Two ‘Silver Skydivers’ from Pembrokeshire will be joining a Welsh rugby legend to fly high for Sport Relief.

Sport Relief is back with a series of epic challenges building up to the whole nation getting moving and beating a billion steps a day, every day, from March 17 to 23.

In Wales, rugby hero Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas is leading the charge by facing up to his biggest fear.

He may be brave in every field of life - including the rugby one - but there is one thing that really terrifies the big man - heights.

So, to raise money for Sport Relief he is going to skydive from 12,000 feet and he won’t be doing it alone.

Gareth will be joined by a team of people who have never parachuted before but who all have one thing in common, they are all over 60.

One member of his team is Milford Haven’s 74-year-old Evan Newsham.

Originally from the North East of England, Evan was sent to Milford Haven for three weeks as an apprentice in the ship building industry, he met his wife during his first week and never left.

Evan worked in the Middle East for 25 years, building pipelines in the desert. Years later, his wife became ill with kidney problems and he became her full-time carer.

She sadly passed away in 2014 and since then, having more time on his hands, he’s become active again.

Evan has raised a lot of money for various charities over the years, taking part in walks, runs, the UK Three Peaks Race, a 12-mile tough mudder challenge and last year, at 74, he completed the Cardiff Half Marathon. Doing a skydive has been on his challenge list for a while.

Also joining Gareth on his skydive is Margret Lloyd, she may be 72 years old, but she is young at heart.

She was brought up in Pembrokeshire, left school at 16 and moved away. In her 40s, she decided to complete her education so enrolled with the Open University and returned to Wales.

Before retiring, she was a Quality Assurance Officer for a clinical research organisation.

After retiring she took on an allotment and does plenty of volunteering, which both bring her a lot of joy.

Since joining the University of the Third Age in Brecon, she’s been encouraged to continue her life-long learning, and even completing a short course in Astronomy.

Margaret is now worried that her time is running out. She has decided it’s time to start completing items on her ‘bucket list’.

The list includes attending a rock concert, and a demonstration protest. She’s looking forward to ticking a Skydive off her list - and making her grandchildren proud.

Recruited from the four corners of Wales, Gareth’s silver skydivers will be his support system to conquer his fear as they all take to the air.

To calm his nerves ahead of the jump, Gareth will try his hand at a range of high-altitude challenges, including mountain climbing in Snowdonia.

He will also meet his new team mates and also get a first-hand insight into what it’s like to grow older in modern Britain.

The team’s adventures will be filmed for an extra-special BBC Wales documentary ‘Gareth Thomas’ Silver Skydivers for Sport Relief’.

Gareth said: “I love a challenge, but this is going to be incredibly hard for me. My trainers are doing everything they can to help me conquer this fear but it’s going to be tough. I hope I can rise to the occasion and raise some serious money for Sport Relief in the process.”

BBC viewers will be able to see all the action unfold and find out if Gareth can face his demons in the one-off documentary that will air in March.

Gareth’s feat is just one in a long list of challenges on the cards for this year’s Sport Relief.

For the first time ever, the entire nation has been given a collective mission to beat a billion steps a day, every day from March 17 to 23, tracking their progress through the brand-new Sport Relief app.

Running, dancing, dog walking or Zumba-ing all count towards the step total as the nation comes together to raise money and help vulnerable people, across the UK and the world, to live happier, healthier and safer lives.

For more information on how to get involved with this year’s Sport Relief campaign, download the Sport Relief App for free or go to sportrelief.com