Australian championship organisers have added a fundraising event to this year's carnival in aid of JWOC team member Hannah Goddard who is about to enter a very tough 12 months.
Tasmanian Hannah, who ran for Australia in Norway last month, has just been diagnosed with sarcoma cancer growth at the base of her spine. She'll be having surgery and chemo for the majority of the next year and will have to move to Melbourne.
To assist the Goddard family there will be a sprint event at the Mount Helen Campus in Ballarat on the afternoon of Monday September 28, following the Australian Schools Sprint event that morning.
JWOC manager Karen Blatchford from our Newcastle club has kindly put the fundraiser together at short notice. For more details, see the flyer.
We encourage anyone attending the carnival to participate for Hannah.
And we also remind you that entries for the Aus champs close on August 31.
