Five Armagh brothers, and their sister, are taking part in the Great North Run on Sunday to raise funds for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Sam, Davy, Mark, Johnny, and Matthew Nicholson, and sister Ruth, will undertake the run which is just over 13 miles. Last year they successfully completed the Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon
The father of John McCall, the Royal School rugby team’s Schools’ Cup-winning captain who died as a result of a heart defect in 2004, has once again called for more screening of young people. Ian McCalll spoke to the Gazette following the recent deaths of two young children in Tyrone and insisted all children of secondary-school
Unexplained sudden death in the young is frequently recorded as sue to natural causes but experts now believe that many of these deaths can be attributed to Sudden Death Syndrome from inherited forms of heart muscle disorders and irregular heart beats. It is often difficult to consider that someone who is apparently young and fit may
The family of Armagh school-boy John McCall – who died a result of a heart defect while playing rugby in 2004 – are advising all parents to have their children screened. Ian McCall this week told the Gazette that a new clinic – must launched at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown – could prevent other
An Armagh family are gearing up to take part in the Bupa Great North Run next month, all in the name of charity. The six brothers and one sister will run the half marathon in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on Sunday October 1 and all money raised will go to charity CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young. The
Three Armagh brothers are to run a half marathon in memory of Royal School student John McCall, who died suddenly two years ago with a rare heart condition. Brothers Matthew, Paul and Mark Nicholson, former students of the Royal School, Armagh are running the Adidas Silverstone Half Marathon on Sunday 19th March. Explained Matthew: “We’re running
The Omagh members of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) held an awareness day in Prospect Court last weekend to give local people an insight into the work they are doing, and the campaigns in which they are taking part. One of the biggest campaigns they are taking part in is the Postcard Campaign, which began
An information day was held in Prospect Court in Omagh at the weekend to raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young. Each week at least eight apparently fit and healthy young people die of undiagnosed heart conditions. Tyrone All-Ireland football champion Cormac McAnallen was a high-profile victim of such an undiagnosed heart condition. Yet experts believe that
Ballinderry schoolboy Nicholas Collins was just 16 years of age when he suffered from a fatal viral infection in 1998. At the time knowledge of causes of heart diseases among young people was relatively scant. The keen, fit, basketball player spent seven weeks at the coronary care unit at the City Hospital, Belfast before passing away
Every week eight young people across Britain die suddenly from undetected heart conditions. Now in an effort to highlight this devastating loss the charity CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young – is launching postcards across all areas of the country with photographs of eight young people from that area who have died in these tragic