Andrew Jackson entered the 2013 Great Manchester Run on Sunday 26th May to raise money and awareness for CRY. He also fulfilled his childhood dream of playing cricket at Lords for the MCC Schoolboys XI against England Schoolboys – the run and then this has been a huge tonic for him and he can now put
Following the sudden death of my mum Christine Peukert on 1 November 2011 from a heart attack, I decided I wanted to do something positive and at the same time challenge myself and get a bit healthier. I decided to run The Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday 26 May 2013 in memory of my mum. I had never done a marathon
I ran the Edinburgh Half Marathon for CRY in 2 hours 44 minutes. Although I’m not a fast runner, I nevertheless did run every step of 13.1 miles and it meant a lot to know that I had so much support and encouragement. My Virgin Money Giving page – http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/LesleyYoung1 – attracted £320, making a
We held our annual Family Tennis Tournament Day, called The James Wood Memorial Trophy, on Sunday, 26th May this year. This event is held in memory of my eldest son James who died from a still undiagnosed heart problem at the age of 15, ten years ago. The aim of the day has always been to
We decided to do the race hoping it would help us get fit and raise some money. We all agreed to run for CRY in memory of my nephew Jake Carney. Surprisingly for Manchester the weather was really sunny and the atmosphere was amazing. I have never run before and hope to try and keep running
Staff from Barclays Bank supported the recent awareness and fundraising day at Mousehole, which was for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). The event was well attended by local residents as well as many visitors; and the total sum raised so far is £420. With the matched funding from Barclays this will bring the
On the May Bank Holiday weekend, a big group of cyclists took on the Tour De Kent, an event dreamt up by Roger Maddams in memory of his son Jack. The event was a great success and you can read Roger’s write-up below as well as the thoughts of other riders that took part in the
On the 3rd of March 2000 my mum (left) passed away after experiencing a cardiac arrest when I was just 5 months old. As a result of this, I am screened annually at Great Ormond Street Hospital. As I have grown up I have begun to take more and more interest in the condition that my
After my son David died in December 2010, ‘Team David’ was formed to run the Bognor 10k in his memory. This was a run he had participated in, in previous years. In 2013, Team David ran again for the third year, raising money and awareness for CRY. Thirty runners turned up – some new and others
More than £1700 has been raised for the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund and CRY by members of the Munson’s Coffee Running Crew. Panayiotis Sinnos – barista at ‘Munson’s Coffee and Eats’ in St Mary’s Road, Ealing – Vicky Pearson and her niece Lucy Gillett took part in the Ealing Eagles 10k at Gunnersbury Park on Sunday
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