AMATEUR rugby league players are tackling the gruelling Yorkshire Three Peaks for charity.

A 20-strong group from Keighley Albion is taking part in the challenge, on Saturday, February 27.

The aim is to raise £2,000, which will be split between Manorlands and the club.

Members hope to complete the route – which takes in Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough – in under ten hours.

"We are in pre-season training at the moment so we're reasonably fit but some of the lads have been getting in some walking," said Albion open-age coach, Andrew Stokes, 36, who lives at Laycock.

"I've never done the Three Peaks before and I'm looking forward to the challenge.

"Manorlands was a popular choice to benefit because a lot of people have lost family members or friends to cancer and the hospice does a fantastic job.

"I lost my mother-in-law to cancer a couple of years ago and she was at Manorlands.

"Also, the club lost young Callum (Mynott) to the disease last year, so it is a cause very close to our hearts."

Callum, 17, died in October.

He had successfully battled cancer seven years earlier, but the disease returned.

Anyone wishing to give support can donate directly to the hospice.

Keighley Albion, which is based at Crossflatts, has more than 300 young players on its books.

It has also just launched Albion Antz, for three-to-six-year-olds.