A Croydon golfer, the new captain of Farleigh Golf Club, has made a commitment to raise awareness and funds for Brain Tumour Research.
Alysia Shah, 33, marked the start of her year as captain with a charity drive on Saturday 26th April in aid of the Charity. The club’s 700-strong membership came together for a day of food, drink and golfing challenges, which formed part of the official captaincy handover and kicked off Alysia’s year-long campaign.
The new captain’s drive to find a brain cancer cure comes after both her uncle, Jignesh, and aunt, Mayaben (below), died of brain tumours. Alysia said: “My uncle sadly died years after he was diagnosed, and we lost my aunt last July due to complications with her surgery, just one week after finding out she had a tumour.
“As a family, we all want research into brain tumours to be a priority so what has happened in our family doesn’t happen to others. Using this opportunity to raise funds for the disease felt right.”
Alysia has planned a year of fundraising events with the golf club, alongside her full-time role at Rush Athletics, a business she runs and owns with her husband, Rushie. Already on course to raise thousands for a cure, she has set her sights on 14th June for the next fundraising event.
She concluded: “I want to use my year in the captaincy to help find kinder treatments and eventually a cure for all types of brain tumours. I’ve seen first-hand the risk and side effects that come with treating the disease. If we understood more about brain tumours, there is a better chance at improving patient outcomes.”
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