Saturday, February 22 was an afternoon of cocktails, connection and, occasionally, tears as Williamstown Cricket Club held their annual Ladies Day breast cancer fundraising event at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria.
Held in conjunction with the McGrath Foundation, the Think Pink 2025 fundraiser was attended by 130 women clad in the colour symbolising breast cancer awareness.
The cocktail luncheon raised funds for two cancer charities, Defining Beauty – through Breast Cancer and LIVE for LILY, with representatives of both speaking at the event.
“Phillip Martins, a coach at the cricket club and also the chief financial officer of the Live for Lilly Foundtion supporting children’s cancers,” explained event co-organiser Sheena Hickman of their first guest speaker.
“And our second guest speaker was a lady by the name of rebecca young, she’s an ambassador for defining beauty which is now supporting all women’s cancers and she’s also a breast cancer survivor herself.”
The fourth annual fundraiser began when the mother of one of the club’s players developed an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Ms Hickman, who organised this year’s event alongside Jodie Walker and husband and wife, Veronica and Cameron Smith, hoped the entry fee, auction and raffle that sold 1300 tickets will raise in the region of $10,000.
She said while the cocktails and conversation was flowing, the topic of the afternoon was never far from people’s minds.
“There was lots of love and connection in the room, we had women holding hands. There are so many people affected by cancer in general so there’s never a dry eye in the room when the speakers are talking.”
Cade Lucas.
