On Sunday 21st May 2017, me and my husband Stewart took part in a 5km Inflatable Obstacle Race at Wolverhampton Race Course. This was a run over 12 obstacles and was done in memory of my daughter – Danielle Rowe, who suddenly lost her life to sudden cardiac death in May 2016 at the age of
A year ago on the 14th January 2016, Amanda and I received a horrific phonecall from our best friend Claire. She broke the shocking news that her best friend and sister Cheryl had suddenly died without any warning or illness……..she just didn’t wake up from a nights sleep. Cheryl left a massive hole in her family
On Monday 1st May, a group of Joe’s friends did a sponsored walk around Dovedale in the Peak District, to raise money in memory of Joe. At least the rain held off for their 6-mile walk! The total is yet to be confirmed due to the collection of sponsor money, but this is all being
The Platform Project Awards are an annual awards ceremony held by Level 6 Events Management students from Sheffield Hallam University during the Live Event Management module, in order to celebrate the success of the whole year group’s efforts in the planning and delivering charity events. In 2017 Eventscape hosted the event (made up of students Ellie
On Friday 5th May the men’s and women’s cricket teams from University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University went head to head in their annual T20 Cricket Varsity matches. For the 5th year the competition was in held in memory of Tommy Hardman. Tommy was a former Leeds Beckett Student and exceptional cricket player who sadly
Thank you and congratulations to the 21 CRY runners who took part in the Vitality London 10,000 on Monday 29th May 2017, including CRY Patron Bill Neely who completed the course in 40 minutes and 50 seconds! The weather was very humid but the buzzing atmosphere in Green Park seemed to give the CRY team the
On the 24th November ‘An Evening with Gordon Banks’ was hosted at the Mercure Maidstone Great Danes hotel in memory of James Colman. This special evening was to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of England’s World Cup victory. Guests enjoyed a photo meet-and-greet session and three course meal before sitting back to listen to the legendary
A 10th charity match was held on 30 April 2017 in memory of Graeme Blenkinsop who passed away on 4 August 2006. In addition Mark Curtis held a sponsored head and face shave having not had his hair cut or shaved for 9 months. The match as usual ended in a draw and all participants and
On Saturday 13th May Ryan Bowers, Gemma Pinchin, Louise Brockway and Ellie O’Neill took part in the Tough Mudder Half raising money for CRY on behalf of Leanne Brownhill (Little Red). All the people of Ludlow Shropshire have already amazingly raised nearly £800 and the donations are still coming in! It was the hardest yet most
My Ultra Journey… Most people haven’t and won’t experience what a Double Ironman is like as an event – I wanted to give a quick overview of my race experience to allow others who might have never considered ultra events the chance to step into the unknown as I did on Saturday morning. The race