Panthers star and partner prepare to paint the town pink

Ashleigh Camenzuli is preparing to paint the town pink, as she gets ready to take part in Australia’s largest charity fun run for breast and ovarian cancer research.

Ashleigh Camenzuli and Isaah Yeo with their children, Lennox, 2, and Haven, 3. Picture: Justin Lloyd

Ashleigh Camenzuli is preparing to paint the town pink, as she gets ready to take part in Australia’s largest charity fun run for breast and ovarian cancer research.

Following news her 94-year-old grandmother was recently diagnosed with cancer, the partner of Penrith Panthers co-captain Isaah Yeo, is on a mission to raise awareness for breast and ovarian cancer.

“I get myself checked every year because I want to be the best mum I possibly can be to my children,” the mother-of-three said.

“But it’s not something that we as young women talk about very often. I’m still in my mid-20s, and it’s not a topic you share with your girlfriends over a glass of wine – but it should be.”

Isaah Yeo and Ashleigh Camenzuli, with their children, Lennox, 2, Haven, 3, and Tatum, 8 months, in Glenbrook. Picture: Justin Lloyd

Determined to spread the message, Camenzuli and her family are in training for the 2025 Mother’s Day Classic in Camden, joining thousands of Australians walking and running to support breast and ovarian cancer research.

“This is something that affects so many women – mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers,” she said.

“If my story encourages even one woman to book a check-up or start a conversation, then I know I’m making a difference.”

Others set to take part in the fundraiser are Hockeyroos player Tatum Stewart, diver Anabelle Smith and netballer Sophie Fawns. Now in its 28th year, the MDC has grown from a grassroots fun run into an Australia-wide movement that brings together more than 85,000 people at 85 city and regional locations on Mother’s Day, celebrated this year on Sunday, May 11.

Last year, the event raised $3.3m — with $2.1m going to the National Breast Cancer Foundation and $1.2m toward the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

To register head to mothersdayclassic.com.au.