On Sunday 8th August 2010, my great friend Dave Bentley and I took part in the London Triathlon in order to raise funds for, and awareness of, CRY. The day went extremely well, and although it was very hard work it was massively rewarding to finish knowing we had completed it for such a worthy cause.
The Ben Simpson Open 2010 was held on Saturday 7th August at Farleigh Court Golf Club and was started with the inaugural one putt challenge, won by Michael Skinner. A 31-strong field of friends and family turned out to remember Ben Simpson and support CRY for a sixth year running. The event was eventually won by
7th August 2010 On one afternoon every August, a secret corner of Bute Park in Cardiff, known as ‘Wormbley Arena’, comes alive with great unplugged music, piles of cake and reams of bunting. This is Woodstick, a free mini-festival featuring the best unplugged music from Cardiff and beyond, and this year donations were invited for Cardiac
Hello everyone! We had a wonderful day at the Aesthete Miniature Horse Show in Doncaster on Sunday the 1st of August – an event which was held in memory of our daughter Vicky Johnson. We raised a lot of awareness about CRY and SDS conditions at the CRY tent, and we had great weather too which
July 2010 Waitrose in Stourbridge donated £430 to the Zoe Teale Memorial Fund within Cardiac Risk in the Young Charity. The money was raised as part of the “community matters” programme, where customers are invited to put green tokens in their favourite charity box. Waitrose then donate £1,000 each month, split between three local charities. All
We started out our row from Oxford town centre at about 10am on the Sunday morning, not really knowing what to expect. The first day, being one of our shortest days, we were filled with confidence as we were off the river and camp was set up by 6.30pm. A pub dinner and we were both
On Saturday 24th July Simon’s friends held their fifth annual cricket match at Stowe, Simon’s old school. Three teams competed, one representing his old school, one from Oxford Brookes, his old university, and by invitation a family team. The matches were played in a very competitive yet light-hearted spirit and some excellent play was admired by
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