81 persons have signed up to the inaugural Ards Rugby Biggest Loser challenge, participants not only include locally based individuals but some come from as far as Japan, New Zealand and the USA.

Mr Motivator himself…..Chris Allen keeps the motivation up during the week and leads from the front, Keith McIlwaine is the calming influence and brings credibility to the group.

The early pace has been set by the club’s sports injury therapist John McKeag.

Group fitness sessions during the week include 5a-side football and a boot camp hosted by Stevie Allen at Core Fitness, Jubilee Road.

Participants will not only compete against each other, but there’s also head to head and team competition.

The craic is already mighty with Daryl from Cousins Catering providing recipes and individuals posting their batch cooking.

Hopefully everyone will lose weight during the Challenge, but its much more than that with the craic and camaraderie developing and a bigger exposure for Ards Rugby to persons not associated with the club.

Monies raised will go to the chosen charity of the Biggest Loser and to Ards Rugby development funds.

Here’s to a big day out at the club on Saturday 5th February to celebrate.