CRY Update Magazine - Issue 48

Cardiac Risk in theYoung

Cardiac Risk in theYoung (CRY)Head Office: Unit 7, Epsom Downs Metro Centre, Waterfield, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5LRTel: 01737 363222 Fax: 01737 363444 e-mail: [email protected] our websites: www.c-r-y.org.uk www.sads.org.uk www.cry-csc.org.ukRegistered Charity No 8451050

Update 48 Autumn 2008

News and events raising awareness our fundraisers

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Steve CoxCRY Deputy Chief Executive

Every couple of weeks an e-newsletter appears inmy inbox to bring me up to speed with events atCRY. However, it seems only when Updateappears that it is truly possible to grasp just howmuch everyone is doing across the UK to help us

highlight the risk of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD).

This is the most packed Update we have published. Our fundraisershave been so fantastic it has been almost impossible to fit everythingin, so apologies for any trimming, cramming or anything left out. Our‘Raising Awareness’ pages, too, pack in a staggering 130 or so pressarticles. Yet these represent only a snapshot of what is actually pub-lished, being those articles we have permission to reproduce.Consequently a great many items do not make the pages of Update.

Raising awareness continues to be one of the most important ways tosave lives, and what you are doing to support CRY is incredible. Indeed,without the level of commitment evident from local communities, CRY,as charity, could not push forward its mission in the way that it does.

CRY’s Research Fellows, under Dr Sharma at King's College Hospital,are also producing excellent work – such as the recent paper by DrMichael Papadakis on cardiac screening published in the BritishMedical Journal – that will take forward understanding of potentiallyfatal heart conditions. When our Fellows take their next professionalsteps at other hospitals they will call upon skills gained from involve-ment with CRY's unique focus on YSCD.

There are, too, developments in national health policy, with a very realinterest in improving regional services for affected families. There isstill a long way to go, but those involved in policy-making are increas-ingly listening to what CRY is saying, which is this: services need to befast, expert and individual. It is not acceptable for a family to waitmonths for tests after YSCD. It is not acceptable to be seen by a non-specialist after the wait to learn the cause of a YSCD. It is not accept-able to be subjected to a routine cardiac consultation after a YSCD.

At the same time that we are working to support families as they gothrough the system, the reality is that these services are the very leastthat should be done. They remain services in response to a tragedywhere someone has already died.

CRY is committed to saving lives. Electrocardiogram (ECG) screeningwill identify the vast majority of people who are at risk from heart con-ditions. Yet nationwide cardiovascular screening has not been adopt-ed in the UK due to the lack of empirical data to support the efficacyof screening and the associated costs.

For so many CRY families and people who are aware of what CRYdoes, it is completely incomprehensible that there could be any oppo-sition to screening. Screening not only provides essential research tobuild knowledge about YSCD, but more importantly is the only way anasymptomatic person can be identified. While there is a prevailingview within the medical community that screening is not justified, it isnow apparent that CRY is not a lone voice. There is now debate.

A recent article in another leading journal highlighted internationalpolicies on cardiac screening in sport. The International OlympicCommittee (IOC), the European Society of Cardiology, Union ofEuropean Football Associations (UEFA), Federation InternationalFootball Association (FIFA) and relevant lawmakers in the majority ofEuropean countries all either recommend or mandate screening ofcompetitive athletes.

Despite this, CRY's experience would indicate that the majority of sud-den deaths do not occur in elite athletes. It is vital to stress that CRY'sscreening programme is not just about sport. The vast majority of peo-ple we test are not athletes but young people aged between 14 and35 who may or may not have an interest in sport. Yes, we do screenelite athletes such as Chris Hoy (just before he won his gold medals in2008), but we provide the same service to any young fit and healthyperson who seeks to have their heart tested.

Although CRY is not currently in a position to screen every young per-son in the UK, our programme is almost doubling in size every year.Last year we screened just under 6,000 people; this year it could bemore than 10,000. If we continue to develop at this rate we could bein a position to offer screening to all young people in less than 10years.

Thus CRY took a significant step towards a national screening serviceon 2 May 2009 when we launched the CRY Philips testmyheart tour09. This pioneering mobile screening event took in 12 locations over27 screening days. Together with the information and booking websitewww.testmyheart.org created for the tour, the testmyheart project willhelp us to develop a clear idea of how we want to take forward com-munity screening. For now, all I can say is that the response to thetestmyheart screening tour has been unprecedented, with millions ofpeople becoming aware of CRY and what we do.

I hope all those families who have waited so patiently for CRY to visittheir community for a screening can extend their patience just a littlelonger while we get everything in place for our next major step.

Best wishes

Newsletter from the Deputy Chief Executive

Newsletter from the Deputy Chief Executive Page 2Meet our County Representative Page 3Newsletter from the Chief Executive Pages 4–7Reports from the CRY Office Pages 8–9CRY Pariamentary Reception 2008 Pages 10–11CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk 2008 Pages 12–13Running and skydiving for CRY Pages 14–16Our Fundraisers Pages 17–46Our Fundraisers in Northern Ireland Page 47–48Raising awareness in the media Pages 49–74Fundraising highlights 2009 Page 75CRY Mission Statements Page 76

Inside Update 48

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Nicholas DeeShapland County Representative forBerkshire

From the day Claire was born hersparkling blue eyes and smilebrought warmth to everyone whomet her. As she grew up, her per-sonality embraced the love of herfamily, considered others andenjoyed life. Until you become aparent you have no idea of the

adoring love that develops for your own children. They are trulythe embodiment of one's life.

