A BOWDON teenager organised a chairty concert in memory of his friend who died of cancer.

Jack Noon, 18, and a music student at Manchester College, spent six months organising the event, which took place at city centre nightclub Satan’s Hollow last Sunday, for Chad Mullholland.

Chad, 17, and a former Altrincham Boys Grammar School (ABGS) pupil, lost his battle against Hodgkin’s disease, which originates from white blood cells and affects the lymph glands, last August, just days after attaining top grades in his maths A-level.

Jack said: “My relationship with Chad was simple. We were really good friends. I regret to say, I didn't see him nearly as much as I should in his later days, but for good reason, I was really scared to go to the hospital and see him, because I didn't want to see him in a bad condition.

“I just really wanted to remember him for the lively, hilarious, witty boy that he was. He touched my heart so much, as he did with hundreds of other people, I'm sure.

“Chad, was really into his music, and before he died, we were in the process of starting up a new band together, but the more he had to go into hospital, the harder that became. So I decided to organise this event in his honour, to raise money for the charities which had helped him.

“Hopefully no-one will ever have to go through what Chad, his family, and friends, all went through along with him.”

So far the concert has raised £470 Cancer Research UK, Christie's, and Macmillan Cancer Support, with money still to be collected from online sales and collection buckets.

The event, called the Cow Vs Cancer Festival, was held as part of a 'Chads Challenge' which has been put together by Chad’s mum, Michelle, and Gill Williamson, the sixth form administrator at ABGS, to raise money for various charities, the main focus being the Young Ongology Unit at the Christie Hospital where Chad received much of his treatment.

There is a group on social networking website, facebook, dedicated to Chad’s menory called ‘Chad Mulholland - Dearly Missed’.