A second memorial fun day to pay tribute to nine-year-old Northampton girl Jade Johnstone, who died suddenly last year has once again been a roaring success.

Jade collapsed and died during a swimming lesson at The Duston School in January 2008 as a result of sudden death syndrome. 

A fun day in her memory raised more than £2,000 for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) last August, and was such a success that her parents, John and Jan, decided to hold another one over the holiday weekend. 

The event was held at the Thomas Becket pub in St James, where Jade's family and friends met for a day of games and dancing. 

Jade's mother, Jan, aged 39, who was there with husband, John aged 52, said she was confident the day would hit her new fundraising target of £3,000. 

She said: "We call it Jade's Day, because it's all about her, and we are going to do it every Bank Holiday. 

"Jade was happy and healthy and going to school and then she had her swimming lesson and she died.  I want to stop that happening to another family.  As a parent, you always wonder if there's anything you could have done, but there wasn't. 

"Doing this is my way of doing something for her.  It's a happy day, it brings family and friends together." 

There was also an auction, the lots of which included balloon rides and other goodies Jan has acquired over the last few months. 

Representatives from CRY, Joan and Tony Hillier, both aged 59, were at the event to raise awareness of sudden death syndrome.  They lost their daughter, Laura, from Blisworth, to sudden death six years ago, when she was just 21. 

Joan said: "We have found through research that every week 12 healthy, young people die of undiagnosed heart problems, most of which would have been detected by an electrocardiogram (heart scan). 

Our aim is to make people aware of these heart conditions.  But this is Jade's day, it's all about Jade."