On Sunday 10th June 2012 Eddie Foulkes completed the Potters ‘Arf Marathon in 1 hour and 37 minutes in memory of his cousin Nathan and his friend Adam. He has raised £130 from his wonderful efforts. “Running the Potter’s Half Marathon for Cardiac Risk in the Young was an experience that I will never forget. Whilst
Nathan Butler
CRY Update Magazine 62
Read Update 62 online here “Traditionally we have found that the last few months of the year are a very busy time, often with several major fundraising and raising awareness activities taking place. September finds our runners busy in the Great North Run and Run to the Beat events; whilst in October our annual Durham Riverside
CRY Update Magazine 60
Read Update 60 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.
CRY Update Magazine 61
Read Update 61 online here In this issue: • ‘Young Sudden Cardiac Death: A Father’s Grief’ booklet launch, page 10 • Justice for James: Reopening the Inquest into the death of James Markham, page 10-12 • CRY at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Conference, page 17-18 • CRY Golf Day 2013, page 18 • West ’12
London Marathon 2013
Congratulations and a huge “thank you” to the 119 runners who ran the 2013 London Marathon for CRY on Sunday 21st April. We are very proud of you all and very grateful for your fantastic efforts to raise awareness and funds for CRY. The team of 119 CRY runners comprised of 49 who ran with their
Great North Run 2013
Congratulations and a huge ‘thank you’ to the 55 runners who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 15th September 2013. This year’s race saw over 55,000 runners take part! Everyone seemed to enjoy another fantastic race day and the weather was mainly dry before a torrential downpour. For
Angela Butler – Staffordshire
My name is Angela Butler. I live in Newcastle under Lyme with my husband Phil – we had 2 sons, Nathan and Joshua. We were a very happy family spending lots of time travelling the country supporting Nathan and Josh with all their sporting interests and activities. Wednesday, 22nd February, 2006 started off as another normal
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Read Update 52 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.
CRY screening – Newcastle-under-Lyme in memory of Nathan Butler
In honour of Nathan’s 21st birthday we recently held a screening weekend 27th & 28th March and a charity disco on 1st April, which was his actual birthday. The screening weekend got off to a bit of a rocky start on the Friday evening when Tony and the crew broke down on the M6 toll and
Mum fights to stop illness which took 16-year-old son
After the death of her son to an unknown heart defect, Angela Butler, has set about raising awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). And so far Angela, from Hassam Parade, Wolstanton, has raised more than £25,000 and potentially saved the lives of many other young people in offering two cardiac screening events. Nathan Butler