A darts team has raised nearly £2,000 for a cancer charity in memory of its longest serving player.

The Old Rectory Dart Team held the charity fundraiser for Kevin Green in the Old Rectory, Leybourne on February 22.

Kevin, who was affectionately known as Mr Christmas due to the joy he brought to hundreds of people when decorating his home with twinkling lights every year, died after a long battle with cancer on December 15.

In his memory, The Old Rectory Dart Team completed a darts challenge with the goal of playing for 12 hours or reaching 100,000 points. You can donate here.

The event, which was attended by around 50 people, managed to raise around £1,700 for cancer charity Macmillan, and reached the target of 100,000 points in six hours.

Adam Stewart, who helped to organise the challenge, said: “Kevin’s always wanted to do this event so we thought we would do it in his memory.

“He would have loved it. Biggest character we had I reckon.”

Another player, Shaun Lee, said: “Kevin was always a part of the team when most of us joined, he would have been one of the original members.

“He always turned up at the event and matches despite some of his ill-health - he was always here to support.”

Kevin’s wife Pat said: “The team supported him really well through his illness. And they’ve been brilliant ever since.”

In January, Pat, paid tribute to her “one-of-a-kind” husband who helped bring joy every year to hundreds of people who knew him as Mr Christmas.

She said: “He would do anything for anybody that asked him. There's so much I could say – I was honoured to be his wife.”

The pair met through Gingerbread, a social group for single parents to support one another.

He would do anything for anybody that asked him

They were so smitten that within two months of dating, he proposed on New Year’s Eve.

On April 20, 1989, they married and “my life finally began”, added Pat.

Kevin was born in Grimsby and moved to Tovil, near Maidstone, when he was five.

He was an avid petrolhead and started out as a mechanic, eventually becoming a manager of a garage.

The couple spent the last three decades decorating their home in Oak Drive with dozens of twinkling lights.

Every year, people were invited to see the switch-on and more than £10,000 has been raised for charity.

Their last ever event, on Sunday, December 1, saw around 1,000 people turn up, along with a local choir and an ice cream van.