A team of five will be participating in the Butterfield Half Marathon on Sunday to raise money for Guernsey Motor Neurone.

​The team consists of brothers Ben and Matt Holland, Vito Priore, and daughter-father duo, Jenny and Dave Rowlinson.

The Holland brothers have taken on the challenge having lost their mother Sam to MND earlier this year.

Meanwhile Mr Rowlinson has been helped by GMN for a number of years as he has a neurodegenerative disease similar to Motor Neurone Disease.

Ben, Matt, Vito, and Jenny will be assisting him around the course in a specially adapted wheelchair, which will provide an “extra challenge” according to ​Butterfield Bank, which has waived the team’s entry fees into Sunday’s race.

The team had set a fundraising goal of £1,000 to be raised, but as of writing that’s already been surpassed, and is currently sitting at just under £1.2k. 

Pictured: The team has already surpassed their target of funds raised, but are still looking to go above and beyond in the name of charity this Sunday.

You can find out more, and donate on their Giving.gg page HERE. 

For anyone taking part in the Butterfield Half Marathon, you can collect your race numbers this evening between 18.00 and 20.00 at Footes lane, or on Saturday from 10.00 to 12.00 at the Inner Street in the Market Building. Entry to take part closes tomorrow at 17:00.

The half marathon starts at 09.00 on Sunday. The race starts from L’eree, and the finish line is on the St Peter Port seafront near the former information office.