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Grid and humour<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t

Victor Compton<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\t\n\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Harry Bailey is a poster boy for conservation at Hilton College.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, he ran 100 kilometres over two days, raising R160 000 for rangers on the frontlines of the war against rhino poaching.<\/p>\n

Tall and strapping, the Durban-born lad looks like a natural athlete. Far from it, Harry suffers from a chronic immune-mediated disease, which can be fatal. Born eight weeks premature, he has been sickly most of his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe list of my ailments is long and illustrious,\u201d he says with a smile.<\/p>\n

At 13, Harry became dangerously ill. With lips covered in cold sores and a month full of ulcers, he lost 10kgs in a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that I was pumped with antibodies. We discovered my white blood cells can\u2019t retain memory. Every time I fight a virus, it\u2019s as if I\u2019m fighting it for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take four different meds morning and night. The sisters in the sanatorium are scared of me,\u201d he chuckles.<\/p>\n

The constant risk of a flare-up, and the fact that he\u2019s not a runner in no way deterred Harry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could barely run 5km and trained for only two months. The longest run I did was with my dad from Durban promenade to Umhlanga \u2013 about 25km which we did in four hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been held back by my physicality \u2013 I get more exhausted than everyone else and struggle to keep up. But in basketball, I\u2019ve excelled, which has been an incredible thing for me. I realised I can do a lot more than I believed I was capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n

The run, which was through Thanda Game Reserve, was physically and mentally painful, but Harry says illness has helped him develop mental toughness.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is full of these complications, it\u2019s what builds character. Without them, you will never fully develop. If my dad heard me now, he would laugh and say, \u2018I told you!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

A passionate Old Hiltonian, Harry\u2019s dad Don (Ellis 1989) runs a branding business when he\u2019s not working as a volunteer pilot in aid of conservation or helping his wife Tanya run Uzwelo Bags, a social entrepreneurial business.<\/p>\n

Harry\u2019s parents are his inspiration. They push him to be the best version of himself, but he knows they\u2019re proud of him, no matter what.<\/p>\n

This year Harry received the Richard Johnston Memorial Prize for perseverance in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n

Next year, he plans to study information systems at the University of Pretoria or drama at Stellenbosch University.<\/p>\n

Harry\u2019s way has been full of adversity, but he presses on with humour and grit.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”15658″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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