Skate4Air - sponsor club member John!

Hi fellow squashers,

As most of you know our daughter Marcia and I took part in the Skate4Air Daylight Challenge on the frozen Runn Lake in Sweden early last year and many of you sponsored us helping us to raise more than 13.000 euros for which once more our grateful thanks. For me it was always intended to be a one-off experience but, due to the fact that I had to stop prematurely due to a combination of bad ice and back pain, and so didn’t reach my goal of 50 kms, I’ve decided to give it another try this year on Friday February 7th. Therefore I’ve been training twice a week since October – hence I’ve rarely been seen on the squash courts – and so far so good. No guarantees of course but it won’t be for lack of trying!

For those unfamiliar with Skate4Air it is an organization that raises money to help with the development of new medicines for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. People with this disease are extremely vulnerable to bacteria causing organs such as the lungs and pancreas to deteriorate and often leads to death at a young age, as we are only too well aware of with the loss of our dear Natalia almost 4 years ago. As a result of this fund raising there are exciting developments based on new medication which treats the genetic defect of CF instead of the symptoms.

So, will you please consider sponsoring me (again) to help Skate4Air reach its target of 500,000 euros? All donations, large or small, will be equally welcome and you'll be helping not only Marcia but also other sufferers of this awful disease. Below is the link to my donation page, ostensibly in English but partly in Dutch so if there any problems let me know and I'll help you.

https://www.skate4air.nl/actie/john-simpson-2?locale=en

Thanking you in advance,

John Simpson

jasimpson@ziggo.nl tel. 0714033492 mobile 0613238727