Season: 2021

I am Cormac Mehigan, 59yo. I am married to Mary, a teacher. We live near Adare in Ireland having moved there in 2010 after spending almost 20 years in the UK. We have two children. Our eldest is Conor, 21yo, and he studies medicine in Dublin. Fergal, 18yo, is our second and he studies physiotherapy…
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A huge thank you to my wife, daughter, family and friends who have supported me all the way through my health issues over the past 10 years. I would also like to thank the staff at the princess of wales hospital for all your past and continued support.  It’s been a tough ride and without…
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  Age 67 Diagnosed Age 60 Handicap 21 Previous sports- rugby, football player and referee, Not one to sit and watch daytime television I work with Parkinson’s wales team, running a parkinsons cafe in Merthyr Tydfil and acting as a buddy in my local health authority to any newly diagnosed people, who might want to…
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I was first diagnosed nearly three years ago. It was a shock, and it took a while to accept it and realise that there was still a full life to be lived. I decided that I would do everything possible to achieve that with exercise and alternative treatments rather than medication and my life has…
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Age: 67 Diagnosed age 66 Handicap: 11 Previous Sports: Rugby, Skiing, Squash. I am proud to play for the Welsh team at the Parkinson’s Four Nations Golf Tournament. I have come to realise how much golf has helped with my Parkinson’s in keeping me fit and active and I also now have the opportunity to…
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Leave a good luck message below for Kevin – and we will publish it here! Kev, lots of luck. I couldn’t be prouder of how far you have come xx Helen

I was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Disease at 44 years of age in 2009, having had symptoms since as far back as 2005. In my working life, I’m a  Chartered Civil Engineer, Fellow of the Institutes of Highways and Transportation and Civil Engineers, and Contracts Director for a large Civil engineering contractor based in …
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My name is Martin Turner, I was diagnosed with PD in 2015. I have spent most of my life televising sport as a director and executive producer at Sky Sports. Following my diagnosis, my golf society (The RVI) decided to give me a sympathy handicap! So I responded by winning the yearly tournament, the best…
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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…
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