For those who like statistics: I finished in 4 hours 10 minutes. I did the first 10k in 53 minutes exactly (it was partly downhill) and the half marathon in 1 hour 55 mins. Then everything started stiffening up and I lost time having to stop to stretch. The last 10k was painfully slow (literally!). It
Reece’s grandma Jaynie Daly works within the Customer Service office. Throughout 2015 we raised money with events such as dress down days, raffles and cake baking days. Thank you to all concerned for their fantastic efforts in raising £318 for a great cause. Jaynie Daly
Binfield Football Club (near Bracknell, Berkshire) has CRY as one of its charity sponsors and the Under 10s Vikings team has the pleasure in having the CRY logo proudly on its shirt. Within the East Berks Football Association of junior football, it is the only one we are aware of that carries a charity rather than
On Sunday 22nd of May our group of over 20 people took part in the Manchester 10k for CRY in memory of Emily Rose Dunn, who sadly passed away in July last year as a result of an undiagnosed heart condition. The group, led by Emily’s parents Gordon and Sheree, consisted of a selection of Gordon’s
We all completed Cheshire Sprint Triathlon on Sunday. It was a big challenge for all of us but we did it and for such a great cause too. I personally had lots of comments on my T-shirt, the word is definitely spreading. Originally we targeted to raise £500 which would go into the Daniel Hughes Memorial
I went to a ladies fundraising night last year for CRY with a few friends. This was a charity I knew very little about, but after the evening, knew a great deal more. I do a lot of challenges throughout the year and said on that night that I would raise a few pounds for CRY
Marie Knight-Morton held a ‘Shaving Marie’s Head’ fundraising evening and raised £1,250 in memory of her best friend Margo and her daughter Mandi, Marie’s nephew Stephen and her son Lee. “I organised a charity event on 27 October 2015 in memory of my best friend Margo Wright, she died suddenly and totally unexpectedly on 19 October
I am not a particularly sporty person, but decided that the Hackney Half would be a great opportunity to raise money for a worthy cause and to increase my fitness/challenge myself. I was incredibly nervous before but nearly 13,000 people turned up to run and the atmosphere was fantastic. It was so heartwarming to see how
On Saturday 19th December 2015, five very special friends put on a ball in memory of our son Harry. 13 months previous to this date over a coffee I was asked how I felt about them organising an event to raise money and awareness for CRY. My reply was how honoured I would feel that they
We the CRY Babies had a successful cake sale and collection on Saturday and raised over £1200 for CRY. We were blessed with the weather outside our local booths in Garstang near Preston. Next Sunday we are running the Windermere marathon in memory of Matthew Hesmondhalgh who lost his life to an undetected heart condition. Matthews