More than 100 music fans and charity supporters enjoyed an evening of live music at the Leigh Village Hall on a wild and stormy Saturday night before Christmas. The evening – in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) – raised well over £750 when d’dogs and Bovvered? – two of the best rock bands
Simon Halliday
CRY Parliamentary Reception 2012
The Terrace Marquee, Westminster – 28th November. Guest of Honour: Andrew Triggs-Hodge MBE – GB Rowing, Olympic Gold Medallist (Beijing 2008, London 2012) On Wednesday November 28th CRY held its annual Parliamentary Reception at Westminster. The event was hosted by Sir Roger Gale MP, Dr John Pugh MP and
CRY Philips Test My Heart Tour 2010 – Oxford
A nationwide campaign – the brainchild of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) – toured England for the second year running in autumn 2010, aiming to reduce the number of sudden deaths from undiagnosed heart conditions in apparently fit and healthy young people. The CRY Test My Heart Tour 2010 stopped in Oxford from
CRY Parliamentary Reception 2010
On Wednesday October 13th CRY held its annual Parliamentary Reception at Westminster. The event was hosted by Roger Gale MP, Dr John Pugh MP and The Rt. Hon. George Howarth MP and was the key event in CRY’s Raising Awareness Week. With 2010 being CRY’s 15th anniversary year, we were particularly delighted to have new
Great North Run 2009
Congratulations and a huge “thank you” to all who took part in the BUPA Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 20th September 2009. This year we had a record 80 runners amongst the 54,000 participants, including CRY Patron and former England Rugby Union International, Simon Halliday (below). It was an emotional day for
New labs 'promise' answers for hundreds of bereaved families
The agonising wait endured by many families following the sudden – and tragic – death of a child or partner could soon be over as London opens the UK’s first ever ‘fast-track’ pathology laboratories to help analyse the causes of unexpected cardiac death in ‘apparently’ fit and healthy young people. It is estimated that at least
Sportsman's Dinner & Bath Half Marathon
After his fantastic fundraising and awareness raising efforts for CRY at the Bath Half Marathon 2006, CRY Patron Simon Halliday was once again at the forefront of two big CRY fundraising events in March 2007. The first of the two events was a glittering Sportsman’s Dinner at the Marriott Hotel in London, on Wednesday March 21st.
CRY Update Magazine 44
Read Update 44 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 Patron Simon Halliday joins 'Botham Walk 2006'
Following his heroic efforts at the Bath Half Marathon earlier this year, CRY Patron and former England International rugby star, Simon Halliday, adopted a rather more sedate pace for his latest fundraising endeavour. Simon joined CRY President Ian Botham on one leg of his ‘Botham Walk 2006’. CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR SIMON! Ian Botham has been
Penguin moved too fast for me
There are many tales to be told about last Sunday’s Bath half-marathon. On the plus side, there was the great Australian outside-half, Michael Lynagh, who at 11 o’clock swore that his chronic back complaint made it impossible for him to take part, and who at 1pm was hurtling down the finishing straight. He promptly announced he’d loved it
