“This event was held in memory of Emma Broad who passed away on 22nd May 2011 at age 16. As the first anniversary was approaching, her closest friends at St George’s College in Weybridge all helped in organising this cake sale.

We charged £2 to all the sixth form students who received a CRY hockey badge – as Emma played hockey for England – and everyone added a touch of purple to their uniform – Emma’s favourite colour.

Throughout the day we sold a variety of food which Emma loved – purple iced cupcakes, cokes, crisps, Cadbury’s chocolate, and personalised bags of Emma’s favourite pick and mix sweets.

Attached are photographs of Emma in a purple dress and in her England hockey kit from a tournament in Valencia where she scored a goal just a few weeks before she passed away last year, there are also photographs of some of Emma’s friends selling food on our ‘Purple Day’.”

Victoria Amico