In 2004 my wife Lorraine and I separated. This causedconsiderable pain to the family and in particular to Claire whowas at Bournemouth University studying Fashion and Design.When she was home from university we would meet for a meal,go to the pictures or she would come to my house to teach meto cook. In February 2005 we went to see the film Ray. Clairelater produced a painting of Ray Charles to hang in my office,which today has pride of place.

On 2 July 2005, Claire's gradu-ation was held at WimborneMinster. The following day sheflew to Spain for a holiday. Iwent over to spend a few dayswith Claire and my son Markand to celebrate my birthday.The weather was superb, bothMark and Claire looked radiantand the food and wine flowedat restaurants where we dranka toast to Mark and Claire'sfuture. Aged 24 and 22, bothwere well adjusted, happy in allwalks of life and, I felt, wellprepared for the future.

As a father, what more could I ask for?

On 15 August Claire phoned to ask if we could go to the pictures.On 19 August she drove out to my house and we went to thePizza Hut in Newbury. We both ate very well and talked abouteverything under the sun. As Claire felt a little tired we decidednot to go on to the pictures but to drive back to my house towatch a DVD. I started to fall asleep and Claire decided to gohome. I saw her to her car and kissed her goodnight. I got a textat 11.30pm to thank me for a lovely evening, and that shewould phone me on Sunday.

On Saturday 20 August I arranged to play golf. As I arrived atthe course my phone rang. Lorraine appeared not to knowwhat to say, then told me that Claire had died in her sleep. Iimmediately drove to the house with my mind churning indisbelief. As I approached I was met by a young policeman whotook me through to the house and up the stairs to her bedroom.

Claire was laid on her bed, looking up to the ceiling. Shelooked so at peace. Her death gave us no warning or prepara-tion, just devastation and an indescribable pain that runsthrough my body every day.

The days after were simply a time of self-preservation andcaring for loved ones around me. There was no knowledge asto why Claire had died. She seemed perfectly healthy. Ourdoctor, who also looked after Claire, told me her death wasprobably unavoidable. The police who attended the housefollowing Claire's death were caring and supportive right up tothe coroner's report on 16 November 2005. This gave theverdict on Claire's death as sudden adult death syndrome.

A short time after the coroner's report I spoke with my brotherwho told me about a friend whose son had died, aged 13, onthe school rugby pitch. The friend said that I should contactCRY, and in particular Alison Cox, founder of the Charity. This Idid, and Alison explained the situation about young cardiac-related deaths and how in past years this would have been putdown to ‘natural causes’. With CRY's research, explanations forthese deaths were beginning to surface. Without the involve-ment and support of CRY, my family and I would have been intotal limbo regarding the cause of Claire's death.

Following my conversation with Alison, arrangements weremade for Claire's heart to be sent to Dr Mary Sheppard at theRoyal Brompton Hospital to carry out a further autopsy. Myimmediate family and I were subsequently referred toProfessor McKenna at the London Heart Hospital. We receivedcardiac screening and I had a gene screening test. These areongoing tests to prevent another young member of our familydying of cardiac failure.

In the three years since Claire'sdeath I have experienced manythings and learned that there isnothing more important thanlove and life itself. In 2006 Isupported Mark on a Tour deFrance charity cycle ride toraise money for the CRY ClaireDee Shapland Memorial Fund.Mark, Keith, Nick and Jonny(Team Buzz) cycled 900 milesfrom Cherbourg to Montpellierand raised £6,000. Markrecorded each day in picturesand text (see www.teambuzztourdefrance.blogspot.com). Oneday they were cycling past a field of sunflowers and decided todismount, take their clothes off and run through the flowers.Mark got the lads to put their caps on top of the sunflowersand photographed them. In my office today, I have a not only alarge picture of Ray Charles to remind me of Claire but also a28" x 20" picture of three large sunflowers with caps andsunglasses on their heads. It brings a warm smile to my faceeach day.

To read the full version of this article, go to Nick’s page at www.c-r-y.org.uk/dee_shapland.htm

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July

CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk 20 July The CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk took place with over 600 CRYsupporters participating in the event. We would like to say a hugethank-you to everyone who took part and to all those who helped toensure the smooth running of the event. See pages 13 and 14. If youwould like to view more pictures from the London Bridges Walk visit:www.c-r-y.org.uk/bridges_walk_2008_pics1.htm

August

Brentford FC in partnership with CRY 6 AugustCRY was delighted to announce an innovative partner-ship with Brentford Football Club, now managed byCRY Patron Andy Scott. Brentford took the decision todonate secondary sponsorship of their away kit to CRYfor the 2008/09 season, so that on away day matches

the team displayed the CRY logo on the backs of their shirts. Moredetails at www.c-r-y.org.uk/brentford_partnership.htm

September

Dr Sharma elected to elite sports cardiology body CRY Consultant Cardiologist Dr Sanjay Sharma wasvoted onto the European Association forCardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation(EACPR) Sports Cardiology Section Nucleus, an elitecommittee tackling the complex issues of sportscardiology. Sanjay is the only British representativein this group, further endorsement that he is one of

the leading sports cardiologists in the world. We are lucky indeed tohave him heading the CRY screening programme. Sanjay also had apaper published in the British Medical Journal. The paper, entitled‘Preparticipation screening for cardiovascular abnormalities in youngcompetitive athletes’, highlighted the proportion of young athleteswith unsuspected heart disease who are at increased risk fromexercise-related sudden death.

