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SUMMARY:Morning Inspire - Beyond the Game: A Journey of Resilience with Alex Pledger
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our next Inspire event as we welcome Alex Pledger\, former NZ professional basketball player\, who will share his powerful story of resilience through his career and his battle with bowel cancer.\n\nAbout Alex:\n\nAlex Pledger\, a former pro basketball player\, made his mark in the NBL and NZNBL\, winning multiple championships\, including four with the NZ Breakers. He earned MVP and finals MVP honors and represented the NZ Tall Blacks in two world cups. In 2021\, just before his 34th birthday\, he was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer. After 18 months of treatment\, he was declared cancer-free and has remained so since. Pledger returned for a final season with the Southland Sharks in 2023 before retiring. Now an ambassador for Bowel Cancer NZ\, he raises awareness\, especially among men\, about recognising symptoms early.\n\nEvent sponsored by Vision Complete Earthworks. \n\n\n\nSpeaker gifts are provided by Wild River & Co\n\n\n\nCoffee is provided by Corporate Coffee\n\n\n\nFor enquiries or to cancel your registration email events@waikatochamber.co.nz
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Join us at our next Inspire event as we welcome <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Pledger">Alex Pledger</a>\, former NZ professional basketball player\, who will share his powerful story of resilience through his career and his battle with bowel cancer.</span></span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>About Alex:</strong></span></span><br />\nAlex Pledger\, a former pro basketball player\, made his mark in the NBL and NZNBL\, winning multiple championships\, including four with the NZ Breakers. He earned MVP and finals MVP honors and represented the NZ Tall Blacks in two world cups. In 2021\, just before his 34th birthday\, he was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer. After 18 months of treatment\, he was declared cancer-free and has remained so since. Pledger returned for a final season with the Southland Sharks in 2023 before retiring. Now an ambassador for Bowel Cancer NZ\, he raises awareness\, especially among men\, about recognising symptoms early.</p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="background-image: initial\; background-position: initial\; background-size: initial\; background-repeat: initial\; background-attachment: initial\; background-origin: initial\; background-clip: initial\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; box-sizing: border-box\;">Event sponsored by</span><a href="https://linkbusiness.co.nz/?keyword=link%20business%20brokers&amp\;gclid=Cj0KCQjw6575BRCQARIsAMp-ksNYAPSpTbRkI3WT0g48HV0ajRNiRcU69zPVdE9HvrhurXSxGChwMDwaAqvVEALw_wcB" style="color: rgb(55\, 184\, 130)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 14px\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; text-decoration-line: none\; box-sizing: border-box\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">&nbsp\;</a><a href="https://www.visioncompleteearthworks.co.nz/" style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 14px\;" target="_blank">Vision Complete Earthworks</a>.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nSpeaker gifts are provided by <a href="https://wildriverandco.co.nz/">Wild River &amp\; Co</a><br />\n<br />\nCoffee&nbsp\;is provided by <a href="https://corporatecoffee.co.nz/">Corporate Coffee</a><br />\n<br />\nFor enquiries or to cancel your registration email<a href="http://events@waikatochamber.co.nz" style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 14px\;">&nbsp\;events@waikatochamber.co.nz</a></span></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Venue: Events Room 1\, Wintec CBD View the Wintec CBD Map here.
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URL:https://business.waikatochamber.co.nz/events/details/morning-inspire-beyond-the-game-a-journey-of-resilience-with-alex-pledger-4985
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