On Saturday 18th May 2018 to celebrate what would have been Steve’s 32nd birthday weekend we gathered our friends and family together and held a BBQ and did a raffle to raise further funds for CRY. It was a very successful event which was completely overwhelming. Initially it was more about remembering Steve and celebrating him
These are some photos from our walk and cheque presentation in memory of my son Jonathan Hamilton. Our walk was from Belfast to Carrick Fergus, approx 10 miles and also a charity football match held by Ballysillen Swift’s. Together we raised a total of £1717 in memory of Jonathan, who died aged 34 on the 27
The charity match is now in its 3rd year and is part of a growing fundraising campaign. We lost Charlie Holden in January 2015 at the age of 15. Since this tragic loss we have had 3 lads versus dads matches (dads have won all 3!), a colour run, a social evening on Charlie’s 18th last
This was the first Aquathon run at Charterhouse with a 200m swim followed by a 2.5 km run to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young, for the “James McGowan Memorial Fund”. It would have been great if more students had participated because those who did, loved it and want to do it again. It
On 29th May 2018 a 104 mile bike ride in memory of Jack Boulton raised £330 for CRY. Kieran Squire
On Sunday 10th June we held a Tournament to raise money for CRY. There was 16 of us and we played doubles with the same partner and had 2 winners. I had called in to your office a few days before and saw Rhianne, who gave me a fundraising resource box which was full of really
These photos are of me (Anne) Chris and Francesca, and Helen and David Gaythorpe – Rory’s auntie and uncle at the Tateshall Lodge Charity Ball. The ball was organised by John Duncan, our neighbour. We had a wonderful 4 course meal and were royally entertained by brilliant singer and great CRY supporter Joseph O’Brien. The lodge
These photos were taken at our 3rd screening event at Rory’s Return. First photo is of volunteers on the day with the amazing CRY team who, as always, were so professional and competent – it made our work easy! 2nd: Diane and Grace Blakeley with Rory’s sister Francesca who ran a tombola stall for us. 3rd:
The Dragon Boat race went great with lots of fun, and we have raised over £700 so far with money still coming in! There were 12 teams in total on the day from various companies so we set up our Gazebo and made sure we had plenty of liquid refreshment (mainly alcohol) to keep our spirits
We made it! After months of training and a few blips along the way we completed our first (and maybe our last) half marathon, The Potters ‘Arf, and we couldn’t have done it without the support and donations of our brilliant friends and family. Angela Hurst