Chris Pelow on a hockey career changed by cancer diagnosis: You do think ‘bloody hell, my life is over’

Chris Pelow looked set for a promising hockey career, before a throbbing pain in his foot changed his life forever. He spoke to Stephen Findlater.

Sydney University pre-season training is ramping up for the 2012 season; Chris Pelow takes a regulation bang to the foot. A week later, the dull throbbing has yet to subside.

The 24-year-old Dubliner asked a club mate, Damo Cunningham, a podiatrist, to have a look.