To celebrate Hunters life and commemorate his death, Bias B and Dedlee put together a friendly AFL game comprising of artists and fans from the east coast (Eastside Kings) and west coast (Westside Warriors)... There was a massive sold out night on Saturday with many of the artists playing, and the game on Sunday...
I still have a rush of feelings about the day, and Hunter's death... He wasn't someone I was close to, hung out with or had even spoken to for around 8 years, in fact the majority of our relationship was held on msn messenger (the way we communicated before twitter/Facebook/MySpace)... But the news of his illness was heartbreaking, we donated things to the Heat For Huntz eBay auction, and followed his story closely... In a community as small as ours I'm sure just about everyone was touched and sent our prayers, love and support... This was made clear, by the interest that this event inspired, the amount if people who showed up from all over Australia, to play and to support, that people with long history or beef were setting it aside to have a wonderful, peaceful day filled with love...
The weather held out, the game was intense, everyone was kind to each other... You couldn't have asked for more... I'm sure Hunter would have been proud!
His son, Marley, did the coin toss, there were lots of tears... I was just hoping that one day he will find comfort in what Hunter meant to this community, that he will see what a good human his Dad was, that he could bring us all together in this way.. And maybe when he is big enough, he can play in the Robert Hunter Cup... I do hope it continues, even if it switches from one coast to the next, we will be there... RIP Hunter...
Also if you want to check some non iPhone photos check www.runtheline.blogspot.com for my husbands pics...
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