{"id":3448,"date":"2024-08-15T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T06:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2024-08-15T06:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T06:31:33","slug":"the-royce-ambassador-royce-simmons-300km-walk-to-raise-money-for-dementia-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/the-royce-ambassador-royce-simmons-300km-walk-to-raise-money-for-dementia-research\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royce Ambassador Royce Simmons\u2019 300km walk to raise money for dementia research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3448\" class=\"elementor elementor-3448\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26f091d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26f091d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ec8dc9\" data-id=\"7ec8dc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36c742 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f36c742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>T<strong>he former Penrith Panthers\u2019 Premiership winner, who represented NSW and Australia, finished his third annual walk at the Panthers for the home match with NRL arch rivals Melbourne Storm last night.<\/strong><\/p><p>The esteem 64-year-old Royce is regarded was evident at all eight NRL clubs he visited: Parramatta Eels, Manly-Warringah, Sydney Roosters, South Sydney, St George Illawarra, Cronulla-Sutherland, Canterbury-Bankstown, and Wests Tigers.<\/p><p>He has been a resident, along with wife Laine, at the Tulich Group&#8217;s The Royce, run by Bianca Tulich, not long after it opened in 2019. After being diagnosed with dementia in 2021, Royce started Royce\u2019s Big Walk in 2022, all in the name of raising money for dementia research in Australia.<\/p><p>Simmons and his support crew of former Wests Tigers players John Skandalis, Pat Richards and Chris Lawrence walked 300km in 10 days.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/roycesimmonsfoundation.com.au\/\">Royce Simmons Foundation<\/a>\u2019s focus is on advancing research towards finding a cure for dementia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1c1b53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1c1b53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba5d5cf\" data-id=\"ba5d5cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0444ed0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0444ed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture9-768x437.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3451\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture9-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture9-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture9-600x342.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture9-585x333.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture9.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d01c2e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d01c2e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5281e0\" data-id=\"f5281e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a4c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38a4c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is still time to donate to The Royce Simmons Foundation. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/roycesimmonsfoundation.com.au\/donate\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Penrith Panthers\u2019 Premiership winner, who represented NSW and Australia, finished his third annual walk at the Panthers for the home match with NRL arch rivals Melbourne Storm last night. 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