When Ben died in April last year, my family and Bens friends were supported (and are still being supported) and helped through our grief by an amazing charity called Cardiac Risk in the Young. Their vision is the prevent young cardiac deaths through awareness, free screening and research and to support affected families. To try to
TCS London Marathon 2022 Write Up A huge thank you and congratulations from all at CRY to our amazing runners who took part in the 2022 TCS London Marathon!Sunday 2nd October 2022 marked the second year that the marathon was to go ahead in October, as #TeamCRY got to complete the iconic 26.2 miles through London.
I am part of the Heartfelt group in Preston, Sheila and myself will be attending Freshers day tomorrow at Preston college raising awareness. I have been on local radio this morning and will be on radio Lancashire / Cumbria this evening to promote our fundraising event which is on Sunday 23rd October and is a music
Big well done and thank you to Denise Wardle from Lee-on-the-Solent for completing the Great South Run 5k in Portsmouth, on Saturday 15 October. £350 raised for CRY. Denise was running in memory of her son Alex who died from SADS in 2016.
On 16th October 2022, the Bath Half finally returned following a 2-year break, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the event. Over 7,000 runners took part, and we were extremely fortunate with the weather, with blue skies and sunshine for the duration of the race. The atmosphere was electric, with thousands of people lining the streets of
Running the TCS London Marathon is a bit like being at a pop concert for 26 miles and you are the star. The crowds were amazing and totally get you round, I loved it but it was one of the hardest challenges I have ever done. The last 6 miles are slightly blurry, but my amazing
A memorial festival was held on Sunday 28th August at Ambleside Sports Club in Nuneaton in memory of Luke Henney and Lee Welland. A football match was played between friends of Luke and Lee with Team Welland winning the Luke Henney memorial cup on this occasion. There was street food available, a sweet stall, bouncy castle and
Previous Next Running in memory of Steven Gilmour. A total of £1,772 was raised. These funds will be donated to the Steven Gilmour Memorial Fund and will go towards preventing young sudden cardiac deaths through awareness, screening and research, and supporting affected families. Donna Walls
Team Tommy’s challenge for 2022 was to run the 10k run in Leeds, Tom’s home city. Team Tommy comprised of a small group of family and friends this year – James, Maria, Amelia and myself. As usual we had a great response from family and friends continuing to raise the much needed funds to support CRY.
