“In October 2011 my best friend Kyle Hancock passed away in his sleep, due to sudden adult death syndrome. After a few months of losing Kyle, I decided I needed to do something to raise money for CRY, so I asked Kyle’s family, my family and also some friends to see if they would come along
Mrs Norfolk has been holding fundraising events throughout 2012 in the memory of her nephew James Cody. These events culminated in a quiz night on Friday 20th July. A wonderful £2,230 has been raised for CRY. “All of the events were a great success raising a lot of money for a well deserved charity. Organising the
On Sunday 8th July 2012, Mark Blease took part in the British London 10k in memory of his brother Mathew. He completed the run in 1 hour and 4 minutes and raised a wonderful £515.00 for CRY. I wasn’t really actively looking for sponsorship but wanted to give some more back to CRY for all the
On Saturday 28th July 2012 two events were held to raise money in memory of Simon Cullum. A stall was held at the Gorleston Clifftop Gala and Tony Norman held a Boxercise class with all money from both going to the Simon Cullum Memorial Fund. “On 28th July Tony Norman of Tonys Boxercise did an 8hr
“Friday 6th July I depart Chester to get on the train to Stoke on Trent where I await the arrival of Sara, Sarah, Ni and Rach. Unfortunately due to a slight hitch with regards to receiving the wrong car, I wasn’t picked up at the estimated time of 7 but 8.40pm. This then changed the plan
Malcolm Smithers and Brian Penniall successfully managed to complete their Pau to Barcelona sponsored bike ride as part of a 16 man cycling team. Reported to be one of the hardest events they’ve ever taken part in, they experienced 400 miles of temperatures at times exceeding 40 degrees; 15% gradients up to 3 hours at a
On Monday 4th June a group of friends and family walked the Bridgnorth Walk (www.bridgnorthwalk.org) in memory of Adam Green and have raised a wonderful amount of approximately £2,000. “The full walk for 14 to 39 year olds (and anyone 40 and over who wishes to complete the full route is 22 miles) and goes to
“On 27th May 2012 the Ministers rock cover band helped raise money for CRY to go towards heart screening tests through Olivia Raby’s Memorial Fund and raised £364.72. We sadly lost Olivia on May 22nd 2008 and wanted to get all her family and friends together to celebrate her life and carry on her memory throughout
“I’m pleased to report that all went well during last weeks Edinburgh half marathon. Fortunately the 08:00 start time meant that we were nearly half way around before the sun broke through (a rare event here), however the last 3 miles was a little punishing! My official course time was 1:49:30, a full 30 seconds ahead
As part of a series of charity events in memory of Dale Butler and to raise awareness of heart conditions, a group of five took part in a tandem sky on Sunday, 13th May at Hinton Skydiving Centre, Brackley in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). The Skydive for CRY 5, Deborah Goodwin, Alan