Jon Cowie and Mark Hughes decided to take on the challenge of rowing the river Danube for CRY and another charity. They are the first rowers ever to attempt the 3,200km journey, which took four weeks to complete and saw them pass through ten countries between the Black Forest and the Black Sea with lots of
Throughout the busy academic year, Physiotherapy students from the University of Nottingham raised money for CRY in memory of Alex Reid – the daughter of one of the academic lecturers – who passed away suddenly last summer at the age of 16. Alex is believed to have died from a young sudden cardiac death which causes
Perhaps I should start by sharing with you where this crazy idea of throwing myself out of an airplane came from and how I come to be jumping for CRY. If I’m honest, a tandem skydive or parachute jump has always been on my ‘bucket list’. What moved it off the list into physically doing something
Body Society Exeter is a university society dedicated to keeping fit and having fun – running exercise classes each week including Zumba, Yoga and Interval Training. To conclude our year, we organised an after exams Masquerade Ball with all ticket sales going to three charities that were specially selected by members of our committee. Cardiac Risk
Andrew Jackson entered the 2013 Great Manchester Run on Sunday 26th May to raise money and awareness for CRY. He also fulfilled his childhood dream of playing cricket at Lords for the MCC Schoolboys XI against England Schoolboys – the run and then this has been a huge tonic for him and he can now put
Following the sudden death of my mum Christine Peukert on 1 November 2011 from a heart attack, I decided I wanted to do something positive and at the same time challenge myself and get a bit healthier. I decided to run The Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday 26 May 2013 in memory of my mum. I had never done a marathon
I ran the Edinburgh Half Marathon for CRY in 2 hours 44 minutes. Although I’m not a fast runner, I nevertheless did run every step of 13.1 miles and it meant a lot to know that I had so much support and encouragement. My Virgin Money Giving page – http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/LesleyYoung1 – attracted £320, making a
We held our annual Family Tennis Tournament Day, called The James Wood Memorial Trophy, on Sunday, 26th May this year. This event is held in memory of my eldest son James who died from a still undiagnosed heart problem at the age of 15, ten years ago. The aim of the day has always been to
We decided to do the race hoping it would help us get fit and raise some money. We all agreed to run for CRY in memory of my nephew Jake Carney. Surprisingly for Manchester the weather was really sunny and the atmosphere was amazing. I have never run before and hope to try and keep running
Staff from Barclays Bank supported the recent awareness and fundraising day at Mousehole, which was for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). The event was well attended by local residents as well as many visitors; and the total sum raised so far is £420. With the matched funding from Barclays this will bring the