On the 11th December at Oakham School on a foggy (and almost frozen) hockey pitch, 16 staff and 16 pupils battled it out to not only receive glory, but more importantly to raise money for the charity CRY in memory of Emma Broad, a past team mate and a friend. Everyone who was involved had a
2nd December 2012 In the six months leading up to my first marathon, I had changed jobs, moved to the other side of the world and therefore totally changed my life. However, running a marathon is something I have always wanted to do, and after years of trying to gain a place in the London Marathon,
“The outfit was officially launched at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester on Saturday 1 December ahead of the second event in the popular Revolution Series.Two-time Olympic gold medallist and five time world champion, Ed Clancy MBE, attended the launch and spent time talking to the young riders. The formation of the team, which features some
On Thursday 29th November three staff members from Custodian flew out to Kathmandu in Nepal to start their charity trek up Mount Everest. They successfully completed their challenge and have so far raised over £2,200 for CRY “The intrepid adventurers from Maidstone-based Custodian Data Centre have returned unscathed from their trek up Everest (pic shows Sam
Freya and Mary have been making and selling various craft items in memory of Rupert Spurling. Over the past few months they have raised £94. “My daughter Freya and her friend Mary have been really busy over the past few months. They love making various craft items and decided to start selling them to raise funds
“The College has had a long-standing relationship with Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) since the tragic death of 23 year old Kevin Wilson (see pic below), a former pupil and member of staff of the College who died in school in September 2006 as a result of Sudden Death Syndrome. 24 November – 2 December
November / December 2012 We were pleased to be asked if we would like to do a presentation about CRY in the Life Store and chose CRY awareness week to do it. The day we did it the weather was terrible – rain, windy and cold – so we were not very busy, only giving out
A charity football match was played on 11th November 2012 which was 2 days before the 7th anniversary of Paul’s death. £466 was raised. Both of the teams were made up of Paul’s friends and family. ‘Preston Farm Motors’ was made up of the lads who were playing the day that Paul actually collapsed and died.
Thank you and congratulations to all the CRY runners who took part in this event. Even though it was a very cold day, the music and atmosphere helped to keep everyone in good spirits. This year as previous years, CRY did not have a charity marquee at the event but set up a ‘meet-and-greet’ stand to
On the 11th October Chris Meeking and his dad set off on their trek up Mount Kilimanjaro in the memory of a family friend, Hayley Crook. Chris and his dad raised a wonderful £4,270.16 for their trek. “My Dad and I decided to take on the heights and challenges that Mt Kilimanjaro had to offer, standing