ANGLERS have raised more than £850 for charity in memory of their friend and fellow fisherman Shaun Thornton, who died of brain cancer.
Shaun, formerly of Doncaster Road, Barnsley, died in 2008, eight years after being diagnosed.
His friends hold the memorial match every year at the Sally Walsh Dam in Hemsworth and have this year raised £868 for Barnsley Riding for the Disabled.
Shaun’s wife Cheryl and son Reece both attended.
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