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Sidmouth and District Darts League
The Sidmouth and District Darts League raised £707.00 in memory of Jon, through a series of competitions and a raffle at their presentation evening. In doing this they have raised further awareness of CRY and the importance of screening, in our local community. The photograph shows Cassie Butler, Steve Bristow and Ali Ohara, at the presentation evening, representing The
Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge in memory of Ben Russell
In April 2021 a bright light went out when we lost Benjamin Clifford Russell to Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. Ben (aka B-Ronts/Captain Glaze) was funny, kind and caring – playing such a huge part in the lives he touched. To raise funds for ‘Cardiac Risk in the Young’ in memory of Ben – Bek, Emily, Joe, Sam,
David Wallace Memorial Race Night
When David passed away suddenly on 7.3.20 we had only a few people attend his funeral and no celebration of his life afterwards due to Lockdown. It has been a long wait but was lovely to finally come together to remember David. Thank you to everyone who helped us create a fitting tribute to David, an
West Bridgford Knights FC raise over £3,000 in memory of Dylan Rich with mammoth hike
A Sunday League football team has raised over £3,000 in memory of West Bridgford youngster Dylan Rich, who sadly passed away after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest whilst playing for West Bridgford Colts during an FA Youth Cup game in September 2021. The Knights decided to take on the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge – climbing Snowdon,
CRY returns to London for 2022 Heart of London Bridges Walk
CRY returns to London for 2022 Heart of London Bridges Walk Over the last two years, many CRY events have gone virtual due to the pandemic. This has included the CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk, with supporters completing walks in their local communities around the country rather than all gathering together as normal.On 26 June
Flexercise Dance Celebration and CRY raffle/awareness day held on 25th June 2022
A dance day was held at the Castle School in Taunton on Saturday 25th June. At this event a raffle was held in memory of our son Gary. A total of £276 was raised, and many attendees were interested to learn more about CRY. Many ladies took leaflets to give to family members and those local
Our personal CRY walk in memory of Neil Schuyleman on 26 June 2022
Helen & Peter Davies, Catherine Burton, Anna & Minas Georgakakos went on a personal CRY walk in memory of Neil on 26th June ’22 in the beautiful Surrey hills around Puttenham. All the more special as Helen has not been able to do as much walking or go as far during the last months. Neil remains
Lee Mallinson Memorial Hat Sale
The Reading Swimming Club Lee Mallinson Memorial Hat sale has raised £1280 for CRY!! Thank you to everyone who purchased a hat and/or made a donation.
Stephanie Simpson Lake District Charity Challenge
Leigh-on-Sea Striders are proud to have organised numerous charity challenges over the last 20 years and in doing so have raised over £400,000 for some amazing causes. On 12 June, a team of 60 committed people travelled to the Lake District to take on their toughest challenge yet, trekking 100km over four days, including 19,000 feet
Skydive for Stu
What a adrenaline rush from 12000 ft 🪂💪 The skydive team at Headcorn made me feel so at ease and I wasn’t scared or nervous at all. I remember shouting ’Wow’ whilst free falling at 120mph, looking around and taking it all in. So emotional after remembering why I was doing this.
Ride LondonEssex 100 Write Up 2022
RideLondon-Essex 100 2022 Thank you and a massive congratulations to the 6 cyclists who participated on Sunday 29th May, taking on what is known as the world’s greatest festival of cycling; the RideLondon-Essex. Around 20,000 cyclists took part in the event, with brand new routes into Essex, as the event returns after more than 1,000 days
Fundraiser Robert Burns
Robert sadly passed away at the age of 19, and we have been fundraising every year. Raised over 15,000 doing raffle, cake stall, tombola and football tournament.
