“I completed the two half marathons I took part in. I ran in the Stoke-on-Trent local half marathon on the 09/06/19, which is called the Potters ‘Arf Marathon, and I also ran in the Wiggle Manchester Half Marathon on the 13/10/19. Altogether I’ve managed to raise £152.00 for CRY. I wanted to run for CRY because
Myself and over 40 others ran 5k in the dark for our friend Niamh that sadly died last December of a suspected cardiac arrhythmia. We all wanted to do something in Niamh’s memory that would bring us together as friends, and help us raise awareness. We decided to raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young
On June 29th 2019 we held a daytime and evening event in memory of our daughter Rebecca who sadly collapsed and died from an undetected heart condition. It’s 9 years since our world was turned upside down and we received that awful phone call telling us that Rebecca had collapsed at a friend’s birthday party at
In October 2019, Dan Marren, Senior Estimator at PDR Construction and a member of local rugby club Hullensians RUFC, decided to shave off his beard for charity. That might not seem much of a challenge to many of you, but Dan has sported his big beard for 17 years and his wife and daughterhad never seen
The Cardiac Risk in the Young Team were back at South Hunsley School on 5th & 6th October 2019. As is now the norm, the support driver arrived at South Hunsley School on the Friday afternoon and met up with Graham and Jenny to unload the screening equipment and set up the venue inreadiness for a
The ladies from the Heartfelt Group ran a stall on the Car Boot at Preston City Open Market. It was a cold November morning but we enjoyed ourselves and made £100 towards future Heart Screening in Preston. Thanks to our friends who donated items and all of those who continue to support us in our fund
For my 40th birthday I decided to climb the highest mountain in England & Wales three times back to back, for Cardiac Risk in the Young. I reached the summit on my 3rd climb in just over 11 hours. It was tough, especially the second climb for some reason, but I enjoyed it and had some
Robin Hails’ work colleagues at Northern Power Grid completed the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge on August 3rd, 2019 to raise money for CRY in memory of their good friend and colleague. What a fantastic day it was and a gruelling challenge on a hot, humid day. Mum and Dad and Rob’s brother, Ben were there to
I’m always up for a challenge, so when I saw the opportunity to take part in a white collar Charity Boxing Match for the charity that I support, Cardiac risk in the Young, I jumped at the chance. I had just had a baby by C section the previous March, so I was carrying a load
As a finale to their China-UK University Rugby Friendship Week, playing host to students and officials from Xiamen University, the University of Portsmouth (UoP) wanted to give their overseas visitors an insight into English club rugby with a match, preceded by a dinner. They asked Havant RFC, Richard’s rugby alma mater, to host it and they