Annual event ‘Dom Day’ in memory of Dominic Newton
Wales Online, 6th November 2017 The teammates of Dominic Newton, who died in 2016 while playing basketball, have organised a memorial basketball event for their friend. The tournament will feature 8 – 10 teams, made up of the Owls, Dominic’s former team, and teams including friends, former colleagues and lecturers. The team hope to raise enough
Ashby Round Table bounce for 24 hours for CRY
Burton Mail, 7th November 2017 Ashby Round Table took on the challenge to break the current Guinness World Record of team marathon trampolining. While the result is yet to be confirmed by officials, the team bounced for a total of 25 and a half hours, rotating bouncers in 30 minute shifts. The team were required to
M&S staff screened after sudden death of employee
Belfast Telegraph – 4th November 2017 Lauren McCaughtry’s partner Matthew Thompson died from an undetected heart condition while out jogging. Thanks to Lauren’s subsequent heart campaign over 200 M&S employees have been screened in his memory. Read more
Heart screening at the Stadium of Light
Sunderland Echo, 3rd November 2017 The family of Kevin Paterson have put on a heart screening in his memory. Kevin was just 36 when he died suddenly after completing the Birmingham Great Run in 2012, and the screening day marks the 5th anniversary of his death. Patricia Toft, Kevin’s mother and his family have raised more
Tribute match for Phil O’Donnell
The Scottish Sun, 29th October 2017 CELTIC and Motherwell plan to pay tribute to the late Phil O’Donnell at the Betfred Cup Final, ten years after the former Celts start died. O’Donnell’s friends and family support the heart screening charity CRY — Cardiac Risk in the Young — with former team-mates Simon Donnelly, Jackie McNamara and Stevie
M&S Northern Ireland wins award for heart campaign
The Degree NI – 25th October 2017 The award was presented at the annual Pride of M&S awards in London for their ongoing cardiac safety and defibrillator campaign. Read more
Comedy event to be held in memory of Daniel Hughes
Staffs Live, 20th October 2017 On Saturday 28th October, comedy event ‘CRYing with Laughter’ will take place at the Mitchell Arts Centre in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The event is in memory of Daniel Hughes, who passed away in March 2015. Organiser, Nathan Stubbs, arranged the event with Dan’s friends and family, hoping to raise awareness and more
Cheshire Freemasons donate £2,000 to CRY
Messenger Newspaper, 22nd October 2017 The donation was presented to Joanna and Simon Halliwell, who have been raising money for CRY since the death of their son, Joseph. Cheshire’s leading Freemason, Stephen Blank said, “We hope our donation will help prevent other apparently healthy young people from succumbing to undiagnosed heart conditions.” Read more
Colchester Officers Club raises money for CRY with coffee and cake
Daily Gazette, 21st October 2017 About 40 people came out to show support of the club on the day, with tombola’s and cake stalls raising £340 to be split between Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) and Colchester Hospital Read more
Herkimer Collage in New York hold tribute day for former student, Pete McAvoy
Evening Telegraph Dundee & Read, 23rd October 2017 The American collage that Pete McAvoy was attending in 2014 when he died of sudden cardiac arrest, have held a memorial day in his honour. Students wore #4Pete t-shirts and the collage football teams played matches to raise funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young. Pete’s father, Peter
Seventh heart screening in memory of James Nicolas
St Helens Star, 23rd October 2017 The James Nicolas Foundation at CRY are holding their 7th screening in memory of James at Saint’s Stadium & Thatto Heath Crusaders. So far 606 young people have been screened, with 29 being referred on for further testing; £70,000 has been raised since 2013 with more fundraising being done all
Screening to mark the anniversary of Kevin Paterson’s death
Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of Kevin Paterson’s death, and his family are marking it with a heart screening for 100 young people at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland. Patricia Toft, Kevin’s mother, has raised thousands of pounds for CRY since his death, she said, “Kevin is a huge miss, he was such a big character. He
