Congratulations and a huge ‘thank you’ to the 55 runners who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 15th September 2013. This year’s race saw over 55,000 runners take part! Everyone seemed to enjoy another fantastic race day and the weather was mainly dry before a torrential downpour. For
Nathan Butler
Angela Butler – Staffordshire
My name is Angela Butler. I live in Newcastle under Lyme with my husband Phil – we had 2 sons, Nathan and Joshua. We were a very happy family spending lots of time travelling the country supporting Nathan and Josh with all their sporting interests and activities. Wednesday, 22nd February, 2006 started off as another normal
CRY Update Magazine 52
Read Update 52 online here The CRY Update is the charity’s newsletter, published three times a year, reporting on CRY news and events, cardiac screenings, breaking developments in medical research and CRY supporters’ fundraising over the preceding months.
CRY screening – Newcastle-under-Lyme in memory of Nathan Butler
In honour of Nathan’s 21st birthday we recently held a screening weekend 27th & 28th March and a charity disco on 1st April, which was his actual birthday. The screening weekend got off to a bit of a rocky start on the Friday evening when Tony and the crew broke down on the M6 toll and
Mum fights to stop illness which took 16-year-old son
After the death of her son to an unknown heart defect, Angela Butler, has set about raising awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). And so far Angela, from Hassam Parade, Wolstanton, has raised more than £25,000 and potentially saved the lives of many other young people in offering two cardiac screening events. Nathan Butler
Stonier on his marks for run in Twenty20
Richard Stonier has tipped Meir Heath to progress from their Twenty20 Cup group tomorrow – but they will have to cope without their in-form captain. His team-mates will be doing battle with Division Three Hem Heath Forsbrook and Porthill Park A, but Stonier is swapping his bat and pads for running shoes to compete in the
Campaign highlights heart defects in young people
(video) Angela Butler from North Staffordshire lost her son, Nathan, four years ago when he was just 16. The family had no idea he had a heart problem. Visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/stoke/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8601000/8601695.stm
Midlands Postcard
Families from Birmingham and across the Midlands joined together at a poignant event on Friday 13th March, as they helped to launch a major regional campaign to highlight shocking new statistics that show the number of young people who lose their lives to the tragic condition sudden cardiac death now stands at 12 every week –
The boy who died for 11 minutes
Every year 600 outwardly healthy young people die from sudden death syndrome. But a free screening test, launched this spring, could stop these tragedies, says Tracy Cook. In September 2008, James Doherty, a 13-year-old junior tennis champion, was training with his coach when he collapsed at the back of the court. Realising something was wrong, a spectator started
I was luck to survive heart attack at just 27
Former Stoke City captain Clive Clarke, who suffered a heart attack during a match two years ago, has backed a campaign to raise awareness of sudden cardiac death. The 30-year-old was at a gym yesterday to promote a charity which supports young people with heart problems. Clive himself collapsed, without warning, at the age of 27
