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Articles from regional publications - West Midlands (2007/08)

CRY aims to keep you in touch with media interest in healthcare awareness of Sudden Death Syndrome.  All articles have been sent in by the families concerned or by a press cuttings agency, and CRY has permission to reproduce the articles.

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Date

Regional  publication

Article title

     
     
     

20/10/08

Shropshire Star

MP gets behind the work of group

Telford MP David Wright met bereaved families to launch a new campaign to highlight the number of deaths from conditions which cause sudden cardiac death in the young. 

24/09/08

Heartland Evening News

Charity is a real winner

A charity close to a community's heart was the real winner after a super-successful fun quiz and mega raffle. 

02/09/08

Birmingham Mail

On the ball in teen's memory

Hundreds of family and friends of a tragic footballer who collapsed and died during a training session turned out to honour him at a charity match. 

27/08/08

Birmingham Mail

Players kick off in memory of Anton

Former friends and team mates of a footballer who collapsed and died while training are to play a match in his memory, a year on from his untimely death. 

25/08/08

Express & Star

Charity game is a tribute to tragic player

A charity football match will be staged to mark the first anniversary of the death of a teenage Walsall FC player who collapsed on the training pitch.  Friends of Anton Reid will play a match at Rushall Olympic's ground next week. 

31/07/08

Heartland Evening News

Live music charity gig for CRY fund

The Railway Tavern in Nuneaton is to be filled with local talent for a Charity Gig on Saturday in memory of Claire Keen who died three years ago of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - or Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, aged 27. 

22/07/08

Shropshire Star

Team raises £500 for tragic player's charity

Young footballers with a Telford Junior League side helped raise £500 in memory a 15-year-old former team-mate, Luke Morris, who died from a rare heart defect. 

24/06/08

Express & Star

Graham has it all mapped out

Walsall geography teacher Graham Collins is preparing to cycle the gruelling 1,000-mile route from Land's End to John O'Groats in memory of Katrina Brown.   

26/05/08

Express & Star

Lecturer in cycle ride

Mat Wilson, a laboratory director, is in training for the world's toughest cycle ride, Race Across America, and has received endorsement from TV star David Walliams. 

23/05/08

Express & Star

Cycling epic in America

Endurance athlete Clive Middleton is planning to take part in the Race Across America event next month as part of a four-man team with help from Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre gym manager Paul Taylor.

05/05/08

The Sentinel

Friends pitch in to remember PC Andy

Father-of-two Andy Hill, based at Burslem police Station, died in November after collapsing following a game of football with colleagues.  Friends and colleagues took to the pitch for an event in his memory. 

09/04/08

The Sentinel

Heart of Gold

Runner Phil Butler is tackling the London Marathon in memory of his 16-year-old son Nathan, who died from an undiagnosed heart condition. 

24/03/08

Express & Star

Teenagers step on it for charity bike ride

Two big-hearted teenagers are seeking sponsorship for a charity bike ride.  Sophie Lockley and Grace Collins are getting into shape for a marathon cycle ride in aid of CRY.  

03/03/08

Birmingham Mail

Heart tests dedicated to tragic Alison

Parents Evelyn and John Linforth, whose 16-year-old daughter Alison collapsed and died from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, raised thousands of pounds to organise a special testing day in Longbridge on Saturday. 

28/02/08

Birmingham Mail

Saving lives for Alison

Parents of a Birmingham teenager who died from adult cot death on her first day of college are preparing to help save other lives in her memory. 

16/02/08

The Weekly News

I was suffering from hidden heart condition

I couldn't believe what the cardiologist was telling me and, at first, I thought he was being overly dramatic.  After all I was an international athlete, who'd represented England in the 400m hurdles at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. 

12/02/08

Birmingham Mail

Dad takes plight to Downing Street

A pioneering charity battling to stop Sudden Death Syndrome striking down young people is to meet leading politicians in Downing Street. 

31/01/08

Walsall Advertiser

Football needs to act to show senseless deaths the red card

The trauma of a footballer dying north of the border while in action is a painfully familiar scenario for the people of Walsall. 

14/12/07

Birmingham Mail

Santa's home right on your doorstep

For 11 months of the year it's an ordinary semi, but with Christmas on the doorstep, Alan Weavin's home is transformed into a winter wonderland as he raises hundreds of pounds for CRY,

17/11/07

Express & Star (Walsall)

Boy's fundraising effort (Daniel cooks up a cash treat)

When Aldridge youngster Daniel Batchelor heard that a fundraising campaign in aid of his neighbour was under way he told his mother he wanted to help out by baking and then selling cakes. 

     

 

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