Cake Sale in memory of Charlie Craig
Back in May, myself and my 2 children organised a cake sale at their cycling club track session, to raise money for C-R-Y in memory of Charlie Craig. Charlie was a very talented young cyclist, racing in the Youth category in both mountain biking and cyclo-cross. We had watched him and cheered him on at the
MMUC Charity Netball Tournament
We are Manchester Metropolitan University Cheshire Campus, based in Crewe, Cheshire. We held an hour and a half charity netball tournament event in aid of CRY. We raised overall £300 in our event which included students from all different clubs/societies within our campus. We will be raising money throughout the year for CRY as they are
Office cycle ride in memory of Stevie Wiggins
Lancashire Evening Post – 17th October 2017 Chris Vaughan and Simon Mulholland raised more than £2,000 for CRY and Severn Hospice by cycling from Kendal to Shrewsbury. Read more
Kings Langley club’s ground renamed as the CRY Community Stadium
Watford Observer, 13th October 2017 The clubs ground will be known as the CRY Community Stadium for the 2017/18 season, in tribute to Cardiac Risk in the Young and Dale Tennent Butler, who died while playing football in 2007. Kings chairman Jeremy Wilkins says the renaming is the ideal way to pay tribute to the work
More than 200 CRY supporters took part in 8th annual Heart of Durham Walk
The Northern Echo, 12th October 2017 Two hundred and thirty two supporters of CRY took part in the walk this year; in memory of young people lost to heart conditions, and to raise awareness. Organiser Steve Percival said, “Cry’s Durham Walk really has gone from strength to strength over the past eight years and I’m always
BBC Radio Shropshire – Sue Dewhirst
Sue Dewhirst talks about her life, her son Matthew Dewhirst, her role as a CRY representative, the work that CRY does, and the importance of screening. Listen Here (Starts at 01:07:41)
BBC Radio Scotland – The Panton Family
Wendy and Robert Panton are interviewed about their son Taylor, the fundraising the family have done, and the work that Cardiac Risk in the Young do. Listen Here (Starts at 1:18:37. CRY mentioned 1:35:00)
BBC Radio Solent – Claire Reed
Coverage of a CRY screening in Eastleigh in memory of Claire Reed, after which Graham Hunter is interviewed about his daughter. Dr Steven Cox is also interviewed about CRY screening events, and the importance of screening in young people. Listen Here (37:35 – screening; Graham Hunter – 41:25; Dr Steve Cox – 1:39)
Taylor Panton memorial defibrillator installed
Daily record, 10th October 2017 Robert and Wendy Panton have raised £24,000 in Taylor’s memory since 2015 and have recently installed a defibrillator at the centre of their community. Wendy Panton said, “We wanted to raise awareness and to do something proactive in Taylor’s memory, and for someone out there not to go through what we
Great Eastern Run in memory of Paul McCann
Peterborough Today, 9th October 2017 Mick McCann was joined by his sons, Graham and Richard, this Sunday for the 13.1 mile race, completing it in two hours and fifty eight minutes. In 2016 Mick’s son, Paul McCann died around the 12th mile of the race, with the family wanting to finish the race this year for
Eastleigh screening in memory of Claire Reed
Eastleigh News, 8th October 2017 The screening was organised by Graham and Anne Hunter in memory of their daughter, Claire Reed. Since her death in 2013, the pair have funded cardiac screenings for more than 1,400 local young people, and have campaigned for the installation of more defibrillators in the local area. Read more
Charity netball tournament in memory of Alexandra Reid
Evesham Journal, 7th October 2017 On Saturday 30th September netball teams from Bromsgrove, Sheffield, Greenhead College, Wickersley Collage and Nottingham Girls’ High competed in round robin matches in memory of Sheffield student, Alexandra Reid. Cakes and drinks were sold on the day, spectators made donations and each team paid to compete, all raising funds for Cardiac
Screening held at school in memory of former pupil
Rutland & Stamford Mercury – 1st October 2017 The screening was held at Deepings School in Peterborough in memory of former pupil Lucy Jessop, who died from an undiagnosed heart condition when she was just 18. Read more
