Rochester Junior Football Netball Club held a Big Freeze event in support of FightMND. It saw Nicole Duckworth, Cody Hartshorne, Justin Cleary and Leigh Hartshorne get dunked.
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Community members and footy coaches took an icy plunge on the night of Thursday, May 29 in support of FightMND.
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Rochester Junior Football Netball Club hosted the event at Windridge Oval, where 11 people braved the cold for a cause close to the town.
Participants sat on a board above a dunk tank’s frigid water while kids from the club tried to tip them in by hitting a target.
Senior football coach Ash Watson dressed as a minion.
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Senior football coach and part-time minion Ash Watson was the first to take the plunge, followed by fellow minion and under-14 mixed football coach Tim Rasmussen.
Under-14 mixed football coach Tim Rasmussen dressed as a minion.
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Under-12 girls football coach Trent Riordan was the next to be dunked, while under-12 mixed football coach Craig Williams galloped in afterwards donning jockey silks.
Under-12 girls football Trent Riordan dressed as a familiar emoji.
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Under-12 mixed football coach Craig Williams dressed as a jockey.
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Craig Williams in the dunk tank.
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Under-15 girls football coach Nicole Duckworth roared into the water dressed as a tiger, while under-16 boys football coach Pat Tarrant, dressed as Superman, forgot how to fly.
Under-15 girls football coach Nicole Duckworth in a tiger onesie.
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Under-16 boys football coach Pat Tarrant dressed as Superman.
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Superman forgot how to fly.
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Ash Layton took the plunge in memory of her father, proving she was as tough as superheroes Wolverine and Deadpool, or Sportspower’s Leigh and Cody Hartshorne, combined.
Ash Layton in FightMND merchandise and a tutu.
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Sportspower’s Leigh Hartshorne dressed as superhero Wolverine.
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Sportspower’s Cody Hartshorne dressed as superhero Deadpool.
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Rochester SES deputy controller Judith Gledhill didn’t need saving, while club president Justin Cleary had the best, maybe even the greatest, splash dressed as Donald Trump.
SES deputy controller Judith Gledhill in turnout gear.
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Club president Justin Cleary dressed as United States President Donald Trump.
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Event organiser Rebecca O’Sullivan said about 250 people attended, and the fundraising total was at $3613 on Friday, May 30.
“We’ve just been told this morning there’s a big donation coming in from someone as well,” she said.
“But to be over $3000, we were absolutely rapt to start with.”
The crowd watching participants get dunked.
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FightMND merchandise was also for sale on the night and not included in the club’s total fundraising number.
Following last year’s event, Ms O’Sullivan said she found out multiple families in the club and town had been affected by motor neurone disease.
“There was three families within our club that have been directly touched by MND and then lots of people approached us in the community that have also been,” she said.
“You just want to support your community however you can.”
She thanked Campaspe Shire Council for donating the food, Rochester Lions Club for cooking, Rochester Fire Brigade for filling the dunk tank and It’s Party Time Hire for the equipment.
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