Runners pay tribute to former Rickmansworth School student

MORE than 1,300 students, staff and parents from Rickmansworth School will run 8km to pay tribute to a former pupil tomorrow (20).

Pupils at the school, in Scots Hill, led by PE teacher Antony Smith, hope to raise £6,000 in memory of Captain Tom Sawyer.

Tom was just 26 when he was killed in January, while fighting a Taliban stronghold in Helmand, Afghanistan.

The race, which is sponsored by Batchworth Park Golf Club, starts at 11am and snakes through Croxley Green and Moor Park, before ending at the school.

There will also be a variety of fun activities including a bungee run, sumo wrestling, bouncy castle and junior golf competition.

The event is the fifth fundraising run for the school, which has previously collected money in aid of breast cancer and prostate cancer.

This year, most of the money raised will go towards Help For Heroes, with some earmarked for a new changing room and trampolining facilities.

Mr Smith said: "It's a fantastic way to get our pupils active and help to raise money for such a worthwhile cause which is especially close to our hearts."