2004

1,000,000 metre Rowathon – in memory of Damian Kosten

Summer 2004 I’m Bob Bailey from Folkestone, Kent. I am a retired ambulance technician with 28 years service and I will be 65 in July. I am doing a Rowathon of 1,000,000 (million) metres on a Concept rowing machine. This will take about 4-5 months to complete. I do this on a daily basis of 10,000

Girl, 16, dies in classroom

Alison Linforth, a “bubbly and happy” 16-year-old, had complained of slight chest pains, but these had been passed off as indigestion. The teenager was sitting at her desk on her first day as an A-level student last September when she suddenly fell unconscious. Staff at Cadbury Sixth Form College in Kings Norton, Birmingham, tried to revive

Pub patrons get on bikes

Pub customers are taking time out from the bar to get on their bikes for charity. A team of 28 cyclists, headed by Michael Willis, landlord of the Tite Inn, at Chadlington, started out on Monday on a 120-mile ride through Oxfordshire to Hurley, in Hampshire, and back again. They were joined for the send-off by

Charity golf tournament raises £2,000

A charity golf tournament held in memory of a Kings Langley man who died suddenly, raised £2,300 at the weekend. The eighth annual tournament took place on Saturday to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), in memory of Howard Jennings from Kings Langley. Howard died suddenly, without warning, in 1996 from a genetic

SRC Ben Thorn Cycleothon – In memory of Ben Thorn

On 12th September 2004, the bi-annual SRC Ben Thorn Cycleothon took place. The sponsored cycle ride began at 7.30am, after which there was a party and BBQ, from 1pm which carried on into the evening. SRC is Dave Parker’s recycling company. Dave and Alison Parker are friends of the Thorns, and knew Ben. Every two years,

The 8th 'H' Howard Jennings CRY Memorial Golf Trophy

The 8th annual tournament took place on Saturday 18th September 2004 and the weather was kind to us – it only rained for the last two hours of the tournament!! This year’s trophy winner was David Anderson from Computacenter (left). Second was last year’s winner Lee Scarborough, and third was David Chambers. The ladies medal was

Screening hope

Margo Wright raised £5,500 to bring the CRY mobile cardiac screening equipment and a specialist medical team to Netherfields Community Centre in Beckfield in February 2004. Screening started at 9.30am and went on all through the day. Forty Young people were signed up for the screening Margo’s 32 year old daughter was found dead at the

CRY Teddy and QT Kanga – our adventures in North Wales

CRY Divisional Representative in North Wales, Doreen Harley welcomed QT Kanga and CRY Teddy in November during her second CRY community screening event in 2003 and a hugely successful day. This event had been made possible by a generous donation from H J Heinz Charitable Trust in memory of her daughter Lisa Jane Browne. Doreen Harley

A Heartfelt Plea

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