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A brave youngster has been showing off his magic skills as he prepares for a starring role at a charity football match.

Ten-year-old Lewis Fuller, of Pook Farm, Biddenden, and Connor Embery, seven, from Southgate Road, Tenterden, who have both battled cancer, will lead out the teams at the match later this month.

This week the pair tried out a stretch limousine, the mode of transport that will take them to the kmfm Charity Challenge Cup at Ashford Town’s Homelands ground on Sunday, April 26.

Connor, a pupil at Tenterden Junior School, has been fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system and had to spend Christmas in hospital.

And just over a year ago, on April 15, 2008, Lewis, a pupil at John Mayne Primary School, was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer.

Both boys have had encouraging results from recent hospital check-ups and are in remission.

While in hospital, Lewis’s dad Jason Fuller, a director of a civil engineering company, went to Hamleys toy shop in London and bought a magic set.

Little did he know what effect it would have. Lewis said: “I really took to it and on the same day a magician came into the hospital and showed me how tricks are done.

“Once I started, I really enjoyed it and the more everyone laughs, the more I get into it.”

Lewis practises for hours, learning new tricks and amazes everyone around him. Over the past year, Lewis and his family have raised £21,000 for the Bone Cancer Research Trust, the Padua Ward at the William Harvey Hospital and University College Hospital in London.

At the kmfm Charity Challenge Cup, Connor, an Arsenal fan, and Lewis, a Manchester United supporter, will lead out the two teams – Neil “Razor” Ruddock’s celebrity 11 and an Ashford Town past and present side – in front of up to 3,000 people.

The game is in aid of Pilgrims Hospices and Clic Sargent.

On Tuesday, A Touch of Class Limousines took the boys and family members to Eastwell Manor, which has donated a dinner and an overnight stay for two in its deluxe manor bedroom.

Tickets for the kmfm Charity Challenge Cup cost £7.50 for adults and £3 for children, available from Homelands on matchdays, the Kentish Express and kmfm reception in North Street, Ashford, or from Gary Kirton by calling 07850 747198.