Dan's Festival of Tennis revisited

My Story

Dan's Story I had the pleasure of teaching Dan when he was a pupil at Wellsway School. Dan was an absolute delight to teach. I also enjoyed being a fellow member at Bath Tennis Club where Dan was an exceptionally good junior player. Thank you for visiting Dan's Fundraising Page. The money we raise will help fund life-saving research and to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured. Dan was diagnosed with bowel cancer aged 24, in November 2022, after having some symptoms for just two weeks. His diagnosis and prognosis were a complete shock to him, his family and friends. He hugely appreciated all the support and treatment that he received from all the staff at the Cancer Centre, the Oncology Treatment Suite and the colorectal cancer services team at the Q.E.Hospital in Birmingham. As an F2 Junior Doctor, Dan appreciated how important up-to-date research was in helping increase treatment options for people, like him, who are currently undergoing chemotherapy. He chose Cancer Research UK as the charity he wanted to raise money for because the research they fund is crucial in the search for new treatment options, early diagnosis and hopefully cures for all cancers. Unfortunately, Dan's chemo treatment stopped working in March 2025 and in May 2025 Dan was placed under the care of the Palliative Care Team from Birmingham Hospice. His Palliative Care Nurse specialist was an 'angel in disguise' and she helped enable him and Abbie, and their dog Arlo, to spend precious time together and make new memories. Dan died at Birmingham Hospice on 11th September 2025, at the age of 27, surrounded by Abbie and his close family and friends A number of fundraising events have been organised by his family and friends over the past years and already over £100,000 has been raised to support Cancer Research UK. Dan was hugely appreciative of the fantastic support and we are looking forward to this next exciting event at Bath Tennis Club where he first started to play and was coached by Rich Little. This event originally took place in September 2023 and raised £3360 and we are now looking forward to hosting a subsequent event on Sunday 13th September from noon until 7pm at Bath Tennis Club. We invite you to come along to join us for a fun afternoon of tennis, including coaching, cardio tennis, pickleball and a fun doubles tournament. Plenty of refreshments will be available including a rolling BBQ, cakes, PImms and fresh fruit bowls. Please also feel free to just come along to enjoy a relaxed afternoon watching the action and supporting this amazing cause.