A cardiac arrest survivor, an Isle of Wight GP, a schoolteacher and many other Islanders ran the 2022 London Marathon on Sunday (October 2) and raised thousands of pounds for different charities. NICK DOVER suffered a cardiac arrest three years ago, aged just 34, and ran the 2022 London Marathon in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young
There’s a very special football game at St Benedict’s rugby union club on Sunday featuring the Mirehouse Tubbies. The relatively new club are raising funds for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) in memory of Tuqiri Blackwell. Tuqiri, of Mirehouse, died suddenly last year aged 18. A talented singer, she was a student at Lakes College and was
BARNTON Football Club have unveiled a charity kit which has been created in support of causes that the club are backing this season. Commercial manager Paul Bazley said: “It was a concept first devised by our club chairman Dave Bryning. “His idea was to release a shirt that was not only striking by design but also
A weekend of free heart screening sessions was held at Abertay University in memory of two brothers who died within four months of one another. Family and friends of Robert Rowan and Jody Gallagher, both born and raised in Fife, set up the sessions with the aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), a charity
A charity’s heart-screening sessions found 11 people with cardiovascular problems over the weekend. Craig’s Heartstrong Foundation, a charity set up by the Lunt family in memory of 25-year-old Craig who died in 2005 due to an undiagnosed heart defect, hosted the sessions at Noble’s Hospital. More than 360 people attended to get their heart checked with
Golspie Golf Club hosted the Rogart Masters, crowning a handful of winners and raising hundreds of pounds for charity. Anna Simpson won the Ladies’ Open, becoming the overall Rogart Masters Champion. Daniel Stewart won the Men’s Open, while George Sutherland won the Borthwick Cup. Alan Rhind was nearest the pin, and Maggie Jamieson won the Rogart
Halifax mixed martials arts fighter George Smith has spoken of the health scare that led to him having a heart operation. George, from Shelf, had an operation in July after being diagnosed with with atrial fibrillation, which causes an abnormal heart rhythm. And he is now fundraising for the charity Cardiac Risk In The Young, who
MORE than 100 Islanders will take part in a football tournament this weekend to raise funds for charity and celebrate the life of a former Victoria College student. The annual ‘C-R-Y 4 Kay’ event, held in memory of Kayode Famoriyo, is set to take place on Saturday to raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young,
Young people from 4th West Bridgford Scouts have been learning and practicing life saving first aid skills in the wake of losing a much-loved leader at the group. Earlier this year the group were heartbroken to discover one of their leaders, Adam Dearnley, had passed away suddenly aged just 26 from an as yet unknown cardiac
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is offering 200 young people aged 14 to 35 the chance to be tested at Golspie High School on Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2. The £12,000 overall costs of holding the screening sessions – with 100 slots available each day – is being met by a memorial fundraiser set up
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