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Home Run Derby | An MND Fundraiser

Published Fri 19 Jun 2026

Last Tuesday, on the 16th June during Round 8 of the 2026 Slowpitch Softball League, we ran a Home Run Derby alongside Qbit IT Solutions to raise money for Care Cure Support - an MND fundraiser to support those affected with a motor neurone disease and push towards treatments and cures within research.

As a huge success, we generated just shy of a $1,000. After paying out winners, and some additional donations made on the night and online, the total money donated towards MND research was $650 - thanks to the softball community, Qbit was able to break through the $8,000 mark raised this year for Drive for MND 14!

Of course, this cannot be done without support. To Fabio and those at Qbit, this was your idea and you made the logistics happen (as well as made your 8:30pm slow pitch game much later than intended). It's your community that helps bring events like this together - impossible without your continued support for Softball WA. To Ken from Care Cure Support who was also integral to a smooth-running night! And to everyone else that participated, supported, and had a great time - the atmosphere was so much better than we could have wished for.

Obvious thanks to all the kids who ran around in the outfield, collecting balls for us!

We have some exciting news, Care Cure Support has been part funding some research into MND and on Tuesday the 16th of June we took a tour of the research facility in Murdoch. They have tested a drug they have developed on a living system. The drug was found to be safe and successfully reached motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. This is a critical milestone on the path to human trials. While we are still many years away from a cure this is a step in the right direction!

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