Cambuslang Rugby Club boss 'humbled' by support in charity match for Amber McRae

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Cambuslang Rugby Club boss Gavin Blackburn admits he was ‘humbled’ when rugby pals from across the country arrived in numbers to raise money for little Amber McRae.Amber is only five but has already undergone over 20 operations due to spina bifida, and her parents have renovated their East Kilbride home to accommodate a downstairs wet room and bedroom for their daughter, and an outside decking area.Blackburn has been fundraising for months, and undertook a run from East Kilbride to Ayr, as well as organising the game at Coates Park on Saturday, May 11, which has taken the total to over £4000 as they chase a £5k total.Blackburn said: “It was a game between ourselves and an invitational team and guys arrived from all over the country to play.“There were guys from Berwick, Jed-Forest, Ayr, all over the place, really, to play against a Cambuslang first team.“Everybody made a really good effort for it, for a good cause, and I’m pretty humbled by it, to be honest.“The day went really well, it was pretty well attended, over £800 was raised on the raffle, I think, though we’ve still to get a total on it, and the weather was perfect, you couldn’t have scripted it.“It showed that this is a cause that means a lot to a lot of people.“We’re still to get a total on it, but we’re well over £4000 now, so I’m going to leave the page open for another couple of weeks, and hope that we get another few donations.”Work is well underway to adapt Amber’s family home and Blackburn added: “The renovations are done.

I think it’s just finishing touches now.“It looks great, Amber’s really enjoying it, in the sense of she has that freedom to go out the back on the decking area, and she has a bedroom downstairs.