korea.
Max Westwood