Charity Clay shoot boosts CRY 10 SeptemberThe inaugural Robert Lancaster Charity Clay PigeonShoot held by the Lancaster family attracted someof the world's premier shooting and businesspersonalities. I would like to thank the Lancaster


Newsletter from the Chief Executive

Alison Cox MBECRY Founder & Chief Executive

What an extreme variety of CRYactivity and progress this issueof Update covers.

The diversity of fundraising events is particularly energising to readabout and, as you can see, we recognise and appreciate every one– from Ben, Connor and Callum, members of the Class Six group atElmstead Primary School who sold themselves as teachers’ slavesfor £5 an hour (raising £29.66 for four hours hard labour) to theLancaster family's magnificent inaugural Clay Pigeon Shoot inmemory of Robert, an event that raised £164,000.

Over the last three years the number of our Regional BereavementSupport Days held around the UK has grown, with events this yearbeing added in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Our firstBereavement Support Day was launched in the South East in 2006at the request of Alastair and Stephanie Paterson and funded bythem in memory of their son James. This led to the development ofother RBSD events. The South East day is now so well establishedthat it is fully booked before the closing date.

In only its second year, the London Bridges Walk has been aremarkable success and an event that now attracts considerablemedia attention as well as very significant funds for CRY. The walk,lead by CRY Patron Kathryn Harries, has developed its own nicheas an informal and vibrant fundraising activity that providesparticipants with an opportunity to see some of the most beautifullandmarks in London. The 2008 turnout included our largest singleteam to date – 100 (predominantly) young people fundraising forCRY and walking in memory of Tom Clabburn.

This Update also covers some terrific accolades and achievements,including further academic recognition for CRY's consultant cardi-ologist Dr Sanjay Sharma and more outstanding sporting successfor CRY patron Andy Scott.

Immense interest is now being generated by our raising awarenesscampaigns and is reflected in unprecedented media coverage –clearly demonstrated by the attention focused on the re-launch ofCRY's postcard campaign highlighting the increase of youngsudden deaths in the UK from eight to twelve a week.

In 2005, when we first launched this campaign with our HonoraryPresident, Sir Ian Botham, we were aware that the statistic of eightdeaths a week was an underestimate. With the Office of NationalStatistics (ONS, 2006) now indicating that this figure is so muchhigher, we still believe the new figure to be an underestimate andunlikely to be the final, true figure.

Those people who are surprised by CRY's progress need only talkto our families – those bereaved and those who have been diag-nosed in time – to understand the passion and commitment that isdriving forward our agenda for change.

This is how and why CRY has made such astonishing progress in soshort a time.

With best wishes


family who independently organised this incredibly successful eventfor CRY core funding boosting the total raised by their activities forRobert's Memorial Fund to over £200,000 in 2008. We are hugelygrateful for their fantastic donation which has enabled us to fund afifth CRY Research Fellow.

KCL students raise awareness for CRY 6 AugustStudents from the King's CollegeLondon Cardiology SocietyCommittee held a display at theCollege's 'Welcome Fairs' event toraise awareness of CRY and YSCDamong the students. Huda Hamid,KCL Cardiology Society President,said the event was a great success."This is a big deal for us as we willhave more members taking part in our future events and also morefunding to run bigger and better events during the year."

South West RegionalBereavement SupportDay 20 SeptemberTwenty people registered forthe South West RBSD, heldat the Bristol Golf andCountry Club. Groups werelead on the day by CRYBereavement SupportersCaroline Gard, BarbaraHolland, Vera Looker andAnne Reynolds (pictured, leftto right).

Community radio coverage 29 SeptemberI was interviewed on HOPE FM, a community radio station based inBournemouth. The interview went out during a two hour programmeexploring a range of medical conditions and disabilities.

John Hayes MP joins APPG 29 SeptemberWe are pleased to announce that John Hayes MP(Conservative, South Holland & The Deepings) hasbecome the 108th member of the Cardiac Risk inthe Young All Party Parliamentary Group (CRYAPPG). For more information about the CRY APPG

and its activities visit www.c-r-y.org.uk/parliament.htm#appg

October

Television programme on YSCD 1 OctoberBBC East Midlands broadcast an edition of theirInside Out programme looking at the issue of youngsudden cardiac death in the UK. CRY supporterAndrew Gadsby talked about the loss of his sonMatt (right), with contributions from CRY's HonoraryPresident Sir Ian Botham and CRY Research FellowDr Carey Edwards (pictured left and right respective-ly). The programme received very good viewingfigures and, according to a BBC East Midlandsspokesperson, was very well received.

