SOCCER-LOVING students hold a fundraising football tournament this weekend in memory of a friend who died of epilepsy.
Last year, Teesside University physiotherapy student Robert Baldwin died suddenly from the condition, aged 19.
Determined to honour Robert's memory and to help people understand the condition, students and staff are holding the tournament to raise funds for the Epilepsy Bereaved charity.
Fifteen seven-a-side teams will face off, from noon tomorrow, at the University's Olympia Building, off Victoria Road, Middlesbrough.
Spectators are welcome to the free tournament and raffle tickets can be bought, with proceeds going to the charity.
"Everyone on our course knows each other and we were all really shocked and distressed when Robert died - it was just so unexpected," said physiotherapy student Lauren Woolley, one of the organisers of the event.
"Football was his big love, so now we can pay tribute to him and raise awareness of his condition."
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