A CHARITY match was held over the weekend to raise money for a keen hockey player who lost his leg to cancer.

Ben Rawson, 21, of Denbigh, played for Denbigh Hockey Club before having his right leg amputated to remove a tumour and a hockey match was held to raise money for a £50,000 prosthetic ‘blade’ that will allow Ben to run again.

The game between Denbigh and Northop Hall took place at Hawarden High School’s on Saturday August 18, with both clubs making a donation toe the cause, along with match fees paid by the players.

Prior to the event, Ben said he was determined to get back out on the hockey pitch and complete his studies at University.

About £150 was donated to the cause from the match and the JustGiving page has received over £40,000.

Ben, who was a keen hockey player, had felt a lump while rubbing behind his knee, which several months later was revealed to be a tumour.

A biopsy soon confirmed this to be a rare bone cancer called Ewing’s Sarcoma, affecting fewer than 30 teenager and young adults in the UK each year.

A spokesman on the JustGiving page said: “Cancer is expensive, especially with travel and accommodation for treatment away from home.

“Disability too is expensive: car conversions to a left foot drive; driving lessons for an adapted car and adaptions to the home are just some of the many costs we will face in the coming years.”

Anyone wishing to donate can do so via https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ben-rawson.