Darts players at the Farmers Arms in Swinton took part in a 10-hour match to raise funds for The Christie.

 

A darts team hit the bullseye in a fundraiser for the Christie inspired  by one of their players.

 

Pals of the former Agecroft Colliery miner Alan Breeze, who is battling oesophageal cancer, picked up their darts for a marathon game in aid of the Manchester cancer centre.

 

The award-winning team from the Farmers Arms in Swinton, Salford, including grandfather of three Alan, played a 10-hour sponsored darts marathon, with money pouring in for every arrow thrown.

 

The winners of the second division of the Swinton Darts Organisation raised £1,500 with the challenge.

 

Alan, a 64-year-old warehouse supervisor from Swinton, was diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2012 and is currently undergoing chemotherapy and an anti-cancer drug treatment at the Christie.

 

He said: “The team decided to do this because I am being treated under Christie’s .“I was as fit as a fiddle but then I suddenly had trouble swallowing food.

 

“I think it is fantastic that the team did this darts marathon to raise funds for the hospital.“I threw a few darts during the marathon and I really enjoyed it. We played from the afternoon to closing time.”Two of Alan’s teammates – Pete Brown and Steve Wright, also from Swinton - are now taking the fundraising a step further by running the Blackpool Half Marathon on Sunday.

 

Pete said: “Everybody felt that they could not do enough to help. Alan is such a nice bloke and we all think a lot of him here.“It was my idea to do the marathon for the Christie because of what he has been through. I wanted us to show support and do something for Alan“I realised that it could happen to any one of us. “Steve and I are doing the half marathon because we do a lot of running including time trials."I find playing darts and running enjoyable so I thought I would combine the two to raise funds for the Christie for Alan.”

 

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