St Kenneth’s Primary has topped the leaderboard to take the Beat the Street East Kilbride 2024 title.
The school beat off stiff competition from runner-up Our Lady of Lourdes, Crosshouse (third place) and Mossneuk (fourth place) to win the active travel competition.
Local residents, businesses and community groups across East Kilbride have together spent the past six weeks walking, cycling and wheeling as part of the Beat the Street challenge.
Once again, the town was transformed into a giant real-life game to encourage people to think about walking or cycling instead of driving and to explore green spaces and waterways.
More than 13,000 people of all ages signed up to take part and together clocked up an active travel mileage tally of 121,628 miles.
Winning on average points was Greenburn Primary, with St Hilary’s in second place, St Louise in third and coming fourth was Mount Cameron Primary.
Little active stars went to Auldhouse Primary, with Our Lady of Lourdes taking the highest school percentage participation award.
Friends of St Andrew’s and St Bride’s High School tookj the top spot out of the high schools and EKCC Juniors won first place out of the community and workplace teams with 2nd/7th EK Boys Brigade in second place and Universal Connections and Friends in third.
Small teams prize went to The Garritys, individual leaderboard (adults) was won by Silent Echo with individual leaderboard (children) going to Olly T.
Chair of South Lanarkshire Council’s Community and Enterprise Resources Committee, Councillor Robert Brown, said: “The Beat the Street East Kilbride game has one again been a massive success and has encouraged people to replace those shorter car journeys with a walk or cycle instead.
“The competitive element of the game has really encouraged people to get out and about and as an added bonus, the community has helped Kilbryde Hospice to a £500 donation too. Although the game may be over for now, Beat the Street will continue to encourage participants to stay active and to highlight exciting local initiatives and opportunities to keep people moving.”
Beat the Street East Kilbride is delivered by Intelligent Health on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council. The project is supported by South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture and is funded by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
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