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William Bond running City2Surf to support cancer research

William is supporting Australian cancer research

“I am 28 years old, passionate about new challenges, and will soon take on the City2Surf running in a Lion Dance Costume! My participation in this year’s race is to honour the memory of my late Kung Fu Sifu (Grandmaster), Randy Sullivan Bennett, who passed away earlier this year from mantle cell lymphoma.

Randy was an enthusiastic martial arts teacher, a mentor, and my friend. Although I only knew him for four years, he made a huge impact on my life, my outlook, and of course my Kung Fu training. Towards the end of 2016, I successfully completed black belt testing with Randy pushing me hard, overseeing all the grading and most of my sparring sessions. He did my black belt presentation, and I made a promise to keep on training and make Grandmaster proud!

The greatest appeal of doing a fundraising activity is to be able to help people and improve things. The City2Surf is a big event, and it is a good opportunity for me to raise as much money as possible for cancer research and ACRF. It’s also where I can show respect to Randy in a meaningful way.

Sadly, cancer affects so many people with seemingly no regard to health, happiness or diet. Even Randy was not immune: he was a vegetarian, incredibly fit, good-humoured and with a positive view on life. Cancer makes me feel like there is so much we don’t know about the world and so much we can’t control, even with our own bodies. I believe that continued research is the only way forward in achieving an end to cancer, which is why I chose to raise funds for ACRF.

We can all help out with encouraging more funding for cancer research and increase awareness of how that research is resulting in more successful treatments. Ultimately, we all want to see cancer completely eliminated!” – ACRF supporter, William Bond

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