On the 19th June 2013 our family and some friends took part in the Lisburn Fun Run to raise money and awareness for CRY. We were very successful in our efforts and raised £2433.01. We were pleased with this amount. The reason for doing this was because on the 1st August 2011 we lost a precious
On the weekend of the 15-16th June I completed the Wiggle Mountain Mayhem 24 hour mountain bike endurance event. With heavy rain on the Friday night, the course wasn’t in the best of shape for the start of the event on the Saturday afternoon. The race started as usual with a Le Mans style run to
Claire Prosser raised £875 at a book sale outside Munson’s Coffee and Eats in South Ealing, W5, on Saturday June 15th. The money raised goes to the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund at CRY – in memory of Claire’s son Tom, who died aged 14 of an undiagnosed heart problem. It will fund heart screenings for young
Danielle West organised a charity fundraising evening with auction on Friday 14th June 2013 in memory of her friend Sam Wright. The event raised a wonderful £1,900 for CRY. “On Friday 14th June 2013, Genting Club Riverlights Derby hosted a corporate charity fundraiser. Our 70 guests enjoyed a champagne reception on arrival, before being able to
Donna Brittain (Adam’s mum) presented the Adam Middleton Award to Ross Jarvis at Warwickshire College on Monday 10th June. The award is presented annually in Adam’s memory. “I presented the Adam Middleton Award at Warwickshire College, Henley-In-Arden in memory of my son who attended as a student until his sudden death on February 3 2011 from
On 9th of June, 45 friends and family of Glen Ralston ran Maastricht’s Mooiste in our home town of Maastricht, Netherlands, in memory of Glen who died suddenly 10 years ago of a cardiac condition – most likely Brugada syndrome – at the age of 34. We chose a joyful event – Maastricht’s Mooiste – and
After 5 months of training – very long runs in the snow, rain and baking sun; and going to the gym 6 times a week – I can finally take a well deserved break as an official Tough Mudder! I’m over the moon at having completed the course in under 2 and a half hours and
On Sunday 8th June friends and family got together to run a 10k course in memory of Phil Standing. 98 runners took part and they raised a wonderful £14,000 for CRY. What a truly tremendous effort and a fitting Memorial to Phil Standing. I wish to thank Nick Karelis for organising the event along with a
The organised event went off as planned – the team travelled the 330+ miles into the Scottish wilderness on Thursday 6th June before commencing the 3 day, 335 mile epic. The route included 5954 metres of climbing – some as steep as 21%. The team were inspirational and battled through all the tests and challenges; and
On a warm evening on June 6th, CRY was privileged to be involved with a truly inspiring evening of arts and entertainment. “Song for Stevie” was organised in memory of Stevie Jivani, who tragically died from a previously undiagnosed heart condition in April 2012. She was aged just 19. The concert, which was held at the Rose