I used to work at Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association and through a mutual friend organised Gorden Tallis to come along as the guest speaker for our Awards Dinner, this was all done between me and him personally - nothing to do with the club (in fact to the point where when Tony Durkin found out, he got his nose all out of joint that I by-passed him - to which I said "Gordie happened to overhear me talking to a mutual friend about the dinner and he was straight over and offered to come along" - which is exactly how it all came about). Anyway he came along, was a complete hit and stayed all night dancing and chatting with the kids - many of whom have some pretty full on and confronting disabilities. He went back to the club raving about the night and the next year he organised Wayne Bennett to come along as the guest speaker, which was even more awesome. And for the next 4 years, Wayne made sure at least one of the Broncos came along and each year the one who came the year before rang me personally to find out when it was on and ask if they could come again (Gordie came every year). At no time did they ever receive any publicity for this, but they seriously made such a positive impact in these kids (and adults) lives just by being there and chatting to them.
