How far would you walk to give a
complete stranger clean water to drink?
For Moorebank Sports Club’s team
Sporties Supports, the answer was
100 kilometres.
Team Sporties Supports, comprising
of CEO Tracey Lentell, HR Manager
Ben McGuinness, Business Analyst
Brad McAllister and Relief Customer
Service Manager Peta Whiley,
took on the challenge of a lifetime
to make a very real and positive
difference to those living in poverty
around the world for Oxfam Australia
on 19 and 20 August 2016.
One person in three in the world lives
in poverty. Oxfam is determined to
change the world by mobilising the
power of people against poverty. And
so was team Sporties Supports.
“Clean water isn’t a gift” says CEO
Tracey Lentell. “It’s a basic human
right. By taking part in Oxfam
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Trailwalker we’ve helped make a
real, tangible difference”.
Occasionally in life, you get the
opportunity to achieve something
extraordinary. Months of preparation
and dedication came down to one
weekend. And it took all their
physical, emotional and mental
strength to conquer the trail.
The team endured 32 hours and 36
minutes of painful joints, ligaments,
no sleep and burning blisters,
trekking up mountains and jogging
through mud in beautiful but rugged
bushland from Parsley Bay, Brooklyn
to Tania Park, Balgowlah.
Oxfam Trailwalker is 100 kilometres
of stunning but challenging terrain:
rocks, bush, trails, long flats and
tough ups and downs. Its laughter
and tears, exhaustion and elation. Its
hugs, banter, teamwork, community
and the odd blister or two.
Trailwalker isn’t easy, but conquering
the trail is a life changing personal
challenge, and when you cross that
finish line, there is nothing quite like
it!
“If someone were to ask me, “What’s
Oxfam Trailwalker like?”, my first
thought would be that it’s a start,
a finish and something incredibly
empowering, inspiring, challenging
and emotional in between”, says Ms
Lentell.
“Completing Oxfam Trailwalker has
for me confirmed that anything is
possible with a strong will”.
The event commenced with almost
500 teams of four setting off for
the endurance test. Aside from