On Saturday 22nd June we held a sports day in memory of our friend Clarissa Nicholls who died last May whilst hiking in France.

Clarissa was extremely sporty, winning all the sports day races and breaking every school record. With this in mind we decided to hold a sports day in her memory to raise money for CRY.

The sports day included lots of fun sports games that we used to participate in when we were at prep school together. Including: egg and spoon, wheelbarrow, beanbag balance, 3 legged race, sack race, long jump, 20 metre sprint, ball throw and a tug of war to end the day.

Over 50 of us attended the event and we all got very stuck in, including the parents and our old prep school sports teacher! Everyone put their full effort in and it all became quite a competitive sports day with lots of laughter and fun.

Half way through the day we had a picnic lunch break. It was great to see Clarissa’s different friendship groups all coming together and keeping her memory and sportiness going.

We had CRY banners, leaflets, stickers and t-shirts all around and had a few members of the public, not involved, giving donations and enquiring about our event.

We raised a total of £620.20! We are delighted that this money will go towards CRY to help prevent young sudden cardiac deaths through awareness, screening and research, and supporting affected families. Everyone was absolutely exhausted by the end, with only a few grazes and pulled muscles! It was such a great event and we hope to hold it again next June. Thank you very much to CRY for all of your support!