BRADWORTHY Football Club and Bradworthy Young Farmers presented a cheque for £2,740 to Brain Tumour Research recently, to fund a day’s research at their Centre of Excellence in Plymouth, in memory of Nigel Balsdon and Suzanne Summers.
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To raise the money Bradworthy Young Farmers held a disco and Bradworthy Football Club held a football tournament, a big breakfast and Jack Walter ran the ‘Bideford 10K’ raising money through sponsorship.
There are over 120 types of brain tumour. The most common and deadliest of malignant primary brain tumours is Glioblastoma Multiforme, which both Nigel and Suzanne had.
More people under 40 die of a brain tumour than any other cancer, 20% of all cancers spread to the brain and brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of UK children, yet brain tumour research receives 0.7% of national cancer research spending in the UK.
Anita Balsdon, Nigel’s widow, attended a Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence open day in Plymouth on May 10, where a plaque in memory of Nigel and Suzanne was placed on their ‘Wall of Hope’.