The Brian Williams (bear) fund running total is £1702-97p at the moment. (2-15am forum time. 30-1-12)
Quite a bit more is pledged or in transit from members that do not have Paypal. PM me for details if you wish to donate by Paypal.
If you do not have Paypal and would like to make a donation by cheque, let me know and I'll hook you up with someone in your country that can relay your donation.
There are also monies pending from auctions running in this forum where members have offered things to raise money for the fund.
A cash donation of $50 AUD has been paid dierect to Terry and will be added to the total whenever.
£1,000 GBP has already been forwarded to Brian and his family, thanks for your kindness, God bless you all.
All the threads.
Main thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=99793.0Auctions
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=99900.0Sub auction
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=100363.0Sub thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=99883.0 http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=99884.0 http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=99885.0 http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=99886.0Why all this ? Brian is a member of our community.
Helping rider to recover
16 Dec, 2011 04:00 AM
LEETON classic motorcycle racer Brian Williams is continuing his recovery after a serious accident at the Tasmanian Historic Motorcycle Championships last month.
Williams and sidecar swinger Paul Newman were involved in an accident at the Baskerville Raceway track on November 26 during practice.
The pair had come wide out of the corner and corrected, but touched a bumper meant for truck racing and flipped the bike. Newman was thrown clear and escaped with a shoulder injury, but Williams took the brunt of the impact.
He was revived once at the track and twice at hospital in Tasmania, before being stabilised and sent to Austin Hospital in Melbourne.
A fund-raiser for Williams will be held tomorrow afternoon at Yanco Hotel.
The event will include continuous raffles with prizes ranging from cash vouchers, jewellery and accessories, to football and motor racing paraphernalia.
Williams' wife Evelyn earlier this week updated fund-raiser organisers of her husband's condition.
She said his list of injuries included five broken vertebrae, which had been fused with rods in a seven-hour surgery, all ribs broken on one side of his body, a punctured lung, and a broken collarbone, nose and cheekbone.
Williams is partly conscious and on morphine and sedatives, with a tracheotomy to help ease the stress on his throat.
He comes off the ventilator for periods during the day and is able to breath on his own. He can talk and brain scans are all clear of damage.
When he is ready, Williams will be transferred to a ward and then onto rehabilitation
Mrs Williams said doctors believe he may be confined to a wheelchair due to the damage sustained to his vertebrae, but that won't be known for some time.
The Brian Williams fund-raiser will be held at Yanco Hotel tomorrow from noon to 4pm. For more information contact Karen Reynolds on 0429 491 277.
Sam.
