Group of students at Surrey-based school help raise over £18,000 after friend is diagnosed with cancer
The group, who call themselves "Angus' Army", have fundraised for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity - and have already completed 2 ambitious challenges.
A group of students and staff at a school in Surrey has raised over eighteen thousand pounds, after a pupil at the school was diagnosed with cancer.
Angus was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and students at Gordon's School in Woking formed 'Angus' Army' in response.
Members of the group has since completed the Oxford Half Marathon, and a team 100 mile run across the South Downs which they completed in under ten hours.
Over £18,000 has now been raised for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
Rojhe Rowe, a fellow member of Angus' Army at Gordon's School who participated in the South Downs Run, said "at Gordon's here we're all one big family, especially as boarders where we constantly live with each other, we go through our highs and lows with each other.
"That sense to be able to stand up and say 'hey, my friend is going through a rough time, I need to really support him' I think that's a good value."
William Bowe, another member of the Army, said that the South Downs run was incredibly difficult.
"It was probably the most hilly terrain I've ever been in before. There was not a single segment of flat ground, it was constantly uphill, downhill - at one point there was a couple of people running through some rivers."
Gordon's School also support a number of other charities, including CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), Papyrus (prevention of young suicide) and the Healthcare Workers’ Foundation.
You can find out more or donate to the Angus' Army Team Marsden Fund by clicking here