A fundraiser in aid of The Prostate Cancer Charity is to be held at King's College Great Hall on Saturday, 10 March. The dinner, hosted by the Hawks' Club, will feature the entertaining Sandy Strang as speaker.

Tickets for this event are £30 for students (£8 of each ticket goes to the charity) and £40 for non students (£18 of each ticket goes to the charity). Tickets can be collected from the Hawks' Club, 18 Portugal Place, or by e-mailing ajmugan@btinternet.com.

The pre-dinner reception begins at 7.15pm (for 7.30pm) followed by a 3 course dinner and wine. This is a black tie/ blazers event.

The Prostate Cancer Charity was established in 1996 and is the largest charity focused specifically on prostate caner. They have invested nearly £5 million in medical research and have supported thousands of men and their families. Prostate Cancer Awareness Week runs from March 19-25 and aims to raise the profile of prostate cancer in the public and the media.

The Hawks' Club, for men Blues, was founded in 1872 by members of the University of Cambridge. It was created to bring together sporting excellence from across many different fields of sport, and continues to provide a fellowship for the University's Olympians, International and Varsity representatives.

Sandy Strang is a popular and entertaining after dinner speaker who attended Churchill College from 1969-1972. He won a blue playing for the university football team at the 1970 Varsity match at Wembley. As a journalist he has written columns for The Herald, The Sun and Scotland on Sunday.

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