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Alison Pearson and Leonie Madigan, London Marathon 2009
I first ran the London Marathon for CRY in 2007. I wanted to do it again, but not on my own this time. I ran some of the way last time with Sue Fox, another CRY runner this year. Sue lives in Nottingham and I am in London so we couldn’t train together and I feel
Penny Simpson, London Marathon 2009
I’d like to thank everyone for sponsoring me for my London Marathon. I have to say that as the day grew closer I thought I had to be mad ever to think that I could do it. I’d done all the training and still only covered 16 miles and my 60 year old bones and joints
Sarah Butterworth, London Marathon 2009
Life is just about getting back to normal after the massive high of running the London marathon last weekend. Just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone at CRY and the army of volunteers for all your help, especially after the race. I can’t think of any other occasion where I’d dream of letting
Run Armagh 10k Challenge 2009
The first RUN ARMAGH road race event was held around the streets of Armagh on Sunday, 19th April. Brian Campbell (right – bib 427) scored a magnificent victory in the inaugural 10k Challenge event in a race that attracted 500 entrants. Brian – a triple Northern Ireland cross country champion – was almost a minute ahead
Luke Dickinson Charity Three Legged Pub Stagger
On Saturday 4th April 2009, family and friends of Luke Dickinson took part in the Luke Dickinson Charity Three Legged Pub Stagger. The event involved couples (some in fancy dress) tied together ‘three legged’ and attempting to stagger round six local pubs in the Haslingden / Helmshore area. Everyone donated at least £10 to enter and
Classical recital in memory of Alex Buckler
Edward Marsh, baritone, accompanied by Peter Ford on piano, performed an evening of songs at St. Thomas’s Church, Salisbury, during a Charity Recital held in memory of Alex Buckler. Edward was at Kings School, Bruton, with Alex when he died in January 2004, aged 17 years. The friends of Alex have continued to hold events in
Cake sale in memory of Tom Clabburn
Drayton Manor students raised £100 for Tom’s CRY fund on Thursday April 2, by holding a cake sale. Year 10 students, including Tom’s sister, Ellen, did the baking and were helped out by Year 9 on the day of the sale. Huge thanks to all those who baked and sold and to all those who bought
C-Fest: An evening of music to raise funds for CRY in memory of Harvey Hague-Armitage – March 2009
C-Fest: An Evening of Music by Students at Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School, raising funds for CRY. March 2009 Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School hosted a fundraising evening of popular music, organised by the Head of Music, Yvonne Griffin and sixth form students Ciaren Taylor, John Underhill and Adam Watson – with technical assistance provided by
St Jean Pied de Port to Cap Finisterre walk
February / March 2009 I woke up one morning and decided to walk the 800km from St Jean Pied de Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The plan was to walk every day, with the trip will taking me five weeks. I would walk the old pilgrim route, alone in the middle of
Concert in memory of Fabian Maingot
11th March 2009 A special concert at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in West Kensington celebrated the life of a pupil who died aged just 18. Fabian Maingot, who was a pupil at Cardinal Vaughan, died suddenly of heart disease 10 years ago this month. The school’s Big Band, of which he was once a member,
C-Fest: An Evening of Music by Students at Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School, raising funds for CRY.
Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School hosted a fundraising evening of popular music, organised by the Head of Music, Yvonne Griffin and sixth form students Ciaren Taylor, John Underhill and Adam Watson – with technical assistance provided by the music department’s Tim Baker. All performers were talented students from the school, presenting an exciting and ‘Preferably Loud’
Fundraising in memory of Tom Clabburn
January 2009 BBC TV news director Gordon Findlay used the retirement of fellow director Nick Davies to raise £50 for Tom Clabburn’s Memorial Fund. In the grand tradition of leaving dos, Gordon made a DVD of Nick’s life and times. It proved to be so popular that he was able to charge people £5 a time
Charity Night in memory of Paul Wilkins 2009
We held a very emotional and memorable Charity evening in memory of Paul. The event was held on the 10th January (the day prior to Paul’s first anniversary and his 23rd birthday) ……. midnight was a hard time for us all. It was held in a local working men’s club who kindly let us have the venue
ownafilmcompany.com Launch Party
We recently had a launch party for our new website, which included an auction of film memorabilia, in aid of CRY. We are pleased to announce that we made a total of £283.67 for CRY. The party was held at Oxygen in London’s Leicester Square, on Thursday January 8th. Although we had the entire venue to
Charity clay target shoot in memory of Amanda McCarthy
Following the sad loss of our beloved daughter Amanda in October last year, family and friends have all been busy thinking of ways to help raise funds to aid CRY research in memory of her. On Saturday 3rd January 2009, Wattisham Station Clay Target Club staged a charity competition shoot in aid of CRY. The day
Charity Ball in memory of Stuart Attridge
When our son Stuart died in January 2006 of ARVC we promised his friends that at some stage in the future we would hold a fund raising event in his memory for CRY. After meeting and talking to other families at the Brompton Hospital in February this year we decided the time was right. Unfortunately our
Home made cider tasting evening at Fylde Rugby Club
After a number of years of having small, informal cider tasting evenings, it was decided this year to hold a more formal event at Fylde Rugby Club and to try and raise money for CRY. A total of 7 brewers were involved, and the same recipe was used by all (basically: apples, water, sugar and lemons).
Dolly Parton Night
After what happened to me this year I wanted to do something for CRY Awareness Week. I wanted to have a stand in Churchills shopping centre in Brighton to give out leaflets and possibly raise some money, but nothing came to fruit. I had so many ideas to raise money for CRY during the week –
Charity Plough Match
Please find enclosed monies to the sum of £1299.90 – this comes as a donation from Barclays of £277, £79.15 from merchandise sales; and the rest from the plough match event itself. We did this event for CRY as a thank you for helping with our son Eric, who was ill.With your help – and special
Raising awareness during CRY's Raising Awareness Week
Michelle and I between us had the stand at the gym from Tuesday through to Saturday. We weren’t able to man it for the full days but we were there for many hours. Our display board and table was just inside the entrance to the gym opposite their café. It was therefore necessary for every visitor
Charity rowing event in memory of Debbie Rendle
18th October 2008 Our beloved daughter Debbie, who was also a loving wife to Tony and mother of three very young children, died suddenly in February 2007. The cause of death was considered Sudden Death Syndrome. Debbie had been the Ladies Pair Paddles Cornish Rowing Champion for 13 consecutive years until she took on the task
Charity Skydive
When I was asked by CRY to explain my experience of the charity sky dive I couldn’t wait to tell other people about it. If you have relatively few inhibitions and are prepared to give it a go you will love every bit of the experience. I can’t say I wasn’t a little nervous but as
Liverpool Corporate Cup – charity fun run
This is my account of how I, and my fellow Sixth Formers at Abbey Gate College, ran in a charity fun run to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young. CRY was my school’s adopted charity, and as a Sixth Former I felt I should join the teachers who had decided to run in a
Middlesbrough 10k in memory of Paul Leach
On the 21st September 2008, Libby Forrest and I completed the Middlesbrough 10K run to raise money for CRY, in memory of Paul Leach. We raised £105 via the Justgiving website www.justgiving.com/emmaandlibby and the remainder of the sponsor money was raised via paper forms (£394) – totalling £499. Below is a photo of Libby (left) and
Raising Awareness at King's College, London
18th – 19th September 2008 What a great experience – I really enjoyed myself at the event and the whole of the Cardiology Society committee (including myself) was excited to have the CRY costume and the other supplies CRY provided for us. I am really glad we have helped raise awareness of the CRY charity and