Iain Bevan and Gareth Davies are taking on the challenge to swim the English Channel to raise money and awareness for Critical Care Unit and Phoenix 681 FC, a Parkinson’s Disease Football Team.
Iain says: ‘Last year my son Sam was a passenger in a serious road traffic accident and was taken to Cardiff Critical Care Unit. Despite fighting for a week in the Critical Care Unit he sadly lost his life.
I’m attempting this challenge for Sam and to raise money for the facility and the team at Cardiff CCU who fight daily to save people’s lives in the most difficult, pressurised and emotional situations.’
Gareth says “I have recently been supporting a very good friend of mine who was diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease 10 years ago at the age of 42. He continues to fend off the advances of this cruel condition by playing sport once a week when he is able to. I have had the honour of meeting and playing football with his fantastic team mates who have now become his friends who all have one thing in common. One way of ‘tackling’ this condition via sport has been their involvement in a 7-A-Side Running football team and a 6-A-Side Walking Football Team made up of Parkinson’s ‘Challengers. Their South Wales-based group of Parkinson’s battlers are ‘Phoenix 681 FC’.
This incredible challenge is not for the faint hearted. If you would like to support Iain and Gareth you can do so here
