A LITTLE lad was overwhelmed when he turned up at a surprise party held at his ‘home from home.’

Curtis Sutton, from Weymouth, has a reason to celebrate- he is now five years cancer free.

But he had no idea that a bash was being thrown in his honour.
The nine-year-old scooter rider partied with his friends at his favourite place- The Front Skatepark. 

The party was organised by Curtis’ parents and his former teacher, Lisa Kille.
Samantha Sutton, Curtis’ mother, said: “He had no idea.

“We got all his friends down here and they all hid in the ramp room.

“The skatepark managers gave them an hour in the park to themselves.”

A banner was pulled up at the skatepark with pictures of Curtis to celebrate the milestone and his parents surprised him further with a brand new scooter.

Curtis was just three years old when he was diagnosed with Wilms’ tumour, a cancer of the kidney.

Samantha said: “He first of all had to have six weeks of chemotherapy to shrink the tumour.

“Then he had a seven-hour operation which removed the kidney and the tumour with it.

“After that, he had a further six months of chemotherapy.

“It has been five years clear of treatment - he finished his treatment in March 2011.”

The type of cancer Curtis had is very rare, with only 70 cases diagnosed every year in the UK.

Since completing his treatment, the young survivor has found a passion for riding a scooter and has become a regular at The Front Skate Park in Weymouth.

Samantha said: “It all started when he came along for a friend’s birthday party and it’s gone on from there.

“We’re down here pretty much every day now.”

Lisa Kille, a former teacher of Curtis at St Andrew’s School, Preston, runs the skatepark with her husband.

She helped put together Curtis’ party two weeks ago and sees her former pupil regularly as he shoots off up and down the skatepark’s many ramps.

The Front Skatepark is a charity, set up in 2001 to provide an extreme sports facility for youngsters.