Read Update 50 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
Laura Moss
Millfield Screening
Caroline Smart (aged 18) was a friend of Laura Moss at Millfield and bought CRY to the attention of Dr Sharpe, after which an interest grew which led to Dr Sharpe instigatigating the first school screening for Cardiac Abnormalities in this country. 124 students took up the offer of an ECG which was held at the
The last two years in memory of Laura by Gloria Moss
Over the last 2 years we have been fundraising in Weymouth. Initially it started when we opened a shop and put a CRY tin on the counter together with a leaflet and badge (which was made by CRY on a design which Laura’s Art teacher had drawn of a star rising from the water). £55.00 was
Cardiac Related Sudden Deaths in Sport
Cormac McAnallen (24) Irish Gaelic football player who died from an undetected heart condition Patrick Dinsmore (16) Gaelic footballer who died on the pitch due to an undetected heart condition. Richard Butcher (29) English professional football player died at his home in Swinton. His death had been caused by the heart condition cardiac arrhythmia.
Charity match raises
Hospital porters and doctors swapped their scrubs for football kits to raise money for machines that monitor heartbeats. The charity football match between staff at Dorset County Hospital raised £6,900 together with other fundraising events in aid of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). With the money the charity purchased four new state-of-the-art Lifecard heart monitors
Ryan's express treble
Ryan Moss hammered home a fine hat-trick for the Porters as they won 6-3 against the Medics in the annual West Dorset Hospital charity showdown match at the Avenue Stadium. The game raised at least £1,500 for the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) and the wet weather did not dampen the spectacle. CRY was chosen
MP heeds parents' CRY
A mother whose swimming star daughter tragically died at a gala has joined forces with an MP to help increase awareness of potential heart problems in the young. Thirteen-year-old Olympic hopeful Laura Moss, who was a pupil at Weymouth’s Wey Valley School, collapsed as she warmed up for an event at Weymouth Swimming Pool in July