Manchester 10k in memory of Laurence (Loz) Gleeson
Was it the atmosphere? Was it the months of training? Was it the killer soundtrack? I’d never run 10k in 55minutes before! My wife and son were expecting 1hr 10 -20 and were tracking me on an app. They had to leave their meal and rush out to get a photo of me finishing which they
Jonny Cooper’s Leeds Half Marathon in memory of Tom and Alex Reid
Jonny Cooper raised £835 in his fifth half marathon for CRY, held on Sunday 8th May 2022. Jonny completed the challenge in an amazing 1 hour 49 minutes! He ran in memory of Tom Reid who passed away suddenly on 28th September 2009 and more specifically with Tom’s brother Alex Reid in mind who passed away
West Bridgford Knights F.C. – Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge
After the deaths of two young footballs with suspected cardia arrests, in our area of Nottinghamshire, West Bridgford Knights Football Club agreed to fundraise for CRY. We settled on The Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge and 11 of the team are set to climb on 21/5/22 with two others supporting with driving. The club will be doing
Randonnee for Rich 2022
The IoW Randonnée* means a lot to me – it accounts for 3 of the 4 organised cycling events that I did with Richard (and friends) – in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Understandably 2017 was missed due to Richard’s and Hayley’s impending wedding taking priority and 2018 due to my own cardiac bypass surgery. We had
Its a knockout in memory of David White
Calling all CRY families in the North East…. On Saturday 2nd July we are holding its a knockout in memory of David White at Blueflames Longbenton. David passed away in June 2015 from SCD. Since that tragic day we have been raising money to enable screening to try and prevent families going through the heartache that
3rd CRY North Tyneside Seaside Walk
This is to celebrate my son, Damien Jewell, who went to bed one night in May 2001 and didn’t wake up.He was diagnosed as having had acute myocarditis – a massive heart attack.Our 3rd CRY Seaside Walk is as follows:- starts from Percy Park RFC in Tynemouth at 11.00 – registration from 10.00- the route follows
Isle of Wight Challenge in memory of Isabelle Tudisca
Leo Tudisca, Rebecca Mills and I spent a lovely day on the south side of the Isle of Wight walking in memory of Isabelle. Issy is the daughter of Leo & Della and sister to Sophia, who was sadly taken from them due to an undiagnosed heart defect. Della, Leo and their many friends and relatives have
Memorial Ball held for Maddy Campbell
In memory of Maddy and for her 18th birthday we had a Ball. It was held at Marks Tey hotel, we had a three course dinner, the evening was hosted by Michael J Fitch, we had balloons on arrival that each contained a prize to buy as well as our Diamond raffle and Auction, this event
A walk in hair and beauty day was held in memory of Maddy Campbell
A walk in hair and beauty day was recently held at Lipstick and Locks in, where Maddy worked. They offered walk in cuts and blow drys and waxing. We raised over £2000
London Landmarks Half Marathon Write Up 2022
2022 Write Up Thank you and congratulations to the 26 CRY runners who took part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon With close to 12,000 runners taking to the streets of London, the buzzing atmosphere along the route really made the day special. The enthusiastic CRY cheering team spurred on our CRY London Landmarks team with
Half Marathon in Memory of My Wonderful Friend James
In April 2021 the world lost James Sheppard to Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. James (AKA Jimmy Pap, Shep & Sexy James) was kind, caring, thoughtful, and funny among many other amazing qualities. I was lucky to be close friends with James since we first met back in 2013. We quickly got on well and over the
Fundraising Day in memory of Nathan Butler
In February, the DHL team in Stoke-on-Trent nominated CRY as their site charity of the month after being put forward by Michael Brown in memory of good friend Nathan Butler.Nathans’s parents Angela & Phil provided lots of flyers, posters, collection tins, badges, stickers, posters & T-shirts….WOW! which were shared around the site to spread awareness about
Peak Scientific Pool Tournament
Friends & colleagues at Peak Scientific in Inchinnan Scotland, held an on-site pool tournament in February 2022, in memory of Scott Cowan and Scott McInally, who passed away suddenly in July 2021. The tournament was organised by Russell Kane, photographed presenting the trophy to winner, John Boyce. A fantastic total of £300 was raised, £150 of which