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
A good night was had by all with six acts in total: Act 1 – Rita read a poem in Pam Ayres style that she had written about CRY and the fundraising events held by ‘Team Matt’ and the people who helped support Matt’s fund. Act 2 – Jasmine sang beautifully Adele’s “When we were young”
This is the third charity swim I’ve organised over the last three terms; the first one supporting Teenage Cancer Trust and second for Brain Tumour Research. I chose CRY on this occasion in memory of two sorely missed Berkhamsted School Boys, Harry Faulkner (February 2013) and Alex Hubbard (December 2014). The support from the
We decided to walk the 100k as a personal challenge to us all. We were keen walkers but had never done over 50 miles before. We all knew people who had suffered from heart problems and more recently my friends nephew who had collapsed while training. A number of the young athletes I train with
On the 15th April an open day at Mrs P’s Take Your Pick was held in remembrance of Aston Banbury. We raised £215 pounds. Thanks to all the people that helped on the day with the penalty shoot out, duck in the stream, rifle shooting, tombola, raffle, bric-a-brac, tea, coffee, cake, a hog roast and walks
Myself and my boyfriend James raised £500 in aid of this great charity by running the Paris Marathon. It was a mega challenge, especially for James who’d never done any long distance running before. The marathon was on an unbelievably hot day and therefore felt like you were pushing through a wall of heat. But it