00:00Promack has repeatedly been kicking rugby balls over the post here at Harlequins.
00:04The target is a world record 1,611 in 24 hours and that number is significant as it's the date
00:23of her dad's diagnosis. Here's why this means so much.
00:26For Ella and Simon, rugby has always been a unifying bond and never more so than now.
00:35This is a family who are doing everything they can to protect the most precious of possessions, time.
00:42So at the moment I have a gliobastoma which unfortunately is an incurable type of brain cancer,
00:47a brain tumour and it won't go away but what we want to do is prolong life, prolong time.
00:52It's gone as far as it can go, it's gone really well.
00:56Simon is having to travel to Germany to receive treatment for an incurable brain tumour that's
01:01not available in the NHS due to costs.
01:04Ultimately it's quite frustrating, obviously it means that's another week that myself and
01:08my sister Nell can't see our dad so that's pretty gutting from that perspective.
01:12Yeah, a little bit sad and disappointed that we can't get that over here but at the same
01:19time going over there it's very good in the sense that they can give us exactly what we need.
01:26To help pay for the treatment, Ella is fundraising by aiming to break a world record,
01:311,611 rugby conversions in 24 hours, a feat of physical and emotional endurance.
01:40Throughout each hour I have to hit 65 minimum kicks.
01:44Through the night, so what do you do, are you going to eat, are you going to sleep or how
01:49is it going to work?
01:49Sleep, probably not.
01:50Eat, yes.
01:51I've got lots of snacks ready to go, some drinks as well, lots of water but yeah, just resting
01:58when I need to but ultimately not resting a lot because I've got a lot of kicks to get
02:01through.
02:02Inevitably on a physical challenge like this, there's going to be some low points.
02:06Yes.
02:07So what are you going to be thinking of?
02:08Physically, I'm sure my body will struggle. Mentally, I think it's going to be quite easy
02:13knowing I'm doing it for Dad.
02:14It'll be highly emotional I think but great fun at the same time and I just, everything
02:20cross for her because she is an incredible person.
02:24And the campaign was give Simon time. Have you been given time by this treatment?
02:30Yeah, absolutely. I mean so far, you know, there is no exact number on anything like this
02:36is there but to me, I've had nearly a couple of years now and it's going to carry on and
02:41we're really positive that it's going to carry on. And it is, you know, the kind of,
02:45as I said, the available treatments now is showing that this is working. So yeah, just
02:52keep going.
02:54Another memory created, another day to cherish. Lewis Coombs, BBC South Today.
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