On behalf of his club’s 22 members, he’ll hand over a cheque for $1000 to the medical staff of Calvary Mater Newcastle.

It’s not a huge donation, but in the battle against prostate cancer, every little bit helps.

“Hopefully, the money can go some way towards helping to find a cure for prostate cancer,” Mr Courtney, of Bonnells Bay, said.

The snooker club members know a thing or two about the Mater.

Last year, they lost a member to prostate cancer. He had been undergoing treatment for the condition at the hospital.

For a period, he was being treated at the Mater at the same time as Mr Courtney, who has been battling prostate cancer for nine years.

Mr Courtney has also had his battles with bowel cancer.

So when the snooker club came to make a decision about what to do with its $1000, there was no hesitation.

“We run raffles at the country club on a Sunday night, and sometimes on a Friday, to raise money for our trophies and a few other things,” Mr Courtney said.

“When we saw we had $1000 that was surplus to our requirements, the committee made the unanimous decision to put the money to good use.”

Mr Courtney has had his prostate removed, but is still a patient at the Mater.

“I’ve just had six weeks of radiation therapy and on August 4 I go back to see how I’m progressing,” he said.

“But I’m going fine for 76.”

Mr Courtney said the snooker club members were to be commended.

“They’re a great bunch of blokes and they range in age from my age down to 26,” he said.

Women are welcome to join the club, and have been members in the past, he said.

“All of the blokes come from different walks of life and professions. There are engineers, a draftsman, labourers and we had a doctor playing with us at one stage.”

The club members play on the tables at the back of the auditorium in Morisset Country Club.