Inspiring Women Spring 2018
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
about it. If your club hasn’t yet signed up with Clubs in Motion but would like to, please send an<br />
e-mail message to Maggie Palu (the one in the red in the photo on p. 19) at<br />
mspalu@wanadoo.fr with a copy to fawcoclubsinmotion@gmail.com. And once you’re on the<br />
mailing list and reporting your club’s activities, don’t forget to send photos that can be shared<br />
with the other clubs.<br />
Here are some reports from the Clubs about<br />
their Motion:<br />
AWC ANTWERP has a weekly walking club with<br />
3 to 5 participants. Club members, along with<br />
Region 4 conference attendees, participated<br />
in the annual Run - or Walk - for the Cure (for<br />
breast cancer) in September.<br />
AUGSBURG IWA has been practicing Cardio<br />
Tennis for more than five years. It is a high<br />
energy fitness activity that combines the best<br />
features of tennis with cardiovascular<br />
exercise. There are 6 to 11 players on the<br />
court, with music in the background, and all<br />
the participants keep their heart rate at a<br />
high but healthy state throughout the whole<br />
Cardio Tennis lesson.<br />
AWC BERN has one hike per week from the<br />
end of May until the end of October, with 3 to<br />
8 members participating. The hikes are about<br />
10 km.<br />
AWC BOGOTÁ has a Nature Lovers’ Club that<br />
hikes every second Tuesday and Friday, the<br />
Usaquen Walking Group on weekdays in<br />
Santa Ana, and the Hiking with Dogs Group<br />
that meets intermittently. Sometimes members<br />
of the club organize outings further afield.<br />
CHILTERNS AWC has a hiking club which does<br />
two walks each month, approximately 5 miles,<br />
but with a novel idea: they do the same hike<br />
twice, once on a Tuesday and once on a<br />
Thursday, which gives members a choice. The<br />
club also has tennis, golf and running groups.<br />
AWC DENMARK reports that they are reviving<br />
their City Walks group, to meet every couple<br />
of weeks to walk around Copenhagen. They<br />
also participated in Ladywalk 2017, which is<br />
Denmark’s largest one-day sporting event for<br />
women, and they plan to participate again in<br />
May of this year. Funds earned by the event<br />
support women stricken by specific illnesses<br />
(e.g., heart disease and polycystic ovarian<br />
syndrome in 2017).<br />
AWC DUBLIN aims for once a month, with<br />
scenic walks that are not too difficult and are<br />
accessible via public transport. They also join<br />
an international women’s club in Dublin three<br />
times per month for more difficult walks, which<br />
involve driving to a trailhead.<br />
AILO FLORENCE reports that most of AILO's<br />
members walk several miles a day, since that<br />
is the primary mode of transportation. Since<br />
Florence is a “walking city” and is also small in<br />
size, members get exercise easily by walking<br />
just about everywhere.<br />
AWG LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON has opened<br />
its monthly hikes to members of two other<br />
local anglophone groups in order to increase<br />
the numbers. The hikes, which usually cover 6<br />
to 8 km and last 2 hours, are often<br />
educational, with descriptions and<br />
background information about the<br />
architecture, farms and ruins along the<br />
way. Club members also regularly participate<br />
in the annual Cancer Support France<br />
Languedoc Walk for Life which raises money<br />
to support breast cancer care.<br />
AWC THE HAGUE’S Walkie Talkies have been<br />
meeting every Monday morning since 2012.<br />
They start walking in whichever direction<br />
inspires them, with beaches, dunes, woods<br />
20
Change language