Andy Hobbs

Sport has always been an important part of my life both from a physical fitness and mental wellbeing point of view. I’ve done the New York Marathon pre-parkinsons, ran-walked London in 2018, and rode the Etape du Tour in the year I was diagnosed, with my eldest son.

I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in October 2014 then aged 49. My golf steadily declined, and eventually I could no longer putt, and so I retired the golf clubs in 2017. I got bullied into playing crazy golf with my youngest two boys on a weekend in Weston, and decided I’d have to play left handed. Interestingly, I can make a putting stroke left handed, so I bought a second hand putter and dusted off the clubs in the summer of this year. I once got as low as 10, and had a best ever gross round of 68 at Moor Hall Golf Club, located just 5 miles north of The Belfry, but I find Parkinson’s has severely impacted my ability to play anything other than a full shot. Having submitted a handful of cards at my new club, I’ve been given an index of 21.7

I withdrew from a career in IT in 2018 to concentrate on increasing awareness of Parkinson’s Disease and to dedicate my time to raising funds for medical research.

My personal target is to raise £1m before I die, and as I’m not dead yet, well, game on. www.drewstersmillions.co.uk is my website which tells you more about me and my fundraising endeavours.

Leave a good luck message below for Andy – and we will publish it here!

Good luck Andy and Team England! I’m sure you’ll do us proud!

Caroline Hobbs

Good luck Andy, go and win it for England!

Pete Smith

Good luck Andy from all the guys at the Parkinson’s walking football

Play well Andy and bring it home for England

Garry Jones