Ann and Elisa Coles both successfully completed Tandem Skydives, to raise money for CRY in memory of Andrew Coles. Sponsorship money for the skydive, plus the proceeds of a fundraising night held at the local social club, raised over £2500 This money was credited to the Andrew Parr Memorial Fund, within CRY.
15th September 2006 Another great night was had by all at the 2006 Grand Charity event held at the Chilton Lodge Hotel, Tyne and Wear. Raffles, music, food, a disco and guest speakers made sure that the event was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Kevan Jones MP, Chairman of the CRY All Party Parliamentary Group; Jack Doyle,
Following his heroic efforts at the Bath Half Marathon earlier this year, CRY Patron and former England International rugby star, Simon Halliday, adopted a rather more sedate pace for his latest fundraising endeavour. Simon joined CRY President Ian Botham on one leg of his ‘Botham Walk 2006’. CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR SIMON! Ian Botham has been
At the beginning of the year, the Captain of Wimbledon Park Golf Club, Peter Dawson, at the suggestion of Club Chairman and CRY representative, Alastair Paterson, nominated CRY as his charity. A number of events have been held to raise funds for CRY with the highlight being on Saturday 9th September. A total of 88 competitors,
A Halloween disco was organised by Kasia’s friends and family in our local Rugby club. Although we still were not strong enough to attend, the evening went really well. A wonderful £700 was raised for Kasia’s memorial fund, from all the people who love and miss her. We would like to thank everyone involved and all
A group of family and friends ran/walked the Hydro Active 5k Women’s Challenge in Hyde Park on Sunday, 3rd September in memory of Adam Donnelly. Apart from Sandra and Gabbie Clark, it was the first time any of us had attempted anything like this so it was a big personal challenge for all of us. Thankfully,
On 8th June 2006 Mike Aylott and Stuart Kitteringham successfully completed a 12,000 foot parachute jump at Chatteris Airfield, Cambridgeshire, with both Mike and Stuart completing separate tandem jumps. This event had been organised months before by Jane Starr (Mike’s fiancée – right) and her sister Karen (Stuart’s girlfriend), yet just three weeks beforehand, on 17th
After weeks of anticipation and anxiety (for some more than others), long journeys to Ely, a night in the local Travelodge and an interesting “last LITTLE CHEF breakfast” – Stephanie, Camille, Laura, Alex and Sofia travelled to Chatteris Airfield to make the jump. Accompanying the GHM crew for both moral and photographic support were Elisabeth and
My name is David Shore, I’m 26, a Business Analyst for Barclays Bank and I live in Northwich, Cheshire. The other cyclist was Karl Rogers, 27, who is a Leisure Assistant, also from Northwich. Myself and a Karl completed a 600 mile bike ride around the UK to all Barclays Premiership Football grounds, in aid of
27th May 2006 The day got off to a shaky start as we were directed to the wrong place, ending up at Clunie & Floss instead of Aberfeldy which was over 10 miles away. With help from a canoeist at Clunie & Floss, we managed to find out where we should be! After a mad dash