Ilminster man gives up booze for cancer charity

Ilminster man gives up booze for cancer charity

8:00am Monday 13th January 2014 in News

A RETIRED plumber is going teetotal to inject much-needed cash into cancer research.

Michael Drayton, 64, said he decided to take on the month-long Dryathlon challenge, both to fund the charitys lifesaving work and in memory of his brother-in-law, who lost his battle with cancer in March last year.

Michael, of Listers Hill, Ilminster, said the hardest part is going to be cutting out the temptation to pick up a glass of his favourite red wine.

He told the News: I just thought I would give it a go because all the money goes towards research and my daughter, who works for the charity, said there are lots of promising things coming through.

My friends would tell you that I am partial to a drop of red wine so giving that up will be a bit of a wrench for me.

Every hour, more than three people are diagnosed with cancer in the South-West, according to Cancer Research UK.

Last year, across our region, 2,000 people signed up to the challenge, helping too raise 155,561.

Dryathlon challenges those with enough willpower to drop the drink and people can get sponsored by family, friends and work colleagues or simply donate the money they save by going dry during January.

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