Mike Tindall says father is not doing great after 23-plus years
Mike Tindall said his father is “not doing great” while speaking at the ISPS Handa Celebrity Golf Classic at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield. mike tindall also tied the update to the charity work he keeps backing through the annual event.
Parkinson’s has affected his father for 23-plus years, and Tindall said that length of illness has pushed him toward supporting Cure Parkinson’s and its research, trials and other work. “It gives me so much motivation to help push for a cure and work with Cure Parkinson's on their research, trials and really important work to try and end this disease.”
The Belfry charity draw
The golf day supports Cure Parkinson’s and The Matt Hampson Foundation, and Tindall said the occasion is built around friends having “a good time” rather than ceremony. He added, “Zara loves the golf day,” and described the gathering as “such a great occasion with a lot of friends and people who just want to have a good time.”
Matt Hampson gives that charity mix a second, sharper edge. Tindall said he is “constantly amazed” by the work Hampson does; Hampson is 41 and paralysed from the neck down after a rugby accident at age 20.
Matt Hampson and New York
Hampson has already completed the London Marathon this year with help from McCoy, and Tindall said he has now signed up for the New York Marathon. That turns the golf day from a social fixture into a fundraising platform with a very specific beneficiary list and a visible public face.
Tindall also said he wants his children, Mia, Lena and Lucas, to enjoy sport without being pushed toward careers, saying the point is for them to have fun and learn how to get through wins and losses with teammates. On the home front, he and Zara Tindall will mark their 15th wedding anniversary on 30 July, after he joked, “I've got a birthday and a golf day to get through first.”
30 July for the Tindalls
The update lands hard because it connects a personal family illness to a charity circuit he still uses for action, not sympathy. For readers who follow Tindall for the social calendar, the useful detail is the work he is steering money and attention toward: Cure Parkinson’s research and The Matt Hampson Foundation, with the family milestone still waiting after the golf day and his 45th birthday.
