2011

Belfast Marathon – in memory of Sarah Booth

On 2nd May this year some 76 teachers and pupils from Sarah’s school, Wellington College, ran relay legs in the Belfast Marathon in memory of Sarah. They had CRY t-shirts with Sarah’s picture printed on the front and managed to raise over £5000 for the charity.

CRY Crusaders – Farnham 7s

30th April 2011 The CRY Crusaders are a group of young rugby players, deeply affected by a friend’s sudden death. They will be playing and representing CRY at a number of Rugby 7s tournaments throughout the country. Contact the CRY Crusaders: crycrusaders@gmail.com The CRY Crusaders survived a long day at Farnham RFC remaining unbeaten throughout the

CRY Crusaders – Wanstead 7s

17th April 2011 The CRY Crusaders are a group of young rugby players, deeply affected by a friend’s sudden death. They will be playing and representing CRY at a number of Rugby 7s tournaments throughout the country. Contact the CRY Crusaders: crycrusaders@gmail.com The CRY Crusaders had an excellent showing in their first tournament of the year

Coast to Coast Walk in memory of Tom Morgan

Ian Jackson will be doing the 191-mile Coast-to-Coast walk starting on Saturday 16th April 2011 in memory of his wife’s son – Tom Morgan – who sadly died on 15th June 2009 of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome at the age of 30 years. 16th April 2011 – St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge Ian is today walking

Skydive in memory of Sam Bradley

On the 16th of April 2011, I jumped out of a plane 2.6 miles up; it was one of my 18th birthday presents. I chose to raise money for CRY in memory of my friend Sam, who died in 2008 from an unforeseen heart condition. At the time his family asked for donations to CRY and

"V in Pictures" – Photography Exhibition

9th & 16th April 2011 James McCauley has been the official photographer for the V Festival since 1995. He has also been the official photographer at many CRY events, such as the annual CRY Parliamentary Reception at Westminster. James provided a selection of images for a recent photography exhibition – “V in Pictures” – which celebrated

Liverpool Half Marathon in memory of Shaun Broster

27th March 2011 “The run went well, I completed it in 1 hour and 53 minutes, and raised £250, in memory of my cousin.” “My cousin is the reason I found this charity organisation, I will do this run every year from now on and will continue to raise money for this event for CRY. I

Ministry of Justice London and Midlands Teams Charity Fundraising Day

On Friday 4th March 2011, MoJ Shared Services in Leeds ran a charity fundraising day to raise money for CRY. This charity means a lot to one member of the team – Jordan Priestley – who lost his good friend Tom Reid to young sudden cardiac death. The main event on the day was an awards

CRY Sponsored Walk

The walk was fantastic and the children managed to raise so far £178.00! Two of the children didn’t quite make the whole 4 miles but still did a fantastic 3.5 before having to be picked up. Brandon was very poorly and Destiny’s little legs just couldn’t handle anymore – they wanted to carry on but it