SPORT
On Sunday 31 August, my wife Lisa, my
three year old daughter Stella and I joined a
huge group of friends to form Team Stella for
the 2014 Perth City to Surf.
Team Stella had members competing in
every distance, from the 4km walk to the full
marathon.
Our inspiration for doing this was our
daughter, Stella, who was born with a
very rare chromosome syndrome called
Pentasomy X.
This syndrome, which only affects girls, is
so rare that Stella is one of only 30 girls
worldwide to have ever been born with this
disorder.
We decided to set up a fundraising page for
Team Stella, and chose Activ as our charity
of choice. Activ is an organisation that helps
people in Western Australia who are living
with a disability to achieve their absolute best
in all fac