The Pat Cronin Foundation is honoured to have a number of high profile individuals who have agreed to be Ambassadors for the foundation. Our list of Ambassadors is growing and includes the following people:
Matthew Richardson
Matthew “Richo” Richardson is a retired Australian rules footballer and current media personality who represented Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL). Matthew was one of Pat’s favourite players.
Kevin Sheedy
Kevin Sheedy AM is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the Australian Football League. He played and coached in a combined total of 929 games over 47 years from 1967 until 2013, which is a VFL/AFL record. Sheedy was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
Greg Davies APM
Grey Davies is Victorias first Victims of Crime Commissioner. He was a member of Victoria Police from 1977 and obtained the rank of Senior Sergeant. In 2002 he joined the Police Association of Victoria where he served until his retirement in 2014. Greg is a advocate for victims of crime and has been only too happy to help spread our message to Be Wise.
Matthew Keenan
Matthew Keenan is an Australian International cycling commentator who can be heard each year on SBS’ coverage of the Tour De France.
Here are some words from Matthew: I support the Pat Cronin Foundation because I have two young children who I want to be safe when they go out, as everyone in the community deserves to be safe.
It’s actually hard to articulate why I support the foundation because there isn’t a single good reason not to. Anything that reduces any form of violence is a great cause, particularly cowardly acts of unprovoked violence.
Matthew’s reach to a worldwide audience will definitely help us to spread the word to Be Wise and to End the Coward Punch. We look forward to a wristband photo or more from the Giro or Le Tour later in the year.
Andrew Gaze
Andrew Gaze, AM is Australia’s most decorated basketball player having played 612 NBL games, ranked 1st in points scored and won 7 MVP awards.
He has the record for the most Summer Olympic Games played by an Australian Basketball player and famously was the flag bearer and team captain for Australia at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
He is currently the coach of the Sydney Kings in the NBL. He and his wife Melinda have four children and therefore is only too happy to add his voice and reach in our message that There is No Excuse and that we need To End The Coward Punch
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We receive lots of messages from our many supporters and we thought this one from Peter from a week or so back should be shared.
‘I had my elderly father at the Austin Emergency Dept last night (he’s OK). While I was there a kid (late teen) was brought in, having suffered several punches to the head outside a party in Monty - by his account it was not a fight but rather him being assaulted, the violence being one way.
He was quite upset at what had happened to him, saying to the middle aged ladies who thankfully brought him in “I didn’t think anyone would do this to me, I thought everyone knew about the Patrick Cronin thing”.
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, having similar aged boys who it might’ve otherwise happened to, and while it saddens me to know that young people (particularly local ones) are still prepared to risk the consequences of violent acts, it occurred to me that the work of the Pat Cronin Foundation was at play - the message had at clearly reached the victim (sadly not the perpetrator), and the ladies who brought him in were wise enough to not just send him home to bed, again, quite possibly as a result of the ongoing campaign.
I’m hoping the kid was OK (he was going into radiology as my father was coming out) but he was in the right place and swiftly. There’s obviously still a long way to go for with the ‘Be Wise’ campaign, but out of the negative aspects of last night, on a positive note, I was heartened to hear and see that the Foundation’s message is clearly out there.’
Thanks for sending this to us Peter. Together we can make a difference.
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Thinking about Pat today, sunrise, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia and spreading the #bewise #endthecowardpunch message. Pat is always in our thoughts and hearts. ❤️💜💛
What a positive move by the AFL to take a strong stance by paying free kicks against anyone who throws a punch on the field.
It won’t take long for coaches to drag players off the ground who continue to give away free kicks.
Now all we need is for the Match Review Panel to suspend players for the same actions.
At the Pat Cronin Foundation we talk about consequences for your actions. Well done to the AFL.
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AFL’s plan to knock out the punch
heraldsun.com.au
The AFL believes it can penalise every punch on the football field this year regardless of its force in a league-wide crackdown.A super productive day for the Pat Cronin Foundation today with our Strategic Planning Day held at the Riversdale Golf Club.
Thanks to our board members for their commitment and dedication to supporting the Foundation.
This time last year we had no employees so it was great to have our General Manager, Geoff Smith as well as our new Education Manager, Ben O’Toole join us today.
A special thanks go to a good friend of ours and of the Pat Cronin Foundation in Neil MacDonald for volunteering to be facilitator for the day to keep us focused.
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After a hard days work it is nice to enjoy a coldie in one of our new Be Wise End the Coward Punch stubby holders with Pat’s cheeky smile watching on.
Get yours via our online store. Only $5 each.
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