On Sunday 11th September, Rachel Walsh took part in the Adidas Women’s 5k in Hyde Park London in memory of Shannon Powell. “I ran the 5k in around 23 minutes. There was a fairly strong wind which for most of the run, I was running into! Its my 3rd time doing this 5k, and again I
24 friends and family members climbed Mount Snowdon on the 10th September in memory of Natalie Herbert and raised an amazing £6201.81 in sponsorship. “In April 2010 Natalie Herbert passed away suddenly in her sleep. Natalie was a perfectly healthy 25 year old but through recent tests it is believed she died due to a rare
On Sunday the 4th September 2011 Rosie Edwards took part in the Shrewsbury Triathlon. “I did the triathlon yesterday and managed to complete it as I had hoped, YAY!! and PHEW!!! lol. The river swim was what I was looking forward to the most, id never done a triathlon all on my own before (iv done
Thank you and congratulations to all the CRY runners who made it on Sunday 25th September. The sun came out for us all that morning and made a hot start for our runners. CRY again did not have a stand at the event but set up a well located ‘meet-and-greet’ point – with a CRY flag
On Saturday 27th August Angie and Jack Child held a charity line dance night in memory of their son Anthony Child. “On the 27th August, we held our 7th line dance event for C.R.Y. Our very good friend Kim Ray, once again organised and hosted the evening. We also had Natalie Thurlow to sing two great
On Sunday 7th August, Putney Cricket Club held their annual 6-a-side intra-club tournament, where they were helping to raise money for CRY in memory of Emlyn Wibberley (28.11.1995 – 09.06.2010) “The event was organised in the main by Ben Brook and Trevor Ashworth, and as a ‘special’ thank you for all his hard work he has
I am enclosing some pictures from two fundraising days I have held for CRY in memory of my son Simon Jon Cullum. The first two pictures are from the Gorleston Cliff Top Gala, held on 31st July. The first picture (below left) is of me in front of the stall and the second picture (below right)
On the 16th July, 12 Glyn School students travelled up to the top of Great Britain to begin their 710mile bike ride south to finish at Glyn School on the 23rd July. Stefan Richards and Ziya Gokman represented C.R.Y. in memory of their teacher Tony Cooper, who died in school from a heart attack two years
“On Friday 15th July 2011, my brother Malcolm, his best friend Stewart and I did a parachute jump at a Cambridgeshire airfield in memory of Nicholas. It has been our ambition for years, so we thought that this was the perfect way to celebrate Malcolm’s 50th birthday and raise funds for CRY. We arrived at the
On 14th July 16 Sapphire Systems’ colleagues completed the 5k Standard Chartered Great City Race. We had a fabulous time and were very proud to have the C-R-Y T-shirts on. We have raised exactly £2,000 so far including gift aid. Everyone was very happy with their running times and Sapphire supplied some bubbly and pizza for