Dad

It upsets me to talk about how great he was and still is. He was a Scout Leader for many years and yet he didn't have any sons, just his two daughters, who loved playing netball. so he learnt how to coach, umpire and when we would ask him to play in our indoor team he wouldn't say no. He was a builder along with volunteer firefighting for 15 odd years and then he became a permanent firefighter which is every little boys dream! About 5 years ago dad started training to do the Ironman in Taupo, got thru his first year but had a few problems with cramp etc and wasn't happy "i can do better" he was always trying to make himself achieve higher. The following year wasn't so great the weather spoilt the race and they couldn't do the swimming, so to him it wasn't a proper race, "We'll have to try better next year". After the race we had to quickly get back to Auckland and get on a plane to Australia for his mothers 80th birthday with his whole family. we flew home on the 16th of march, and dad being dad couldn't stay off his bike "got to keep training for next year" and 3 days after arriving back he was off training not realising that on this particular day someone was about to make a bad move, My dad got knocked off his cycle and had a 50% chance of survival! We still have our dad here today but he cant do his ironman, he cant put out your fires, he cant be a proper builder (but he still helps friends and family with odd jobs around the house building things) He has 9 appointments a week to help him with his head injury aswel as having to have a sleep in the afternoon. We would really love to send him to this Outward Bounds for head injury's in the South Island, its things he loves doing with the specialised help and support. Please vote for us!