Two Cork families to feature in latest episode of 'Ireland’s Fittest Family'

Two families from Cork will this weekend face off in the third instalment of the latest Ireland’s Fittest Family series.

Taking place at Haulbowline Naval Base, it will see the Collins family and the Power family from Cork go head-to-head with the Daly family from Carlow and the McKenna family from Donegal.

The Collins family, consisting of mam, Gráinne (41), dad, Noel (41) and sons, Frankie (14) and Jason (18), will take on the Dalys, with each of the Collins’ having experience in running, golf, football, GAA, and horse riding.

The Collins family will be coached by former Irish rugby star, and Bishopstown native, Donncha O’Callaghan.

The Power family, consisting of dad, Joe (53), daughter, Áine (20), and sons, Óran (16), and Cian (17), will take on the McKenna’s, with each of the Power’s having experience in marathon running, GAA, and hockey.

The Power family will be coached by Irish paralympic champion, Ellen Keane.

The heats will take place over the course of three weeks, seeing the two Cork families vying for one of the three places in the next round of the competition.

This year, the events are being demonstrated by members of the Irish Navy.

The families must each take on a new twist to, ‘Raft Rage’, starting in the cold naval basin, and finishing with a rope climb from the sea onto a naval patrol ship.

The four families will then have their stamina tested in ‘Rhib Rescue’, where participants will have to pull a Navy rhib, trailer, and truck — weighing 6.5 tonnes — along the quayside.

The scores of the first two events will then be combined, with the two highest-scoring families going through to the next round.

The two families at the bottom will then have to face off in the ‘Navy Eliminator’ challenge.

The episode will air on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player from 6.30pm on Sunday.