Miles of smiles for Euros walk Schools team take on hike to encourage kids

With Scotland set for an appearance at the UEFA European Football Championship this summer, OneRen officials have set themselves the task of walking to Munich in support of the national team.

The Active Schools group at Renfrewshire Council’s leisure arm will not be crossing any borders however.

They will complete the distances here at home.

The ‘Walk to the Euros’ challenge will see the team accumulate the 1,078 miles that lie between Paisley and Munich - where Scotland will play the opening game of the tournament against hosts Germany on Friday, June 14.

They began their challenge recently by taking a wee stroll from the SMiSA Stadium to Hampden Park in Glasgow’s southside.

The plan is for the Active Schools Team to introduce Renfrewshire students to the challenge in a bid to use Scotland’s appearance in the summer’s tournament to get youngsters more exercise.

Once the Munich target has been met, the idea is for participants in the ‘Walk to the Euros’ challenge continuing onto the next ground the Tartan Army travels to, bring the local community onboard too.

A spokesperson from OneRen’s Active Schools Team told the Express: “We are now using our walk to launch this as a schools and community challenge to encourage everyone to get a little more active and use Munich as their target destination.

“Due to the walk from Paisley to Munich being 1,078 miles we fully expect our team and schools to surpass this target and when achieved we would look to increase the distance to the next Euros stadium in either Frankfurt, Stuttgart or the end location of Berlin for the final of the event.

“It will be a really fun initiative to get more people active across schools and communities, as we look to cheer on Scotland!”

This summer’s UEFA European Football Championship will see Scotland take on Hungary, Switzerland, and Germany in the group stage of the tournament as they bid to make it through to the knock-out stages.

We want to encourage everyone to get a little more active

Challenge launch One Ren Active Schools and St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation walk from St Mirren Park to Hampden Park Glasgow to kick off the Euros campaign