Birmingham Evening News – 7th February 2004 By Poppy Brady A mother whose only teenage son died of an undetected heart condition today backed a campaign calling for all youngsters at risk to be screened. Auxiliary nurse Benita Davies’s 16-year-old son Paul died suddenly five years ago after falling off his bicycle in Earls High School
Broxbourne Tennis Club members raised more than £400 for charity at the James Wood Memorial tournament at Mill Lane last Sunday. Father-and-son duo Paul and Steve Andrews emerged victorious at the event, which was organised by coach Mike Seymour and contested by 26 pairs in a handicap format. Sean Power and his son Luke finished as runners-up.
A smashing day of family fun at a charity tennis tournament in memory of a popular teenager raised more than £400. Forty parents and children paired up for the second James Wood annual charity tournament at Broxbourne Tennis Club in Mill Lane Close. James, from Great Amwell, died from a form of Sudden Death Syndrome
The national charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) now has its new postcards available in the Frome and Somerset Standard Office. The postcards feature pictures of eight young people who are all under the age of 35 years old and have lost their lives suddenly to previously undetected heart conditions. The eight victims pictured, which
Friends and family plaster garage with messages of love and support after tragedy A community shocked by the sudden death of a young boy has plastered his home with messages of condolence. The impromptu shrine to 10-year-old Khalid Sibley started with a few notes from his family and friends, but now it has become a wall
Darwen: A charity-bowling match was held at Two Gates bowling club, Anyon Street, on Sunday August 29. The match raised £214 for the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity (CRY), set up by the parents of two young local men. Neil Wickers, 31, and David Staff, 17, from Darwen and Hoddlesden, died as a result of
The faces of eight North-East victims of Sudden Cardiac Death are to be used as part of a life-saving campaign. The charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), which has strong backing in the North-East, including Durham North MP Kevan Jones, and Stockton South MP Dari Taylor, will launch the campaign later this month. Ms Taylor
The memory of a young Clifton footballer who died from a rare heart condition lived on as hundreds turned out to a special fund-raising event at the weekend. Soccer enthusiasts sported friendly rivalry at the ninth Dominic O
A popular Great Amwell teenager who died suddenly from a mysterious medical condition will be remembered at a charity tennis day on Sunday. Former Haileybury pupil James Wood collapsed in the family home at Yearling Close in September 2002. An inquest revealed he had died of SADS (Sudden Adult Death Syndrome), which is similar to cot death.
Poignant date for event in memory of late teenager Family, friends and sporting colleagues of a popular Great Amwell teenager who died from a form of Sudden Death Syndrome
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