New role for Kevan Jones MP 6 OctoberKevan Jones MP (left) was made Under-Secretary ofState for Defence and consequently has had toresign as Chair of the CRY APPG. However, Kevanwill remain a member of the APPG and a strongsupporter of CRY's campaign.

CRY office re-painted! 10 OctoberOur thanks to Pfizer for includingCRY as part of their communityengagement initiative. Four volun-teers from the Walton Oaks branchof the pharmaceutical company setto work to give the downstairs ofthe CRY office area a much neededfresh coat of paint.

CRY International Conference 10-11 October

CRY's annual two day medical conference focusing on young suddencardiac death attracted speakers and delegates from around theglobe, including many international experts in the field.

Friday's theme, 'Sports Cardiology: From Theory to Practice', reviewedthe broad phenotype of conditions causing YSCD in athletes and thepractical skills required (ECG, ECHO, MRI) for diagnosing inherited car-diac conditions. Current methods to diagnose conditions and preventYSCD in athletes were examined as well as the pros and cons of car-diac screening in athletes. On Saturday 'Diagnosis and Management ofInherited Cardiovascular Disease' looked at the broad phenotype ofconditions causing YSCD in the wider community and the methodsused to diagnose these conditions. The role of expert cardiac pathologyafter YSCD was examined to determine not only an accurate cause ofdeath but to focus on the diagnosis and management of first degreerelatives. The methods used in assessing and managing case studieswere evaluated, with a specific focus on families following a YSCD. Forinformation about the 2009 CRY International Conference visitwww.c-r-y.org.uk/cry_international_conference.htm

James Cracknell OBE becomes CRY Patron October 15We were delighted to announce that British rowingchampion and double Olympic gold medallist JamesCracknell OBE (right) had become a Patron of CRY.Speaking about sudden death syndrome Jamessaid "I am delighted to have become a Patron ofCRY to help raise awareness of this condition andthe work CRY are doing to combat it. Undiagnosedcardiac conditions are a genuine risk to sports people across thecountry and it is essential to make people aware in an attempt toprevent future tragedy."


CRY Raising Awareness Week 10 to 18 OctoberThroughout CRY's Raising Awareness Week and the whole of Octoberour supporters helped us to raise awareness and funds in their localcommunity. Supporters manned information stalls, organisedfundraising events, gave talks at clubs, distributed CRY posters fordisplay, and much more. Several brave volunteers also took part in aParachute Jump Day on our behalf on Sunday 12 October at Brackleyairfield, near Oxford. By the end of Raising Awareness Week therewere almost 20,000 visitors to the CRY website, up by more than5,000 on the week before.

CRY supporter on BBC Radio 13 OctoberCoinciding with CRY's Raising Awareness Week, CRYsupporter Claire Prosser appeared on BBC 1’sBreakfast show to talk about the loss of her son,Tom (right). CRY Chief Executive Alison Cox was alsoon the programme. The show went out at 8.20 am,the most viewed section of the programme. Laterthe same day a documentary created by Claire, Lifeafter Tom, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the early evening. Clairealso wrote companion pieces for BBC News Online and Radio Times.These can be viewed at www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/maga-zine/7664371.stm. Prior to appearing on the Breakfast sofa withClaire, Alison carried out interviews on seven consecutive BBC localradio stations (Essex, Cambridge, Wales, Radio Scotland, Berkshire,Ulster and Southern Counties) – all before 7.30am!

To cap events on Monday, Brentford FC appeared on Sky Sportswearing their CRY away shirts.

New CRY postcard design unveiled 14 OctoberBereaved families assembled onCollege Green outside Westminster forthe re-launch of CRY's postcard cam-paign. The new postcard design high-lights latest statistics indicating thatevery week 12 young people in the UKdie from undetected heart conditions.

To access CRY’s interactive 'video postcard' featuring interviewswith the relatives of the young people featured on the postcardvisit www.c-r-y.org.uk/postcard_launch_2008.htm

CRY Parliamentary Reception 15 October

The following evening saw CRY's annual Parliamentary Receptionheld in the Terrace Marquee at Westminster. This year's guest of hon-our was new CRY Patron James Cracknell OBE (pictured above, withmembers of CRY’s Surgery Supporters Network). Other speakers onthe night included the Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP (Secretary of Statefor Culture, Media and Sport), the Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP (Lib DemDeputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor) and the Rt Hon Tim Loughton

MP (Conservative Shadow Minister for Children). For details of all thespeakers and guests attending the event, see pages 11 and 12 orvisit www.c-r-y.org.uk/CRY_parliamentary_reception_2008.htm

South East Regional Bereavement Support Day25 October

We were fully booked after forty peo-ple registered for the South EastRBSD, held at the Wimbledon ParkGolf Club. Groups were lead by CRYBereavement Supporters Margy Al-Chalabi, Caroline Gard, Joan Hillier,Barbara Holland, Vera Looker andStephanie Paterson (below, L–R).

November

New CRY screening clinic opened in Wales November 1CRY's screening programmecontinues to expand with theopening of a new screeningclinic in Wales, based at theUniversity of Glamorgan.Heart tests at this initialscreening were free of chargeas the event was funded bydonations in memory ofGareth McDonald and MarkStephen Young.

