Marcus Armstrong

More than 80 people have already signed up for the first cardiac screening event in the Harwich area. The event, which is being held at Harwich and Parkeston Football Club, in Dovercourt’s Main Road, has been totally funded by the Marcus Armstrong Memorial Fund. The fund was set up after Marcus died suddenly from an undetected

Over 80 members and guests competed for the Marcus Armstrong Memorial Golf Trophy at the Harwich and Dovercourt Golf Club. The course and weather was absolutely superb and some excellent scores were recorded. The individual winner was Aaron Good, who played in the morning, recording an outstanding score of 45 points playing off a handicap of 17.

Organisers of a fundraising drive which has raised more than £18,000 over the past few years are set to raise even more cash for a vital heart screening initiative in Dovercourt. A dinner and dance event is being held at the Cliff Hotel, in Marine Parade, Dovercourt, on May 30. It is being organised by hotel

Free heart screening is a step closer after top names from television battled it out with football legends. The showbiz 11 and East Anglian Legends took to the pitch at Harwich and Parkeston to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young. Crowds gathered to see names, including Olympic sprinter Iwan Thomas, Jess Conrad, Peter Purves

Television stars are set to dust off their football boots so hundreds of youngsters can finally benefit from a potentially life-saving screening unit. Household names, including GMTV presenter Ben Shephard, Olympic athlete Iwan Thomas, and former Eastenders star Dean Gaffney, are rumoured to be among the celebrities attending the football match in Dovercourt. Sean Connery, Sir

A golf tournament in memory of a young man who died has raised thousands of pounds to help others. The tournament was held in memory of Marcus Armstrong, who died in 2006 after the main artery in his heart split. Marcus was just 28 when he died. He was a talented golfer and played a single-figure

Teenage girls were in their element at the weekend when soap stars from Channel 4’s Hollyoaks descended upon Dovercourt. Actors from the soap played in a charity match against Harwich and Parkeston charity XI team on Saturday, in aid of three charities. The team from the long-running soap included stars such as David Judge, who plays

Soap stars are set to descend upon Harwich for a charity football match, it has been confirmed. Actors who star in the Channel four soap, Hollyoaks, will be going head to head against players at Harwich and Parkeston football club. Their footballing efforts aim to raise hundreds of pounds to be split between charities Cardiac Risk

A taxi driver is raising money for a cardiac screening of young people in Harwich after his 28-year-old brother died from an undetected heart condition. Adrian Armstrong, 29, said he is determined to do something special in his brother Marcus’s memory to raise funds and awareness to prevent such a tragedy happening to anyone else. He will

The partner of a man who died of a rare heart disorder will be performing a concert in his honour. Marcus Armstrong was 28 when he collapsed and died on May 26 last year. Lucy Hammond, his partner of five years, will be raising money for the charity – Cardiac Risk in the Young – with