An avid golfer will play the game for 14 long hours in honour of his uncle and grandad, who both died after suffering with Parkinson's disease. Joshua Polding, from Bromley Cross, will take on 72 holes of golf at Turton Golf Club on Monday, June 24, walking 20 miles and burning 6,000 active calories throughout the day. This is in memory of his uncle Terry Tuckwood who died on January 17 this year at age 77 after suffering with the condition.
Joshua’s grandfather, Bill Polding, also died from Parkinson's disease, aged 77, on January 17 in 2005. Joshua said: “It is quite emotional as my uncle passed away this year on my mum’s side and so growing up from four-years-old, he was like my grandad because I lost him too, years ago. (Image: Joshua Polding) “My bond with him was very strong as we had very similar characteristics and I would go working with him he was a landscape gardener so spent summers with him and my aunty, then he was diagnosed fiv years ago and we saw him deteriorate.
“It was very strange because my dad’s dad died on the same date in 2005, and it was like the universe was trying to align things and it felt very poignant that it had happened. “I saw him deteriorate too and so when my uncle got diagnosed, I knew what would happen, so it is extremely important to me to do this.” Joshua will start at 5am, taking up most of the day but doing something he loves, and will bei joined by his dad for two rounds.
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