Simon Halliday speech November 3CRY Patron Simon Halliday (left) spoke at theAnnual Dinner of the Richmond Heavies RugbyClub. The 200 guests, including top rugby person-alities, were informed about CRY’s work during thespeech. The 'Heavies' kindly made out a cheque toCRY for £500 to thank Simon for his speech.

CRY praises health SCD initiative 7 NovemberA national pathology database has been established to providevital information about the frequency and demographics of suddencardiac death as well as an assessment of families linked to thesetragic conditions. The announcement was made by the Departmentof Health (DH) and a collaboration of pathologists and heartexperts. CRY welcomed the new initiative, which comes just monthsafter the Charity opened its new fast-track expert pathology unit atLondon's Royal Brompton Hospital.

Two more MPs join CRYAPPG 12 NovemberConservative MP Andrew Rosindell(Romford, pictured far left) is the109th MP to join the CRY APPG, fol-lowed by Lib Dem MP for Cheadle,Mark Hunter (near left), the 110th

member who joined after our Parliamentary Reception in October.



Julie ‘retires’ from Kids for CRYNovember 17Julie Tanner has stepped down as editor ofthe Kids for CRY section of our Updatebrochure. As you can see from the recentpicture of Julie (left), after five years in therole she is a ‘kid’ herself no more! Onbehalf of all at CRY I would like say a hugethank-you to Julie for the fantastic work shehas put into Update. From this issueonwards we have decided to streamline the

activity pages and will now celebrate the specialefforts of our Junior Fundraisers alongside therest of our fundraisers with a special ‘Kids for CRY’logo. In the meantime, we trust that 101 Reasons(at least) to Get Up in the Morning, Julie’s won-derful book for CRY, featuring favourite sayingsand words of wisdom from an array of celebri-ties, will continue to run and run!

BBC Radio coverage November 17CRY Supporter Colin Simpson joined me for an inter-view with BBC Radio Leicester to highlight YSCD.Colin’s daughter Sarah (left) died suddenly agedonly 20 in 2007.

Song for CRY 17 NovemberJames Poynton (left) wrote the words for a wonder-ful song he called 'Girl' when he was only eight yearsold. Just before his 12th birthday, James died sud-denly from anu n d i a g n o s e dheart condition.

The song has now been recorded bythe band Daywalker (right) to helpraise funds for CRY. You can find outmore and download ‘Girl’ from www.c-r-y.org.uk/girl.htm

CRY '12 a week' postcard launched in Northern Ireland20 November The launch of CRY's Northern Ireland '12 a week' postcard wasattended by two government Junior Ministers – the Rt. Hon. JeffreyDonaldson (DUP) and Gerry Kelly (Sinn Fein). In spite of the fact thatit was the first time the Northern Ireland executive had met for 152days, the ministers still received permission to speak at the CRY event,

which was covered by Ulster Television, BBC Radio and the local andnational press. CRY printed 10,000 postcards for distribution inNorthern Ireland which were all taken on the day and lead us toundertake a further print-run to meet demand. For further informa-tion about the Northern Ireland postcard launch, please visitwww.c-r-y.org.uk/ni_postcard_launch_2008.htm

CRY 'silhouette' postcard sentout to supporters When our new '12 a week' postcardcampaign was launched in October onCollege Green outside Westminster,one particularly striking image wascaptured on the day. With 12 life-size

silhouettes positioned on the green, Big Ben can be seen striking 12noon in the background. This powerful image has now been madeinto a CRY campaign postcard and copy has been sent to all support-ers on the CRY mailing list. To view the silhouette postcard on ourwebsite, go to www.c-r-y.org.uk/postcard_launch_2008.htm

December

Matt Wells becomes CRY Patron 3 December Matt Wells, a member of the GB rowing team andan Olympic medallist in Beijing, forwarded to us thefee he received for signing first day covers. This wasMatt's second donation to CRY, again earned as aresult of his post-sporting success. We were furtherdelighted when Matt became a Patron of CRY."Ichose CRY as my charity of choice for two reasons.

Firstly, a close friend's brother recently passed away with cardiacsymptoms and secondly I am aware of the work CRY does as I havebeen treated as an athlete in the Olympic Medical Institute inNorthwick Park. Thank you for the good work you do."

New appointments for Dr Mary Sheppard 9 DecemberIn recognition of the work being done at the CRYCentre for Cardiac Pathology (CRY CCP) and anindication of her high profile amongst her peers, DrMary Sheppard has been confirmed as sub-editorfor all cardiovascular papers submitted toHistopathology, the official journal of the BritishDivision of the International Academy of Pathology(IAP). Furthermore, Dr Sheppard has been nominated as nationalrepresentative for cardiovascular pathology on the subspecialtycommittee of The Royal College of Pathologists.

Andy Scott wins top managerial award7 December Congratulations to Brentford FC manager and CRYPatron Andy Scott (left) on being voted the 'LondonManager of the Year' at the BBC London SportsAwards 2008.

Jim Dowd MP joins CRY APPG 9 DecemberWe are pleased to announce that Jim Dowd MP(Labour, Lewisham West, pictured left) has becomethe 111th member of the CRY APPG.



