When I heard about the CRY cake and bake morning I decided it would be a good idea to hold one here at Charterhouse as the Charterhouse Club hold an annual MacMillan coffee and cake morning which is very successful Our café staff were very helpful and using the expertise of Monica Vovcenco we set about
On Wednesday 12th October 2016, St. Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Tean hosted a Coffee Morning in rememberance of Joe, who was a pupil at the school. The Coffee Morning was in aid of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), and they raised a remarkable £500. Many thanks to all of the parents, friends and kitchen staff
The marathon (my first ever) was great…an early, beautiful but brisk start to Sunday 09 October. I caught up with my old school friends, the two of us who were running made our way to York University on bikes (about 2 miles) and after dropping off bags we made our way to the start line. We
On Sunday 30th October 2016, 14 people made up of staff, friends/relations of staff and customers of Huws Gray Builders Merchants Telford, all took part in a sponsored ‘mudstacle’ race at Weston Park, Staffordshire. This was a 10km mud run over various obstacles and was done in memory of my daughter – Danielle Rowe, who suddenly
On Sunday 11 September 2016 Barnard Castle School held an Old Barnardians day, which brought together students past and present to compete in a variety of sporting events. The Rugby Sevens’ tournament was played in memory of Alan and eight teams competed for The Lumley Cup. Alan’s sister, Julia, put together a team of friends and
We completed the 10k Spotlight Challenge back in September and raised over £1,340 for Cardiac Risk in the Young in memory of Alexandra Reid who was a dear friend of my little sister. We were very fortunate to receive some very generous sponsorship for our run, partly because sudden cardiac death has affected so many more people
We had a good day at the Great Eastern. All runners home safely. Sadly a 31 year old man died from cardiac arrest – brings home the reality of our fundraising. The pictures are of 1) The Team, 2) Me & my 2 daughters & 3) Me & Sarah crossing the line – Sarah only had
Gary & I attended The JD Foundation Charity Ball on Friday 14th October 2016 along with Andy Scott, CRY Patron. It was a fantastic night and I would like to thank Andy Scott for taking the time to attend with us to represent CRY, he was really good company. The Charity Ball was held at Old
We had a lovely day and the event was very well supported. It has become a permanent and very popular activity in the Club’s social calendar and I’m honoured that they wish to keep James’s memory alive and also to help raise awareness of CRY at the same time. Sadly the years roll by and the
On the evening of Thursday 13th October, East Grinstead Town Football Club were host, once again, to the annual ‘Adam Dabell Memorial Cup and Trophy’ football match between Imberhorne and Sackville schools, to celebrate the life of Adam Dabell and to raise voluntary contributions to the charity ‘CRY’ (Cardiac Risk in the Young). In front of