{"id":5057,"date":"2019-04-26T14:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T04:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/?p=5057"},"modified":"2019-04-26T14:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T04:01:15","slug":"anzac-eve-battle-for-testicular-cancer-awareness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/?p=5057","title":{"rendered":"Anzac Eve Battle for Testicular Cancer Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"

In support of Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, a showpiece Table Football match was held at South Melbourne Football Club\u2019s Lakeside Stadium between Melbourne City Football Club captain Scott Jamieson and Football Federation Victoria (FFV) President Kimon Taliadoris on the 24th<\/sup> April.\u00a0 Testicular cancer is close to the hearts of the Table Football community with the current President of the Australian Table Football Association (ATFA) Adrian Connolly presently undergoing chemotherapy as he fights the cancer which has spread to the lymph nodes in his back and lungs.\u00a0 In recent weeks, another of the community\u2019s members has also been informed he must commence chemotherapy for testicular cancer after recent scans showed that his cancer has returned.<\/p>\n

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Kimon Taliadoris (FFV President), Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City FC Captain), Adrian Connolly (ATFA President and Testicular Cancer fighter), and Simon Briffa (Table Footballer and Testicular Cancer fighter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhilst it is the most common cancer for young men, testicular cancer is rarely spoken about\u201d, says Adrian Connolly.\u00a0 \u201cI was surprised to discover that at the age of 43 I am on the old side for the cancer\u201d Adrian goes on to say.\u00a0 \u201cI really don\u2019t know if I would have found the lump or responded quick enough if this happened to me in my 20s, which is more commonly the age group for the type of testicular cancer I have been diagnosed with.\u00a0 Just like women getting to know their breast as part of identifying potential cancers, young men need to get to know their balls!\u00a0 If something doesn\u2019t seem right, go to your GP and ask for an ultrasound to check.\u00a0 The survival rates are good, but delay is deadly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout April, each Australian table football club has been running a tournament to raise money for the Movember Foundation, with the initiative now approaching Adrian\u2019s $2000 target for the month. \u00a0Adrian\u2019s Oncologist, as one of the leaders in the field for testicular cancer, has worked with the Movember Foundation to create new resources under the banner \u201cTRUENTH<\/sup>\u201d.\u00a0 This initiative aims to educate and support people throughout the testicular cancer journey, from detection to treatment to recovery.<\/p>\n

The showpiece event of ATFA\u2019s campaign was the Anzac Eve battle on the table tops between Kimon Taliadoris and Scott Jamieson. \u00a0The Australian table football community was appreciative of the support of these two leaders of the Victoria Football family. \u00a0The event was supported by DT38 Australia, part of the DT38 Foundation established in memory of young Socceroo Dylan Tombides who tragically died of testicular cancer in April 2014, at just 20 years of age.<\/p>\n

\u201cKimon and I are honored to come today and help to raise awareness.\u00a0 We will be supporting you, like the whole football family will be.\u201d said Scott Jamieson.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor you guys to take the responsibility to get the message out there requires our greatest respect because there are so many young people, young men out there who could potentially suffer from this.\u201d\u00a0 said Kimon Taliadoris. \u201cThe tragedy of Dylan (Tombides) is well known to us in Australia and we\u2019d hate to think that it could happened to any footballer let alone any young man.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the winner?\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say everyone had a ball!<\/p>\n

Help stop men dying too young.<\/p>\n

#awarenessdownunder<\/p>\n

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Some of the Melbourne based table football community that gathered for the Anzac Eve battle for Testicular Cancer Awareness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Melbourne<\/a>
Melbourne City FC captain Scott Jamieson in table football action.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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FFV President Kimon Taliadoris, prepares to take on Scott Jamieson in the Anzac Eve battle for testicular cancer awareness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Adrian Connolly taking on Melbourne City FC captain Scott Jamieson in an Anzac Eve exhibition table football match to raise awareness for testicular cancer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In support of Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, a showpiece Table Football match was held at South Melbourne Football Club\u2019s Lakeside Stadium between Melbourne City Football Club captain Scott Jamieson and Football Federation Victoria (FFV) President Kimon Taliadoris on the 24th April.\u00a0 Testicular cancer is close to the hearts of the Table Football community with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5062,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions\/5062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/subbuteoaustralia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}