Government Ministers Gerry Kelly (Sinn Fein, left) and Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP, right) with CRY CE Alison Cox

Since opening in April 2007 the CRY CCP, theCharity's diagnostic and research laboratory andoffice, has become well established within theNational Heart and Lung Institute at the RoyalBrompton Hospital. Research Fellow Sofia De Noronha is running the laboratory verysmoothly along the health and safety guidelines established byImperial College. CRY’s equipment is up to date and working well,making us fully functional and independent of the hospital laboratory.This has led to a significantly reduced turn around time for casessent to the Centre. Dr Mary Sheppard, who heads the unit, is ableto issue her pathology report for coroners and refer pathologistswithin two weeks, a substantial decrease from the past when it mayhave taken her up to a month to issue such a report.

We have also seen a dramatic 80% increase in the referral pattern.The total number of CRY cases referred in 2007 was 78; fromJanuary 2008 to December 2008 the total number of CRY casesreferred was 141. The turnaround time of all CRY cases has beenkept below 14 days for most of 2007 and 2008, the exceptionsoccurring when Dr Sheppard has to be out of the office attendingconferences or taking annual leave.

Our large database of 2000 hearts has resulted in several researchprojects. Two of these were publications in 2008, nine have beenpresented as posters at meetings, five have been submitted aspapers and four are in preparation.

Sharleen Hill, a student under the supervision of Dr Sheppard forher research project, completed her study of sudden cardiac deathin young people and was awarded a both a first class honoursdegree and an award for 'Outstanding student of her year' (2008).Both Sharleen and another student under the supervision by DrSheppard, Agata Prowaski, were awarded travel bursaries of £1000from the British Division of the Academy of Pathology. They presentedtheir research at the US and Canadian Academy of Pathology inMarch 2009.

Our research in the future will emphasise arrhythmogenic rightventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), idiopathic left ventricular hyper-trophy (ILVH), exercise-related sudden deaths as well as tie in withclinical follow up of families to correlate clinical and genetic diag-noses with pathological diagnoses.

Dr Sheppard's secretary, Kathrin Hault, left the Centre in autumn of

2008 to take up medical studies and has beenreplaced by Jemma Wells who now fulfills the roleof Medical Secretary at the centre very effi-ciently.

For more information about the CRY CCP, go tothe coroner/pathology section of the CRY web-site at www.c-r-y.org.uk/coroner_pathology.htm

Report from the CRY Centre for Cardiac Pathology (CRY CCP)


Top left: the CRY CCP office at Royal Brompton Hospital Top right and middle: Dr MarySheppard and Research Fellow Sofia de Noronha Above: Dr Sheppard speaking at the2008 CRY international Conference in London


CRY screening staff kicked off the second halfof 2008 with a tour of several Premiership andChampionship football clubs around the country.This was undertaken as part of a research study being conducted byDr John Rawlins, a CRY Research Fellow working under Dr. SanjaySharma at King's College London. Dr Rawlins study involves the useof ultrasound techniques to examine cardiac adaptation in sports-people.

Over a two week period in July we visited Fulham, Chelsea,Middlesbrough and the Championship side, WolverhamptonWanderers, as well as the England Women's football team. Later inthe year we returned to the Premiership with a screening at BlackburnRovers and finally paid a visit to Brentford FC, managed by CRY PatronAndy Scott who has led the club to League One for the 2009/2010season.

Our sports screenings have not been limited to football. The Philips'Save Our Athletes' campaign continued with screenings of theEngland Under 18 Men's basketball team, the U18 England cricketteam, more athletes from the UK Athletics development squad andfinally members from the British fencing squad. We have also con-tinued to link up with the English Rugby Football Union (RFU), visitingthe Senior and Saxons squads as well as the U18 squad.

We also screened the Worcester Warriors rugby team for the first timeand carried out our annual screening of the GB Rugby League U16squad.

In July the screening team headed to Cambridge for the Robertsfamily screening. More than 80 people were screened the event, paidfor the Alex Roberts Memorial Fund.

In September we travelled to Tamworth, Staffs, where we screened112 people at the West Midlands ECG Testing Campaign event inmemory of David Bick, Matthew Gadsby and Jamie Simpson.

Our regular CRY clinics continue to slowly expand across the country.As well as clinics in Colchester, Northern Ireland and at the OlympicMedical Institute in London, we launched our first Wales clinic at theUniversity of Glamorgan in Cardiff. This took place in November, fundedby donations in memory of Gareth McDonald and Mark Young.

We have also continued to develop our schools screening pro-gramme, with return visits to Canford and Giggleswick schools. Forthe first time we made visits to Bristol Grammar School and Colneschool in Colchester, the latter event by funded by the Andy GardMemorial Fund through the efforts of Caroline Gard.

