Former Kent and England fast bowler Alan Igglesden is hosting his 12th charity golf day in aid of Brain Tumour UK at Westerham Golf Club on Friday.

Alan, a patron of Brain Tumour UK for many years, has raised more than £150,000 to help people diagnosed with a brain tumour and to fund research.

His annual golf day and celebrity cricket matches are part of sporting and social calendars, and fantastic fundraisers too and this year there will be 29 teams taking part in the great day at the iconic Kent golf course.

From the previous very successful years, the organisers are hoping you will lend you support to Iggy by helping raise valuable funds for this very worthwhile cause.

Alan was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1999, and ever since he has been striving to raise much needed funds to support his chosen charity. Alan’s fund raising efforts have totalled £150,000 but he does not wish to stop there!

Igglesden has been a patron of the charity for many years, and holds an annual golf day and along with his brother Kevin, arranges celebrity cricket matches with all proceeds going to the charity. Last year’s golf day raised a magnificent sum of £12,800.00.

Having had an operation on his brain tumour, Alan is always looking to the future and stays positive: “I’m trying to teach my wife and everyone around me that it doesn’t matter. You’re alive.”

“I’ve become involved with the UK Brain Tumour Association, fund-raising with yearly golf days and cricket matches. I’ve also done some telephone counselling with children with brain tumours.”

“There’s probably never a minute in the day when I don’t think about it, but it doesn’t stop me being a happy person.”

Meanwhile, Louise Taylor, the Brain Tumour Charity’s director of fundraising, said: “We are so grateful to Alan & Kevin for their continuous support. We receive no government funding and so rely 100% on voluntary donations.”

Fifty one year old Alan is always positive despite having had a brain tumour and wants to carry on with his life the way he always has:

“I’ve always been very positive and it`s in my nature to be laid-back, which has often helped. In terms of the future, I just try to take each day as it comes.”

“The tumour doesn’t stop me doing anything at all and although bungee jumping isn’t part of the equation, I’ve managed to go hang-gliding in Turkey and cage-diving among great white sharks in South Africa.”

If you are not able to attend this year’s event but feel you would like to support Iggy, his Just Giving page will accommodate any level of donation or visit his website: http://www.alanigglesden.com