The Spartans rugby tournament will be played again next February with funds raised going to help with an operation for Harry Finch.
Harry and Ollie Finch are 3-year-old twins. Harry was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 6 weeks old.
Ollie and Harry were born prematurely at 29 weeks after having twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. Harry had a couple of seizures when he was born due to the stress he was under.
Harry has cerebral palsy spastic diplegia in the muscles in his legs, making walking difficult. He is not yet able to stand or walk independently.
There is hope, however. He has been accepted for surgery at St Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri in the United States.
The surgery will give Harry a better chance of walking independently. The surgery and physiotherapy is not funded in New Zealand and will cost $NZ150,000.
Harry's mother, Bex Finch, said the family was hoping to get to the United States sometime next year and be there for six to eight weeks.
``Hopefully that will give him the best chance to walk,'' she said.
Spartans rugby tournament organiser Shane Waldron said when a friend had mentioned the cause to him and suggested getting the tournament back up and running after taking a year off, it just seemed like common sense.
``What better cause could you get. A little guy like this and helping out a local family,'' Waldron said.
Although it was early days, he said All Blacks had been in touch about wanting to be involved.
The 16-team, 10-a-side tournament was set for February 2 next year at Miller Park. Clubs could play and the Spartans would be looking to field two teams.
Fundraising would take place throughout the day, with an auction of gear and donated items to take place at night.
