Dan’s former football manger Lian Kelly was due to run the London Marathon for CRY in April; With the help of good friend Craig Mason A quiz night was held at Audley cricket club on Friday 29th of February to help raise the £2,000 needed. It was standing room only as the 15 teams tackled a
When lockdown started, I decided that, as I couldn’t have a party to celebrate my 65th birthday on the 26th April, I would do my The 65 Challenge. My son Rob, an apparently very fit, junior international sportsman, was diagnosed with a heart condition at his pre-Sandhurst medical. He has now had surgery at St. Georges
Cranleigh Prep School are so impressed with Maisy (a Form 6 pupil) who, after cutting 14 inches off her hair, has raised over £500 for her Upper School charity, CRY. Even the hairdressers being shut did not deter Maisy from her determination to do this very thoughtful gesture. Instead, her mother cut her hair! She raised
Starting the new year, I wanted to challenge myself and set a new goal, throw myself into something completely new and unknown. Former commonwealth champion ‘Neil Simpson’ had been training me one to one for fitness classes at ‘Toe 2 Toe’ boxing gym in Coventry. Neil mentioned about the big charity show taking place in ‘Willenhall
I completed my Marathon challenge on Sunday. It was an emotional day. The organiser of the race was aware of my circumstances and made an announcement before the start of the race. It was hard work having to do the 6.2 mile on my own before the start of the 20 mile race [agreed with organiser
The Heartfelt Group continues to raise awareness of CRY throughout the area. Ann Coles and Sheila Wiggins have visited The Sea Cadets and Preston College to inform young people of the local Heart Screenings for which we raise funds. They also visited Airforce Cadets and Preston Harriers running group. We have produced a collection jar which
We are delighted to say we finished the Half Marathon and in a good time of 2hrs 48mins! We are over the moon and still buzzing that we managed to complete it. The atmosphere was brilliant along with a pretty unreal sunrise! We are so overwhelmed with the support and donations we have received. We went
Gary Hilton and Carl Fisher, instructors at Precision Self Protection, held a weekend of seminars in Chesterfield to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young, in memory of Carl’s niece, Louise Worth, from Leyland, Lancashire. On February 15th, a seminar was held at Buzzbox Fitness Club and another seminar was held at Well Fit Warehouse
On the 28th February, our first fundraising event of 2020, featuring Andy McGowan on sax and singing Madness etc., was held at The Monkwood in Rawmarsh. An incredible £437.30 was raised for our ongoing heart screening programme. -Jackie Cousins
A group of 7 friends, who all met through Scouting, decided to take on the 3 Peaks Challenge to raise money for 3 charities with very personal meaning to the group; CRY, MND Association and Hearing Dogs. CRY was chosen because we all sadly lost a mutual friend (Tom Greenwood), aged just 20, when he left