CRY Screening report

Top: West Midlands ECG screening day, October 2008 Middle: The Roberts Familyscreening in Cambridge, funded by the Alex Roberts Memorial Fund Bottom: CRY Walesclinic launch, November 2008

Below, clockwise from top left: at Chelsea FC, Clare and Rebecca with Blackburn FC’sAaron Mokoena, Fulham FC and U18 England Cricket


CRY Parliamentary Reception 2008

CRY hosted its annual Parliamentary Reception atWestminster on Wednesday 15 October as part ofits Raising Awareness Week. We were delightedto have new CRY Patron James Cracknell OBE asour Guest of Honour at the proceedings. The event was attended by more than fifty MPs who popped in toshow their support for our campaigning – fewer than in previous yearsbut, as ever, a number of other events were also taking place atWestminster the same evening. We are very grateful to those MPswho did manage to find time to attend.

Other guests at the event included CRY families and supporters, CRYBereavement Supporters, members of the CRY Surgery SupportersNetwork, CRY Patrons Jeremy Bates, Ray Wilkins, Pat Jennings,Kathryn Harries, Roger Taylor and Andy Scott. Also attending were rep-resentatives from Philips, medical professionals, envoys from majorsporting organizations as well as CRY Trustees and CRY staff.

The event was hosted by Kevan Jones MP, Tim Loughton MP and DrVincent Cable MP. Together with the launch of CRY's '12 a week' post-card campaign, the event marked one of the key events in CRY's 2008Raising Awareness Week. Speakers included the Secretary of State

for Culture, Media and Sport, Andy Burnham MP, CRY ConsultantCardiologist Dr Sanjay Sharma and Ann Keen MP, ParliamentaryUnder Secretary for Health Services at the Department of Health(DH).

Olympic rowing gold medalist James Cracknell was officiallyannounced as a new CRY Patron. He and Andy Burnham unveiledCRY's new large display board carrying the signatures of many topUK sports personalities who have expressed their support for CRY'sproactive screening programme.

The signatures on the board are: Rob Andrew MBE, Jeremy Bates,Roger Black MBE, Chris Boardman, Sir Ian Botham OBE, AlanCampbell, Adrian Chiles, Clive Clarke, Mark Cox MBE, James CracknellOBE, Tasha Danvers, Montell Douglas, Tony Doyle MBE, Nick Easter,Andrew Flintoff MBE, Darren Gough, Sally Gunnell OBE, SimonHalliday, Tim Henman OBE, Chris Hoy, Colin Jackson CBE, PatJennings OBE, Ally McCoist, Paula Radcliffe MBE, Sir Steve RedgraveCBE, Andy Scott, Professor Greg Whyte and Ray Wilkins MBE

The Reception received a lot of positive feedback from those whoattended and was again a powerful reminder of the importance ofour work and the progress that CRY's campaign is making.

CRY inParliament

“People have gathered here this evening with their own experiences of loss, trauma, tragedy. The highly effectivecampaign that CRY has launched this week really brings that home. We are on a journey to learn and understandmore about what level of support we can put in place. You have full support in Parliament for making sure that we

as a society do better to prevent these – sadly preventable – deaths, year on year.” The Rt Hon Andy Burnham

Above, left: Professor Greg Whyte Right: New CRY Patron and Guest of Honour James Cracknell OBE with the Rt Hon Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

From left: the Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP, the Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP, the Rt Hon Tim Loughton MP, the Rt Hon Ann Keen MP, CRY CE Alison Cox and Dr Sanjay Sharma


CRY Parliamentary Reception 2008

“How lucky I am to have a strong heart. I've been in a sport where the heart and the lungs are the fundamentalthings that power you along. Every story here shows you think your family's okay. There is no warning and that's ahorrible thing. I feel nervous for my little boy. There is no reason not to spend £35 to get him screened and make

sure that he will be able to do everything that he wants to do if he can.” James Cracknell OBE

From left: CRY Representative Caroline Gard, CRY Patron Andy Scott, CRY SSN members Rebekah Goddard, Fiona Campbell, Arie Hunt and Caroline Byrne

From left: CRY Patrons Jeremy Bates, Kathryn Harries, Roger Taylor MBE, Pat Jennings OBE; the Rt Hon Tim Loughton MP and the Rt Hon Vincent Cable MP (event Hosts)

From left: Dr Sanjay Sharma (Consultant to CRY Board), Dr Tim Bowker and Miles Standish (CRY Trustees), James CracknellOBE, the Rt Hon Andy Burnham, Professor Greg Whyte (Consultant to CRY Board) and Hugh Mulcahey (CRY Trustee)


CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk 2008

Following the success of CRY's inaugural Heart ofLondon Bridges Sponsored Walk in 2007, theevent took place again in 2008. With more than600 people stepping out for CRY, the event raisedwell over £70,000 for our work.

The walk was led once again by CRY Patron Kathryn Harries. Startingat Victoria Embankment Gardens and ending at Hays Galleria nearLondon Bridge, the route involved crossing eight London bridges –Golden Jubilee, Westminster, Hungerford, Waterloo, Blackfriars,Millennium, Southwark and London. Each bridge represented one ofthe eight (now estimated to be twelve) young sudden cardiac deathsthat occur each week in the UK.

Participant Wayne Griffiths rounded up everyone at the bandstand fora welcome speech by CRY Founder and Chief Executive, Alison Cox.This was followed by Kathryn singing a couple of beautiful songs,despite having had very little sleep the previous night. Kirk Douglas, apersonal trainer and nutritionist, then led an entertaining and motiva-tional warm up which proved extremely popular.

