THE son of a Middlewich man who was killed pursuing his hobby says his father would be humbled that his name is to be immortalised.

The Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue organisation has decided to name a system of communication relays after Bill Malloy, of Rushton Drive, who died after falling 50ft over a precipice in Snowdonia five months ago.

The decision was announced at the weekend when Bill's son Andrew presented a cheque for £4,600 to the rescue team that spent 10 hours in treacherous conditions recovering his father's body and rescuing fellow climbers in April.

Andrew, 31, said: "The Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation has decided to spend the money raised from a sponsored walk we did last month on a system of communication relays.

"It has decided to name these relays The Bill Malloy Relays."

Andrew, of Bond Street in Northwich, said he was 'extremely touched' by the decision and feels his father would have been greatly humbled.

He said: "My dad would do anything to help people so this is very appropriate.

"He would be looking down now and thinking 'why are they making all this fuss?' He would have been very humbled."

He added: "My mother was very choked when I told her what they had decided to do.

"It's just so wonderful to think that his name will go on forever now and in connection with something he loved so much.

"We were determined to do something in his memory, perhaps a yearly event, but this is perfect."

On Saturday Andrew and a group of friends walked at Tryfan, the mountain point where 58-year-old Bill died.

He said: "I was thinking about him a lot on Saturday because I was looking right up to the point where he fell and I thought about when I was up there too. It was upsetting but I think I would like to go up there again at some point."