Congratulations and thank you to the 42 CRY runners who took part in the BUPA London 10,000 on Sunday May 27th 2012. Luckily the sun shone for us making it one of the hottest days of the year, although slightly too hot for running in. The first CRY runner to cross the finish line was Bill
Bingo fans at the Kingsway Club in Brighouse can claim a full house when it comes to fund-raising. A series of charity flyers which involve the club putting up the prizes and the stake money going to charity, have raised £2000. General Manager Stuart Heaton said he was delighted with the amount raised by members. “Fund
Chris Smith continued his wonderful open water swimming fundraising efforts with the Windermere Wild Challenge on Sunday 1st September. He also attended the Preston Swimming Club Presentation and represented CRY. “On the 1st September 2013 I undertook my Windermere Wild Challenge. The challenge was to swim 10.5 miles from one end of Lake Windermere in The
Our annual motorcycle trials school was held in August 2013. We had around 70 riders taking part and we had a barbecue, prize draw, a band and a bar. There was also a cake someone had donated which was decorated with the CRY logo on top – this was auctioned. The trials school was part of
Nearly 40 local people including children in buggies and happy dogs took part in an 8 mile charity walk on Sunday 25th November. The walkers set off at 9.30am from Breathing Space Spa & Studio (who organised the event) to raise money and awareness for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). The walkers (dressed
26th December 2004 Margo Wright and friends took a freezing cold dip in the sea at Redcar on Boxing Day 2004. Although the water was cold, they saw a lovely rainbow, and raised £300 for CRY.
Sudden Death Syndrome claims up to 8 young victims every week in the UK. Sporty youngsters who put stress on their heart are most at risk if they have an underlying heart problem. I lost my son Leon 3½ years ago to an undetected heart problem. Leon was always so fit, so full of life. You
We held a Hawaiian theme garden party on the 4th of July to raise awareness and funds for Kasia’s memorial fund within CRY. If it was not for CRY, we would not have known why our beautiful Kasia died. We held this event in our own garden as this is where our Kasia grew up and
On Sunday 7th July 2012 a large group took part in a 100km cycle along the Bunyan trail in Bedfordshire to raise money for two charities, CRY and the Friends of CME Trust. It was a wet day but a tremendous effort was put in by those organising and those cycling to raise a wonderful amount
Saturday 19th June was a warm sunny day, just ideal for holding the Ballynure Village Fair, the first for many years. It all kicked off at 12.30pm when music from the boy band “JAG” from Ballymena could be heard up and down the Main Street. Within no time at all, the whole village was filled with