On the May Bank Holiday weekend, a big group of cyclists took on the Tour De Kent, an event dreamt up by Roger Maddams in memory of his son Jack. The event was a great success and you can read Roger’s write-up below as well as the thoughts of other riders that took part in the
On the 3rd of March 2000 my mum (left) passed away after experiencing a cardiac arrest when I was just 5 months old. As a result of this, I am screened annually at Great Ormond Street Hospital. As I have grown up I have begun to take more and more interest in the condition that my
After my son David died in December 2010, ‘Team David’ was formed to run the Bognor 10k in his memory. This was a run he had participated in, in previous years. In 2013, Team David ran again for the third year, raising money and awareness for CRY. Thirty runners turned up – some new and others
More than £1700 has been raised for the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund and CRY by members of the Munson’s Coffee Running Crew. Panayiotis Sinnos – barista at ‘Munson’s Coffee and Eats’ in St Mary’s Road, Ealing – Vicky Pearson and her niece Lucy Gillett took part in the Ealing Eagles 10k at Gunnersbury Park on Sunday
On Friday 17th May, Andy Wilsher held a Tribute night at the Witham Public Hall in memory of Thomas Fleetwood. He performed numbers from Michael Buble and Robbie Williams and the night raised a wonderful £2,776 for the charity. “On Friday we held a Michael Buble & Robbie Williams tribute night. 230 guest attended and the
The CRY Golf Day at Woodlands Manor Golf Club, Kent took place on Monday 13th May. We were very fortunate with the weather and even enjoyed spells of sunshine during the day! We had 15 teams take part in the competition and everybody enjoyed themselves even if they weren’t so happy with their final scores! Well
On Sunday the 12th of May I ran the Sheffield Half Marathon in what was my second Half Marathon but first fundraising effort. I wanted to run for CRY after losing my dad, Ian Taylor – a fit, seemingly healthy young man – to a sudden cardiac arrest far too young; and also because the idea
On Saturday 11th May, Dane Davies took on the World’s Largest Assault Course in memory of Gregg Shoults, his friend’s brother who sadly passed away. He completed the course and raised a wonderful £800 for CRY. As soon as I saw that Burghley House was putting on the World’s Largest Assault Course, in association with Rat
We all enjoyed a different, but very entertaining, sporting evening in the Musgrave, in early May. John Inverdale and Simon Halliday came up to ‘talk sport’ to the guests; and Inverdale showed why he was catapulted into frontline sports presenting with consummate story-telling and anecdotes from the past.
Mannings Heath Hotel near Horsham played host on Friday 10th May, to a fundraising gig in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young. ‘Murdoch’s Crazy Eyes’ provided the music for the evening for free in order to support the charity and a total of £2,000 was raised for CRY. Rob Pope, who plays keyboards in the