Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

This year I'm proudly representing "Team Jones" in memory if Malcolm Jones. I've played alongside Cam in past events, so honoured to be playing in his Grandads memory.

For those who know us well, you'll know that we as a family have been directly affected by cancer far too many times and have once again recently been struct a couple of blows in the family, with someone close being taken away far too soon and other fighting this relentless disease. I would therefore appreciate anything you can give to my page and this great cause to support and help out any family struggling during this incredibly difficult time.

Team Jones story below:

💜 MALCOLM JONES 💜

My grandad was a lovely, kind, caring man who loved his football - he supported Portsmouth, and his hometown team Mansfield. He loved a good curry, we used to go after the games when we could. He also served in the Navy from a young age.

He had a heart of gold and was full of energy. He was well known for his jokes that were not really that funny, but you laughed otherwise he’d end up explaining it repeatedly, and his over exaggerated stories.

Unfortunately, he had a stroke back in May 2022 which started everything off, but after our family constantly asked the doctors and hospital to run tests, they firstly did some others and said it was all these different things, and when they finally did the tests, we asked for it was too little too late.

In October he took more of a turn and became bed bound, he put up a good fight, holding on till his favourite day of the year which was the 5th of November - Bonfire night - and for the first night in a long time he was smiling and sitting up to watch me and a few family members out the window with sparklers. He passed the morning of the 6th.

He will never be forgotten, and it will be a pleasure to step out onto that pitch every game in honour of his memory.