A BIKER'S dying wish was fulfilled after friends and family raised money for the hospice that nursed him during his last days.
When Phil Green from Cwmbran was diagnosed with cancer and treated at the St Anne's Hospice in Malpas, he vowed to recover and raise raise money for them.
Unfortunately, the 47-year-old father from Teynes Street, Coed Eva, never recovered and died on December 15 last year - just 11 weeks after being diagnosed with cancer in the lining of his lung.
On Monday Mr Green's wife Tracey, his 16-year-old son Martyn, parents John and Margaret along with members of the Iron Horses motorbike club - of which he was a keen member - visited the hospice to hand over a cheque for £1,100.
The money was raised from family and friends who were asked to make a donation instead of buying flowers for the funeral.
Cash came from as far afield as Germany, Italy, Hungary and Belgium where Mr Green was well known among the biking community.
Mrs Green said of St Anne's: "We can't have paid them enough money for what they done."
Lee Ansall, secretary of the Iron Horses motorbike club, said: "Bikers are not seen as the best people around but that is not true and this has proven that."
Sister Berenice O-Dwyer, of St Anne's Hospice, said: "It was very sad what happened to Phil but some good has come out of it - we are delighted with donations from the public and long may it continue."
If anybody would like to make a donation to the hospice they can contact their fundraising office on
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