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
On July 2011 my very close friend Gary Pope passed away suddenly from Sudden Cardiac Death. After a couple of months, I and a group of friends began to look for something that we could do in his memory, to raise money for CRY and, just as importantly, to show his family how much Gary had
A team of five intrepid cyclists from the Radisson Blu Durham has raised £2000 for charity as part of a nationwide bike relay by the 31 Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson hotels across the UK. Over 150 cyclists worked together to complete a 1300+ mile relay between each hotel, starting in Scotland on 6th
Congratulations and a huge “thank you” to all who ran the 2012 Virgin London Marathon in aid of CRY, on Sunday 22nd April 2012. We are in awe of every one of you for your outstanding efforts to raise awareness and funds for CRY. This year we had a team of 117 CRY runners, of whom
21st April 2012 On Saturday 21st April Lauren Berry from Bognor Regis completed a tandem parachute jump and raised £120 for Surrey based charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). I jumped from 10,000 feet in clear conditions at Army Parachute Association. It was the first time that I had made a parachute jump. I was
Thank you very much for allowing me to wear the Heart costume with pride at the Olympic Lottery Run. It was an amazing day and made all the more special by supporting such an important cause. A lot of people asked me about it and I didn’t see a single other person wearing fancy dress or