Australia's first world champion skier, Kirstie Marshall, has been Australian Skier of the Year six times, and won seventeen different World Cup gold medals. In 1998, Australia's Kirstie Marshall became world freestyle skiing champion and equal all time victories record holder. Kirstie's achievements are legend and include being the first woman in history to score over 100 points on a single competition jump.

" As a parent of two young children, when I was asked to become patron of Think Ahead I had no hesitation in making a committment to the philosophy of attention, prevention and early intervention in educating Australians about brain injury and its consequences."

 

 

----Sheila Laxon - Patron/Ambassador

Sheila Laxon became the first female thoroughbred horse trainer in Australia to train and win with Ethereal the 2001 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup Double.
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"As a Patron/Ambassador of Think Ahead Brain Injury Prevention Foundation I fully support the foundation's objectives in attention, prevention and early intervention of this catastrophic injury.

I personally encourage all recreational equestrian riders to Think Ahead about the consequences of horse riding without an appropriate skull cap.

Happy and safe horse riding. All the very best from Sheila"

 

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