The funeral will be held on Thursday 17 September at 1pm at Kemnal Park Cemetery (A20 Sidcup By-pass, Chislehurst BR7 6RR). The family have requested family flowers only, but donations if desired to Motor Neuron Disease Association (MNDA) or the Samaritans care of Stephen P. Gay Funeral Directors, 25 Station Road, Longfield DA3 7QD.

Cameron played with the extremely successful Westcombe Park Sharks, and was a devastating back row with a fearless ability to tackle, as any slow opposition half back soon found out.

Team manager Martin Hill writes,

“One of the hardest things I've ever written.

I have three clear memories of Cameron. As a kid of 6 or 7 making him pay attention as his greatest pleasure on a cold, wet Sunday morning listening to boring coaches drone on, was to pick mud from the soles of his boots and fling it at anyone listening in, with a small grin on his face. Cameron left after several years as one of the physically smaller boys. Rugby was not his thing.

Fast forward two years and it was a Charles Atlas moment when we all stood back and said ' is that really Cameron Balfour?' - not sure what he had been eating and doing but he came back like Thor on a good day. Whenever you asked him how he was, a small grin would break out.

The final thought goes down in Sharks Folklore.

After a particularly hard fought B team game, the A squad took the pitch with instructions not to give an inch. Off sides and cheap shots rained in but the Sharks stood firm until at the back of the ruck a small voice, from under several players gave the call ' 99'.

What happened next was not a celebration of rugby but Cameron will in my eyes always be remembered, two punches later with two of the bigger opposition on their backs, and Cameron with a small grin on his face.”

Cameron will be greatly missed by all those who knew him and our thoughts and sympathies go out to his family.