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Chris Bartram

Queanbeyan Golf Club

Taking on their 2nd Longest Day Challenge
In honour of their mother, Penny Bartram
Team: Mint Slices

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Reach My Goal

Raised

$1049

My Goal

$2,500

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$72
Helps pay for innovative equipment and technology needed to develop life-saving cancer treatments.
$150
Can help pay for the collection and ongoing storage of a tumour sample used in studies to improve the way we prevent and detect cancer.
$250
Provides up to one week of scholarship funding for a PhD research student, enabling them to gain experience in a lab and provide critical support to a research team.
$500
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I've helped fund 46 hours of a research assistant’s time to work on life saving cancer research.

I'm taking on Cancer Council's The Longest Day again...

…and sharing my motivation for a second year:

“A Personal Story: 

On 9 December this year, I'm taking on the The Longest Day Challenge - testing my skill, strength, and stamina by playing four rounds of golf in a single day to support the Cancer Council and raise funds for those affected by cancer.

For context: on average, a round of golf takes around four hours and includes approximately 10kms of walking. Multiply those numbers by four and we can certainly call it a challenge.

Now, many of us would be aware that the Cancer Council is a community-funded organisation, working in local communities to help support people as they navigate their cancer journey.

We can all agree that work is really important and could expect that alone is motivation enough for me to commit and post this message; however, if I'm honest with you?

I'm doing it for Mum.

Picture this: you're 30 years of age, your daughter is almost three, you've recently bought a house with your husband (who's running his own business), and you've just given birth to your second child and son, Christopher (i.e., this guy).

Your gynaecologist then calls you in for an 'earlier than normal' postnatal check-up to tell you they've found something on your cervix.

You're rushed to Westmead Hospital in Sydney for a biopsy.

It's your daughter's third birthday and seven weeks after your second child is born.

You're diagnosed with cancer.

You start chemotherapy within two days.

You're operated on four months later.

You commence radiotherapy shortly after and are growing your hair back in many of the photos you have with your newborn baby.

Sounds unimaginable, right?

Well, that was my Mum's story back in 1988 and 1989, and is something that she still lives with to this day (psychologically, no doubt, but also through Lymphoedema (a condition caused, in many cases, due to the removal of lymph glands)).

Probably goes without saying now, but Mum has been a constant inspiration, to not only my sister and I, but also for my broader family and for those that know her.

She's just the greatest, and I share this, one, because I can't highlight enough to Mum just how much her strength, courage, care and determination has inspired and meant to us growing up and, two, to acknowledge that many in our lives would have similar personal stories of people in their own families or social networks.
 
To put it simply: stories like this are why these initiatives are so important and it's why I'm sharing it today.

Every donation helps, team. Likely more than we can comprehend.

Thanks for reading and thanks again, Mum. For all of it.”

My Scorecard

Total Rounds

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Strokes

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Stableford

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My Team

Thank you to my Sponsors

$263.75

Chris Bartram

$211

Joan Connor

Chris - I'll double my donation if you get a hole in one! Joan

$106.12

Brenna

Big love CB

$106.12

Adam Diprose

Big love mate. For the birdies xx

$106.12

Penny Bartram

Very proud of you

$100

Louise

❤️❤️❤️❤️

$100

Lesley Hilder

Well done Chris. A great cause to support.

$77.10

Erin Muller

Love ya, you JACKASS

$77.10

Georgia Junakovic

$77.10

Jack Kichenside

$72

Beth

$54.12

Adriana Lulic

Best wishes Chris!

$54.12

Kate Smyth

Anything to get out of work hey Chris

$54.12

Clare Sheehan

Go you good thing !! You should be so proud of yourself

$54.12

darren lindow

$54.12

Josh Cicchini

$54.12

Fiona H

Good luck Chris. Go strong.

$54.12

Liza

Thank you for doing this Chris. I lost my step dad this year due to cancer and the Cancer Council was a tremendous help for him and my mum.

$54.12

Christine Neou

Super proud of who you are - never change!

$54.12

Frank Marando

$54.12

Andrew Benson

$54.12

Erin

$54.12

Anonymous

$54.12

Anna Christoff

$50

Anonymous

$50

Sarah Karchinsky

Good on you Chris! :)

$33.15

Mark Timbrell

Best of luck Chris.

$33.15

Anonymous

$33.15

Joanne A

Good luck with reaching your goal CB, although I think you will smash it given you are getting close! Great cause and all the best on the golf course - watch out for stray balls!

$22.58

Shae Lucey

$22.58

Cass

$22.58

Libby Glasgow

$21.29

Anonymous

$20

Anonymous

$11.59

Melissa Catania

$11.59

Alicia Twohill