Sally Howe and Nick Tauchnitz, both from Three Valleys Water handed over a cheque for £470 to charity, CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young at the British Olympic Testing Centre in Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow. “Each month we have a Dress Down Day when staff either come to work casually dressed or dress-up to a
7th November 2004 After a lot of pain, injuries and passport issues we all managed to complete the course. Chicks (Andrew) did us proud in 3 hours 45 minutes; Fred (James) in 4 hours 09 minutes; and then the two injury carrying runners – Jake and I – in 4 hours 58 minutes and 5 hours
Summer 2004 I’m Bob Bailey from Folkestone, Kent. I am a retired ambulance technician with 28 years service and I will be 65 in July. I am doing a Rowathon of 1,000,000 (million) metres on a Concept rowing machine. This will take about 4-5 months to complete. I do this on a daily basis of 10,000
On 12th September 2004, the bi-annual SRC Ben Thorn Cycleothon took place. The sponsored cycle ride began at 7.30am, after which there was a party and BBQ, from 1pm which carried on into the evening. SRC is Dave Parker’s recycling company. Dave and Alison Parker are friends of the Thorns, and knew Ben. Every two years,
The 8th annual tournament took place on Saturday 18th September 2004 and the weather was kind to us – it only rained for the last two hours of the tournament!! This year’s trophy winner was David Anderson from Computacenter (left). Second was last year’s winner Lee Scarborough, and third was David Chambers. The ladies medal was
CRY County Representatives in Suffolk, Kate and Robbie Fox were hosts to QT Kanga and CRY Teddy in November. Kate and Robbie met Julie, Gary. QT and Teddy following their trip on the bionic bus from land’s End to Johno’ Groats. having said their respective hellos and goodbyes they headed off for refreshments at the Eat
QT and Ted were welcomed by Rachel and Peter Edwards whose son Alexander collapsed with cardiomyopathy. Visiting the picturesque village of Bourton on the Water in the Cotswolds. Visiting Cheltenham College Junior School. Here they met the headmaster Mr Nigel Archdale, some of the children and made friends with the class. Cry teddy and QT are
CRY Divisional Representative in North Wales, Doreen Harley welcomed QT Kanga and CRY Teddy in November during her second CRY community screening event in 2003 and a hugely successful day. This event had been made possible by a generous donation from H J Heinz Charitable Trust in memory of her daughter Lisa Jane Browne. Doreen Harley
The first auction organised by Kate and Robi Fox took place two years ago and raised a staggering £9000. This not only shows the tremendous support for CRY’s work but also gives a clear indication of the range and quality of items and events up for grabs Tickets were on sale from Kate and Robi Fox
The day began for Gill, Sheila from London, my Granddaughter Catherine and compulsory friend in tow (Rosie), with brilliant sunshine. Just after our fun day had just started it began to rain, but luckily only for about ten minutes and then out came the sun again (hooray!). The Weary Traveller plan for this day throughout the