Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
Former AFL star Scott Cummings hates the cold, but he was never going to turn down the opportunity to take an icy plunge to honour the late Neale Daniher and raise money for Fight MND.
The former West Coast, Collingwood, Essendon and Port Adelaide star will return to his WAFL club Swan Districts this week, alongside Dockers legend Michael Walters and Eagles hero Nic Naitanui for the fund-raising event on Saturday.
The Coleman medallist will be joined by Swans games record holder Tony Notte as well as WA Football chief executive Brad Wira and several other personalities to dress up and get soaked to raise money the charity Daniher championed.
And there will be plenty of stars on hand to be part of the day, with two of the best players to ever come out of the Bassendean club in Naitanui — who will host the event — and Walters, as well as Brownlow medallist Ben Cousins and Premier Roger Cook in attendance.
It is a fitting tribute to FightMND founder and leading public health advocate Daniher, who died on Monday after a decade-long public and inspirational battle with motor neurone disease.
Cummins — who knew Daniher through football circles, including from his time at Essendon — said he was proud of his Swan Districts who joined the fight.
“It’s not fun (getting wet), but it’s a great thing, and knowing Neale, having the pleasure of meeting Neale when you get asked to do something like this and jump on this cause, you’re always going to say yes,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter where you are, what you’re doing, you’re going to say yes to Neale, and you’re going to say yes to the FightMND campaign.
“I hate the cold with a passion, but there’s just no way you could possibly say no. I am rapt that Swan Districts are getting behind it, and it’s easy to be a part of it.”
Swan Districts WAFLW captain Demi Liddle has a personal connection to the fight against MND, with her partner Liana losing her father to the disease.
“It’s huge, it’s something throughout all the years and especially with all the work Neale had done, to bring this to the level and have more awareness within the community is huge,” she said.
