Now in its fourth year, the Liverpool Relay for Life will be held on the March 24-25 weekend to raise money for cancer research.

Last year more than $50,000 was raised in the 24-hour Cancer Council relay.

Already registered are seven teams (each team can have up to 15 people) registered who will walk as many laps as they can around the oval.

Eye of the Tiger Cubs, which was one of the first teams to register this year, has already raised $160. The team consists of Zac Rawson, Hannah and Noah Siddens and captain Grant Rawson.

The children are challenging their parents, whose own team is called Eye of the Tiger and captained by Phil Siddens. The two teams are made up of family and friends.

Last year, Zac Rawson, 5, raised about $1000 on his own.

Mr Rawson joined the kids' team to teach them what the event was all about.

"What my wife and I try to explain to my son is that the plan is for his generation not to have cancer when they're older," he said.

Mr Rawson's mother, Hazel, died of cancer last year.

"She was diagnosed with breast cancer and she survived that," he said. "She had been given the 'all clear' not long before Relay for Life last year. The week after she was diagnosed with cancer again — pancreatic — and she lasted only three months.

"Last year we did Relay for Life to celebrate the fact that Mum had beaten cancer, and this year we're doing it in her memory."

The mother and father-in-law of Mr Siddens, who is captain of the parents' team, also died of cancer.

"We do it to remember them and to raise money to help others — to find a cure through research," he said.

Mr Siddens said the combined total raised by both teams last year was about $10,000.

"We did more than 1000 laps on the day, but the kids did more of those laps than the adults," he said.

The South West Advertiser and the Liverpool Champion have been sponsors of the event since it started.