Wellness Innovator Francis McGrath brings his expertise to Bundaberg Celtics
Special Olympics program
Primary School Development Program
Happy and Healthy Basketball and Nutrition program (Term 2)
High School Development Program
Future Superstars League

Francis McGrath is a Wellness Innovator with over 20 years experience in the fields of community development and health. As CEO of OasisLiving.com.au, his primary aim is to make illness, disease and medicine irrelevant to your life. He achieves this through a combination of humour (after all, laughter is the best medicine) and an in-depth knowledge of the causes of illness and disease. He firmly believes that if you "struggle to manage your health", you simply empower illness, so he creatively teaches you to turn away from illness to a life of pleasure, happiness and joy.

Francis McGrath

Francis has a developed a high level of skill in breaking down complicated health issues into simple, doable steps. His experience in training has taught him the art of communicating with and inspiring an audience. His approach teaches people to remove their vision from what they do not want in their lives and focus it on the desired results and he assists them to achieve those results. After studying in the areas of business marketing, community development, nutritional medicine and nursing, Francis settled into public health, specialising in Community Nutrition and Nutritional Epidemiology. A confirmed bookworm, he loves nothing better than trawling through the latest biomedical and health research to bring you an up-to-date and informative course in having a wonderful life.

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Come down every Thursday night at the YMCA for the Bundaberg Celtics 3 on 3 basketball and Hip Hop Challenge you can learn Hip Hop from Angela James from 630pm til 730pm" Come along, bring your friends and have a great time"

The Future Superstars League began in 2007 and has successfully introduced over 300 participants to the game of basketball"

This league is a great way for young kids to develop all the skills necessary to have a wonderful athletic career whether that be for fun, fitness or a professional pursuit

Players from the Future Superstars League have gone on to represent Bundaberg, Wide Bay and Queensland and now we have our first player who will play for the Bundaberg Bears in the Queensland Basketball League

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The Queensland Government's Department of Communities Sport and Recreation will provide $41,153
to the Bundaberg Celtics Basketball Association Inc.
to conduct the Happy and Healthy Basketball
and Nutrition program in 2011

The High School Development Program is for all high school participants in Bundaberg and covers a wide range of activities.

From 4pm to 4:45pm we do general fitness and skill development and from 4:45pm til 5:30 we concentrated on basketball skills such as dribbling, passing and shooting.

5:30 to 6:30 we showcase the nutritional component of this program by teaching the kids how to prepare healthy meals.

Followed by our 3 on 3 hip hop challenge

The Special Olympics basketball program runs from 430pm til 630pm on Fridays and is open to all participants with an intellectual disability. With the help of Special Olympics Queensland we hope to build or current participant base and create teams for Bundaberg to play in regional tournaments. Special Olympics is a great program and an absolute joy to be a part of.

Feel free to come down to the YMCA and talk to our coaching staff about your involvement for the future. The Nutritional component includes healthy meal options and for only $5 you can play basketball and have a healthy meal

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Bring your children down to the YMCA every Tuesday from 4pm til 6pm and experience our Primary School Development Program, the Kids can participate in a wide range of fitness activities and skill development from 4pm til 530pm

From 530pm til 6pm all parents and players are invited into the kitchen to learn from our experienced Nutritionist Francis Mcgrath all about Healthy Snack options for primary school age kids So far our participants have had a great time and improved their overall fitness, skills and general health. We look forward to seeing there every week during school time.

The days and times for the Happy and Healthy Basketball and Nutrition program is as follows:

The fruit platter is part of our nutrition program
for the Primary School Development Program
 to educate the participants about healthy snack options

All programs will be of 40 weeks duration
or 10 weeks per school term

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