A CHARITY rugby team is gearing up for its second major fund-raising match to net £7,500 for Cancer Research UK, with a game against Lampeter RFC that will kick off in the Midlands.

Spearheading the event is rugby-mad Neil Evans, an ex-coach of Lampeter, who has arr­anged for the match ball to be delivered by cyclists riding 105 miles to arrive in time for kick-off.

The West Wales Cycle Racing Team, based in Aberaeron, will be given a 6am send-off from Kidderminster RFC – who have donated the ball – on Saturday, 14 May, arriving back in Aberaeron by 1pm.

The Nags Charity Barbarians have a 62-strong squad of players, who have signed up via the team’s Facebook page, and have to raise at least £50 for the charity in order to play.

The game, starting at Lampeter’s North Road ground at 2pm, will have four 30-minute quarters, with a different team in each.

The Nags’ inaugural match two years ago, against Kidderminster RFC, smashed its £2,000 target for Cancer Research UK, raising £7,000.

Mr Evans, now living in the Midlands, said: “That total was beyond our expectations, but it gave us the confidence to aim even higher this time."

He said Cancer Research UK was close to his heart following the death of his grandmother from breast cancer many years ago.

If the game can beat their target, then The Nags will have passed the £20,000 milestone since forming in 2012.

Anyone wishing to make a donation can do so at www.justgiving.com/nags2016.

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