18th July 2010 Sunday 15th July 2007 was a sunny blustery morning as myself, my husband and my son Rich’ and his girlfriend set out at 7.15am to get in the car for the drive to London to take part in CRY’s first ever London Bridges walk. We met up with the rest of the team
We entered the 2010 CRY Bridges Walk in memory of our brother Ronnie Armitage who passed away suddenly 26th April 2008 at 30yrs old. Ronnie was young and healthy and was taken away from us. We decided to take part in a sponsored walk in memory of our brother and to raise money for CRY. I
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who took part in the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk on Sunday 18th July, led by CRY Patron and international soprano, Kathryn Harries. A record 878 adults, children and dogs took part this year. Most of the participants, as usual, were taking part in memory or support of a
Jake Presley, Freddie Fitz-Gibbon, Hugo Gateley, Fred Evans, Louis Timpany and Andy Wilson embarked on a charity bike ride from London to Paris to raise funds for CRY. This is a personal charity to Jake as his Grandfather was the first ever Chairman of CRY. The cyclists left the London Eye at 7.15am on Friday 9th
London to Paris Cycle Ride 9th – 12th July 2010 Jake Presley, Freddie Fitz-Gibbon, Hugo Gateley, Fred Evans, Louis Timpany and Andy Wilson embarked on a charity bike ride from London to Paris to raise funds for CRY. This is a personal charity to Jake as his Grandfather was the first ever Chairman of CRY. The
I entered my first open water swimming event, it was a 1 mile race in Ullswater on Sunday 11th July. I finished 14th overall out of 178 swimmers and 2nd in my age group in a time of 25 minutes and 6 seconds. I have raised £360 in sponsorship and will carry on fundraising until our
6th July 2008 A group of fearless CRY supporters took part in an abseiling event at King’s College on July 6th, to raise money and awareness for CRY. In the midst of another damp British summer, the participants were lucky to get a relatively dry day to tackle the 5-storey building. Any pre-event nerves were quickly
Friday 2nd of July saw the playing of a memorial Golf event in memory of Gregory Brookes from Markfield, Leicestershire who died suddenly and tragically last October 7th of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome – SADS. The death was widely publicised in the Leicester Mercury last year when it happened and raised awareness in many readers of
June 2010 Way back in November of 2009, Nick Dee Shapland, the MD of the company we work for (ServiceMaster Clean of Newbury) announced his intention to get married to Eve, his fiancée. We were informed that the ceremony would be in June 2010. As the HR Manager, I would usually organise a collection for a
It began as a few friendly matches between respective teams and has grown to a head to head competitive series organised by two Athletic University Unions. The Series now spans the whole of the second semester with 14 matches in 10 different sports. The charity chosen for the 2010 series was Cardiac Risk in the Young