Football will kick-start fund-raising in memory of tragic Tom

Tom Fellows (19), of Bramley, died after suffering a burst aorta, which was caused by coarctation of the aorta — a narrowing of the heart’s main artery — that he was totally unaware of.

His family and friends will hold two football matches at Oakwood High School — where Tom was a pupil — top raise money for the British Heart Foundation’s campaign to install a new echocardiogram scanner at Rotherham Hospital.

A children’s match will kick-off at 11.30am and an adults’ game at noon on Saturday.

The family will be charging £10 per adult to take part and children can join in for a donations.

Teams will be picked on the day and there will be a raffle drawn in The Brentwood pub afterwards.

For more information or if you would like to donate to the family’s campaign visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Sue-Fellows.