“It’s a real silent killer,” Ms Cooper said.

“We want to create awareness of ovarian cancer because there are a lot of attention on some other cancers but people aren’t as aware of ovarian cancer.”

Both Ms Cooper and Ms Wolf weren’t diagnosed with ovarian cancer until it was in stage three, as there is no early detection test.

Mr Fidge’s wife died of ovarian cancer which also was not diagnosed until stage three.

“It’s very hard to get a diagnosis, mine was only diagnosed because I went for a check up for work,” Ms Cooper said.

The trio walked for the No One Fights Alone team, and said Relay was an important time to share hope and draw attention to lesser-known or thought about cancers. 

Before the first lap on the relay had even been walked, their team member Terri Hollis had already raised more than $15,500 for her head-shave. 

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As a daycare worker she was inspired to raise money and shave her head after seeing two little boys lose their to cancer, and a two-year-old diagnosed with a cancerous wilms tumour.

“I just decided to do something to help,” she said.

Overall the team, organised by Trudy Brown, raised about $20,000. 

Ms Brown had cervical cancer in 2016 and her mum battled breast cancer in 2012. 

“We just want to raise money so they can find a cure and people don’t have to go through what we did,” she said.

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