2012 is the Olympic year

The SSC FARA Olympics that is!!

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. Planning has begun for the 2012 SSC FARA Olympics. Lock in the date now – May 20 sees the Students, Staff, Old Scholars, and Parents meeting on the sporting fields to battle it for Gold, Glory, and Bragging Rights. Who will win in the Olympic Year??? Will the Old Scholars pull off a double and win for a second year running? Will the Staff show what they are made of and grab the mantle of the top nation? Could the Students possibly grab the top step of the dais, or will the Parents show that age has not wearied them??

In the past two years alone, this event has raised almost $120,000, and we are hoping that the Saint Stephen’s College Community engages again to not only have a heap of fun on the day, but in the process raise money for much needed research into a cure for Friedreich’s Ataxia – a condition affecting not just 300 Australians, but two former students of the College

So we invite you all to join the fun – we are after Sponsors, a Convener for each of the eight sports, a Captain for each team, a Leader for each nation (of Parents, Students, Old Scholars, and Staff), Chiefs and Indians to help it the workload, and of course the mighty Players and Athletes to compete for their nation. If you would like any of these roles, just click on the links in the tables below, and we will come back to you at lightning speed.

Remember, all donations to FARA are fully tax deductable, as are the players fees (it is still only $30  per player registration fee to play). So get on board and play the game – we look forward to having you involved

Olympics 2012 – Bring it on!!!!!!!!!

Information about FARA

(Friedreich's Ataxia Research Association) 

Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA) is a rare disease that mainly affects the nervous system and the heart.

Its major neurological symptoms include muscle weakness and, of course, ataxia, meaning a loss of balance and coordination. It doesn’t affect parts of the brain involved in thinking. Its effects on the heart range from mild, non-symptomatic abnormalities to life-threatening problems in the heart’s musculature.

FA isn’t caused by anything a person does, and it’s not contagious. It’s a hereditary disease, caused by a defective gene that can be passed down through a family from one generation to the next.

Local Gold Coasters and part of the Saint Stephens College community, Jamie-Lee (Class of 2007) and Samantha Dwyer (Class of 2009), through a random genetic match-up, contracted FA, which has seen these once active, healthy girls, gradually succumb to the use of walking frames and wheel chairs for mobility.

FARA needs to raise $100,000 a year over the next three years to move this research forward. Close friends of the Dwyers launched an ambitious fundraising campaign to help – The Saint Stephen's College FARA Olympics.

In the past two years we have exceeded all expectations and have raised almost $120,000. This was put towards research, which has since seen the commencement of human trials of a drug that hopefully will help reach the ultimate goal of a cure for FA. But we can’t rest now, and need to continue fundraising to enable research to continue to help us get a cure available to sufferers of FA, including Jamie-Lee and Samantha Dwyer.

FARA Volunteers are ready and waiting to sign up Sponsors, Nation Captains, Team Captains, Convenors and Players -

Please Click Here to register your interest! 

Please Click Here to see the timetable!

SPONSORS

 The 2012 CAPTAINS AND CONVENERS

PLAYERS