INTREPID youngsters from Stourbridge Rugby Club will cycle 21 miles - including a stretch in pitch black - in memory of a former junior player this weekend.

Eighteen players from Stourbridge RFC under-9s will ride from Mary Stevens Hospice to Birmingham Children's Hospital via Dudley and Birmingham canals.

The trek - which includes a 1.5mile stretch in the pitch dark tunnel at Netherton - is being undertaken in memory of former Stourbridge RFC junior Tom Mole.

Tom, 14, died at BCH in April of this year after a short illness.

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