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Fundraisers are under way in memory of a much-loved sports student from Lancaster & Morecambe College who died suddenly of cardiac arrest aged just 18.

Sam Dodd, who was described as “kind-hearted, caring and sensitive” and “beautiful inside and out”, died of Sudden Arythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) in July 2024.

On Wednesday April 23, staff and students will take part in a cycling challenge to raise funds for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) in memory of Sam.

They will be cycling the distance between the college and Borussia Dortmund football stadium in Germany – 637 miles – as Sam was a huge fan of the team. 

Sam’s dad Paul, in a post on the fundraising page, said: “Sam was only 18 years old with his whole life and dreams in front of him.

“He was a fit and healthy teenager that we all loved. Nothing could have ever prepared us for this.

“Sam was kind-hearted and would do anything for anyone. He had a great sense of humour which was sometimes somewhat inappropriate, but that was Sam being Sam.

“He would come out with things on purpose to make us laugh at the most inappropriate times and succeeded most of the time. Sam was always the joker or clown of the family which no-one can ever come close to.