Usually, the only divers that we talk about at The Strollers are opposition players that seem to have trouble keeping their feet. However, Committee member Nazmi Okan was recently involved in a diving incident of a different kind!

His grand daughter Londyn needed major surgery and was admitted to the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital. Nazmi was so impressed with the care that she received and the dedication of the staff that he decided that he would do something to help them in return.

After discussion with his daughters Lara and Denize, it was agreed that if they were going to do a fund raiser, it should be something special like a sky dive!?Nazmi reluctantly agreed, and it was duly booked.

The guys turned up at Skydive StAndrews last Saturday.  There, they received their briefing and instructions before heading to the airplane.When they reached 10,000 ft, Nazmi was attached to his jump instructor, then dragged , sorry, helped from the airplane It only took a couple of minutes, and then he was back on solid ground. Nazmi said, ” It was great, I was quite anxious, but when the parachute was open, all fear was forgotten, and we drifted peacefully down.”

The upshot of Nazmi and the girls’ bravery is that the ECH is now better off to the tune of £3500!

Well done to the guys and all who sponsored them!