After having completed the Great London Swim last year, I swore that I would not do any more open-water swimming again – ever! So I am rather surprised to find myself having done both the Great North Swim and the Great London Swim this year. I swam to raise money for CRY, in memory of my
Congratulations and thank you to the 15 CRY runners who took part in the BUPA London 10,000 on Bank Holiday Monday, May 30th 2011. The weather held out for us, creating a sunny day with a superb atmosphere. The first CRY runner to cross the finish line was Stephen John Busby, celebrating his 50th Birthday wearing
Andy Smith completed his 5 day cycle in Peru riding from the Sacred Valley to deep into the jungle and has raised £3,355.77 for Cardiac Risk in the Young. After taking into account the event costs, this means that Andy raised £1,713.77 for the charity. “It was the best and most difficult experience of my life
On Monday 16 May, 50 intrepid Risk Engineers and Zurich M Sales staff from all over the UK took on the challenge of Rutland Water – and won! “We wanted to get together to raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young and The Dave Rayner Memorial Fund following the death of Lewis, 15 – the
Congratulations and a huge “thank you” to our 12 CRY runners who took part in the Do It For Charity 5km/10km Super Hero Run, in aid of CRY on Sunday 15th May 2011. Everyone enjoyed another fantastic race day and the weather held out to create perfect running conditions. It was a lovely atmosphere, at a
On 27th November 2010 JP collapsed and died suddenly from ARVC whilst playing hockey. He was extremely proud to still be playing for Aylesbury Hockey Club first team despite being 41. Aylesbury Hockey Club held a memorial tournament on 7th May 2011 and raised £500 from match fees and a barbecue. It was a great day
Ian Bates, David Guiney, Russell Kennedy, Steve Cardosi and Michael Crawford all took part as a relay team in the Belfast Marathon this year. They are all members of Dromore athletic club which is in N Ireland. Ian has an eighteen year old daughter who had corrective heart surgery a couple of years ago thanks to
In March 2011, Ben Daniels (goalkeeper for Ex-Blues Hurricanes U15 football team) collapsed during a training session and, despite the best efforts of hospital staff, died a few days later from an undiagnosed heart condition. After the loss of their team-mate, the boys decided to sport the CRY logo on their match shirts to help raise
Virgin London Marathon Congratulations and a huge thank you to all of our CRY runners in the Virgin London Marathon 2011. This year our team included CRY Patron Bill Neely (click here for a full list of CRY runners). Your fantastic efforts are truly appreciated and we hope the aches and pains are now a distant
We ran the Los Angeles Marathon on the 20th March, and it went really well (we ran around together as a three and finished in 4hrs 20mins) – and we raised a fantastic £5691.15 (including gift aid) for CRY! As you know, we ran the marathon in loving memory of our dear friend Rob Allan, nearly