Swinging for cancer

Key points

• Geelong golfer Robert Palermo will play 72 holes on 9 November in The Longest Day, a Cancer Council challenge to raise money for cancer prevention and support. He is taking part in memory of his father, Vince, who died of cancer in 2022 three months after being diagnosed.
• Palermo's son is joining the team this year. He had raised more than $2000 as of 20 October.
• Cancer Council Victoria says one in two Victorians is expected to be diagnosed with cancer by age 85.