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T20 CRICKET
- CHANGING
THE GAME
CLAYTON FETTELL
-MAN ON A MISSION
STEVE WAUGH:
DOIN’ IT FOR THE KIDS
JANUARY 2012
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EDITOR’S LETTER
I have a great friend, Ken, who I’ve know since school and who is also my son’s godfather. He was a top junior sportsman at school both in rugby and cricket and I always enjoyed
playing on his side as he was such a great competitor, had unlimited enthusiasm, was never beaten and never lost the reason why we played sport, for fun. He didn’t play much
sport after we left school because he worked full time and attended university at night. He then went straight into opening his own successful accountancy irm. In fact he was
so successful at it he was able to retire at around age 40, but he never really enjoyed the work he did.
As fate would have it, two years ago, one year into his retirement, what Ken thought was a bout of “Delhi Belly” turned out to be the most aggressive form of bowel cancer.
Despite several operations and having much of his small bowel removed and several aggressive forms of chemo, this cancer is unstoppable and Ken and his wife Debbie got
the horrible news that there is nothing more the doctors can do, except keep the considerable pain under control. The cancer is choking him from the inside and most of what
he enjoys has been taken away. He is hanging in there, and remarkably back at home with the help of his mentally strong wife and ill-in nurse Debbie. Ken has created a medical
record by being the longest known survivor of this type of cancer ( just under 2 years and counting), which gives you an idea of its severity.
He said to me a few days back to make sure you only do in life the work and life choices that you enjoy, which is also the advice he gave me about 17 years ago when I was
questioning my path in life. In those days there wasn’t much inancial gain in working in sport and I felt I was falling behind (inancially) and that maybe I should have done it
Ken’s way. He stopped me short and said he wished he could have been involved in sport like me and that I would get there inancially, but he thought I was on the right path. It
was just the encouragement I needed and from the right council as well.
What has given Ken a great lift over the past week was the Boxing Day Test Match and the great win by the Aussies, which again has shown me how powerful sport is - that in
our lowest of lows a great performance, or even a great partnership like Hussey and Ponting’s in the second innings that turned the game can give some joy in peoples darkest
hours, so thanks to Michael Clarke and the Aussies for that.
What we learn from this is that life is not fair. There’s no rhyme or reason as to what happens to you, but if you are lying in bed in the morning struggling to get up to train, pause
and think about Ken’s predicament and what he would give to just be able to do that one more time. If you’re involved in sport as a player, or support staff at any level, it provides
the extremes of emotions, but it gives us great joy and hope and it’s a great part of life. Enjoy every second of it, because it can be gone in an instant. My irst university lecturer
said that whoever came up with the saying “life wasn’t meant to be easy” was wrong, “life’s hard”.
Ken, my family and I are far better for knowing you and having you as a mate. I cannot thank you enough for the love and generosity you have shown my son (your godson) and
you and your wife have been inspirational in the way you have fought this brutal cancer, which has again revealed your exceptional qualities.
This month is for you mate.
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I have a great friend, Ken, who I’ve know since school and who is also my son’s godfather. He was a top junior sportsman at school both in rugby and cricket and I always enjoyed
playing on his side as he was such a great competitor, had unlimited enthusiasm, was never beaten and never lost the reason why we played sport, for fun. He didn’t play much
sport after we left school because he worked full time and attended university at night. He then went straight into opening his own successful accountancy irm. In fact he was
so successful at it he was able to retire at around age 40, but he never really enjoyed the work he did.
As fate would have it, two years ago, one year into his retirement, what Ken thought was a bout of “Delhi Belly” turned out to be the most aggressive form of bowel cancer.
Despite several operations and having much of his small bowel removed and several aggressive forms of chemo, this cancer is unstoppable and Ken and his wife Debbie got
the horrible news that there is nothing more the doctors can do, except keep the considerable pain under control. The cancer is choking him from the inside and most of what
he enjoys has been taken away. He is hanging in there, and remarkably back at home with the help of his mentally strong wife and ill-in nurse Debbie. Ken has created a medical
record by being the longest known survivor of this type of cancer ( just under 2 years and counting), which gives you an idea of its severity.
He said to me a few days back to make sure you only do in life the work and life choices that you enjoy, which is also the advice he gave me about 17 years ago when I was
questioning my path in life. In those days there wasn’t much inancial gain in working in sport and I felt I was falling behind (inancially) and that maybe I should have done it
Ken’s way. He stopped me short and said he wished he could have been involved in sport like me and that I would get there inancially, but he thought I was on the right path. It
was just the encouragement I needed and from the right council as well.
What has given Ken a great lift over the past week was the Boxing Day Test Match and the great win by the Aussies, which again has shown me how powerful sport is - that in
our lowest of lows a great performance, or even a great partnership like Hussey and Ponting’s in the second innings that turned the game can give some joy in peoples darkest
What we learn from this is that life is not fair. There’s no rhyme or reason as to what happens to you, but if you are lying in bed in the morning struggling to get up to train, pause
and think about Ken’s predicament and what he would give to just be able to do that one more time. If you’re involved in sport as a player, or support staff at any level, it provides
the extremes of emotions, but it gives us great joy and hope and it’s a great part of life. Enjoy every second of it, because it can be gone in an instant. My irst university lecturer
said that whoever came up with the saying “life wasn’t meant to be easy” was wrong, “life’s hard”.
Ken, my family and I are far better for knowing you and having you as a mate. I cannot thank you enough for the love and generosity you have shown my son (your godson) and
you and your wife have been inspirational in the way you have fought this brutal cancer, which has again revealed your exceptional qualities.
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