Nathan Gillingham's cricket team scored a historic grand final win on the weekend, but the Cooriemungle dairy farmer was more than happy to take the tag of 'biggest loser' as part of the celebrations.
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Mr Gillingham, 24, went under the razor, six years after his last haircut, reaching his $1000 goal for the World's Greatest Shave fund-raiser.
The young cricketer stated last week he would face up to the shave if his Heytesbury-Princetown Storm Division 3 side got home against Boorcan in its first SWC grand final as the merged Heytesbury and Princetown club.
True to his word, when the Storm lifted its inaugural trophy, Mr Gillingham fronted up as his mate Zack Lenehan wielded the scissors at the Timboon Recreation Reserve on Saturday.
Mr Gillingham said he and Mr Lenehan, who encouraged him to participate in the fund-raiser, had been friends since primary school.
"He missed a few spots," he joked. "But it was time for it to come off. There's no going back."
Admitting to feeling "a bit fresh" without his long locks, Mr Gillingham said he was happy to sacrifice his hair for such a good cause.
It's the second time he's shaved his head for the event, held annually by the Leukaemia Foundation. The first time was in 2018 as a Year 12 Timboon P-12 student.
Mr Gillingham lost his mother Julie to a brain tumor in 2013 after a long battle with cancer.
The World's Greatest Shave participants raise money for blood cancer research and support every March by cutting, shaving or colouring their hair.
Timboon woman Sarah Pender also cut her hair for the cause last week.
To donate to Mr Gillingham or Ms Pender, follow the links at either http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/nathangillingham or http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/sarahpender
