PLAY 4 PINK with the Thunderbirds' fight against breast cancer.

Official Memorabilia in conjunction with the Adelaide Thunderbirds and The Hospital Research Foundation Group, are proud to release the 2024 PLAY 4 PINK Warm Up Top Auctions.

100% of proceeds will be donated back to The Hospital Research Foundation Group for breast cancer research. A collector’s item that is a must-have for every Thunderbirds fan, this is your opportunity to secure a 2024 Adelaide Thunderbirds official Valour Sport Warm Up Top, worn by your favourite player during Round 11 of the 2024 Suncorp Super Netball season.

The warm up top bears the official Thunderbirds and Suncorp Super Netball logos and PLAY 4 PINK logo. This piece of history boasts an undeniable sense of authenticity. It is a true collector’s item that will take pride of place in any collection, with all proceeds going to an important cause.

Bidding Opens: Friday 21 June 2pm (ACST)

Bidding Closes: Thursday 11 July 7pm (ACST)

Bid now for your favourite player’s top!

• You’ll be bidding on each players official Thunderbirds PLAY 4 PINK Warm Up Top, worn during Round 11 of the 2024 Suncorp Super Netball season
• Each top is personally signed.
• Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and tamper-resistant hologram
• Officially licensed and endorsed by the Adelaide Thunderbirds
• This authentic warm up top has been certified by Adelaide Thunderbirds to SE Products – as having been the official player warm up top during the 2024 Suncorp Super Netball PLAY 4 PINK match
• Warm up tops are sold in an ‘as is’ condition and may have marks, rips, and stains.
• Despatch to occur approximately 10-15 business days of receipt of items from the Adelaide Thunderbirds

Alex Tanner was undertaking her routine mammogram when her life changed forever.

Aged 48, she’ll never forget the words the doctor said that day: “There’s a suspicious area on your left breast”. 

It was April 2021, in a time affected by Covid, so while the mother-of-three would normally have her husband by her side at these appointments, visitor restrictions meant he was waiting in the carpark.  

It was a surreal time.  

“I eventually saw my husband down at the car park and I said ‘I think I have breast cancer’,” Alex recalls.  

She soon underwent a biopsy, which confirmed their fears.  

“I had what’s called invasive lobular cancer, which grows flat and spider-like. It’s referred to as being very sneaky,” she says.  

“It’s very rare that you’d feel a lump with this type of cancer, you’d normally see more of a change in your breast appearance. So there might be some dimpling, particularly when you raise your arm.”  

It was her network of family and friends that kept her going – particularly youngest daughter Ruby’s school and netball community. Ruby was doing Year 12 at the time and playing for Contax Netball Club, and the support was immense.  

“Netball were amazing, the mother-like figures at netball were all there for her,” Alex says. “I’d never missed a game of netball until then.”  

A life-time lover of netball, Alex is proud to be teaming up with the Adelaide Thunderbirds and The Hospital Research Foundation Group as an ambassador for the Thunderbirds’ PLAY 4 PINK game on 22 June, raising funds and awareness for breast cancer research. 

Alex knows firsthand how much medical research can bring a brighter outlook for women like her fighting breast cancer.  

“I’m so grateful for the country we live in and the access we have to medical research. Yes I’m on active treatment for the next 10 years, but just imagine the research that can be done in that time,” she says.  

“There could be a cure in that time, it’s not impossible.”   

Will you join Alex and fight against breast cancer with a donation today?

Every day, around 55 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer – a disease that devastates lives and is often fatal.

Sadly, it’s one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in Australia. There are thousands of women who need your support right now!

That’s why we’ve teamed up with The Hospital Research Foundation Group as they invest in world-class breast cancer research, better treatments and care for people living with breast cancer.

Your donation today will save lives!