It was another emotional day for the vastmajority taking part in memory of a youngrelative or friend. Some walkers said thatthey were walking in memory of their moth-er or father. A number also participated insupport of young people diagnosed withheart conditions. As well as the person-alised back signs provided by CRY, somebereaved families also chose to have pho-tographs printed on their T-shirts. Onceagain we had teams and individuals fromaround the UK, including Wales andScotland as well as Ireland, all taking partto raise awareness and funds for CRY.

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Doing the Bridges Walk

We would like to thank the all the companies and organisationsinvolved for their sponsorship and support – in particular ChubbInsurance Company of Europe, Foresters, St Martins Property Group,City of Westminster Council, and the retired Senior and VoluntaryService (CVS) for supplying the knitted teddy bears! – and to those whohelped with media coverage, enabling us to secure two nationalnewspaper articles and 76 regional articles. Thanks also to CRY staffand volunteers who helped with admin and support on the day withmarshalling, sorting drinks, registration, handing out certificates andinflating balloons.

Above all, we would like to express our gratitude to all of you who tookpart, ensuring a truly fun day for all and a most effective consciousness-raising event.

Hope to see you again this year!

An interview with Ben and Harriet

Why are you here?Ben: My mum asked if we would like to combine a weekend with them and acharity walk. Harriet and I travelled down to Oxford from Liverpool on theSaturday morning, then we all went to London on the Sunday morning for thewalk.

How was the walk for you?Harriet: The walk was very enjoyable this year, mainly due to the weather andthe general atmosphere among the participants. Last year, when we all did thewalk in aid of Kidney Research, it rained the whole day. We did not think aboutthe expense or travelling time. This was my last weekend with my family beforeI fly out to Dubai for three years. It was all organised for us by my mum and wejust felt pleased that we could help in a small way for such a worthwhile char-ity. We realised how lucky we ourselves were to be walking for the cause andnot in memory of a loved one or friend.

How did you find out about the Bridges Walk?Ben: It was brought to our attention by my mum. After doing the walk last year,she decided to do it again this year but for a smaller, less well known charity.After looking on the CRY website and reading the tragic stories we were onlytoo pleased to help.

What thoughts will you take away from this day?Harriet: The day really brought it home to us that the majority of the people onthe walk were doing it in memory of a loved one. Although I am moving out ofthe country with work at the end of August and will not be able to compete nextyear, I know that my parents were so moved by the event that, if at all possi-ble, they will be joining everyone again next year.

I met Ben and Harriet at the walk and particularly wanted to profile theirfamily. Although none of them had been directly affected by SCD, they hadchosen to share their last weekend together in England for three years bywalking for CRY. Alison Cox


CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk 2008

If you would like more information about the 2009 CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk please email CRY Fundraising Manager Rebecca Zouvani at [email protected] or phone the CRY office on 01737 363222.


In Memory of Cecilia BarrigaSharon Simons and her daughters Emma and Katie tookpart in the Women's Challenge 2007 and raised £241 inmemory of Cecilia.

BW Interiors sent in sponsorship money of £150 for PaulFarran who ran in the Stockholm Marathon on 31 May 2008.

In Memory of Ian Bowen"Having moved down south to Cheshire months ago, I tooka job as a postman and found myself running up and downpeoples' drives. I never dreamed I could run a mile, let

alone 13! But three stones lighter and 20 months later Ifound myself up in Newcastle with my friend Shaz at the start

of the Great North Run. Lacking confidence, I put a rather slow time on myentry form and ended up at the back end of 52,000 runners. We were onlyable to jog and weave in and out of the crowds in front. 30 minutes laterand we still hadn't reached the start but seeing Chris Hoy, RebeccaAdlington and Ellie Simmonds really spurred us on. The crowds were fan-tastic and we stuffed our faces on everything going – I even had a half pintof beer! We were soon on South Shields seafront, with the Red Arrows giv-ing a tremendous display overhead. Watching them and running at thesame time wasn't easy but the crowds got our attention back and the fin-ish line beckoned. Two hours and eight minutes – not a fast time, but agreat experience and I'll be back next year to beat the two hours! Before Imoved to Cheshire I lived inMarske by the Sea and worked atCorus (British Steel) with KennyBowen, whose son tragically diedaged 19 in 1996. Kenny workstirelessly to raise funds for CRYand I was delighted to supporthim in his efforts. Between us,Shaz and I raised £965 for the IanBowen Memorial Fund, thanks tothe generosity of our colleaguesand friends who recognised thetruly worthwhile cause for whichwe were running." Gary Watson

In Memory of Katrina BrownNatalie Crossland took part in the Chicago Marathon in2007 and raised £917 in memory of Katrina.

In Memory of Katrina Christopher "I made it, my first 10k race! What a fantasticevent the Great Manchester Run is. My first runand it certainly won't be my last. I ran what youwould call a 'slow, steady race' in just over anhour. I discovered that, if you write your nameon your t-shirt, people shout words of encour-agement en route. 'Bob' from Emmerdalecheered me on! The atmosphere was electric. Idid a shout out for CRY on the official race tan-noy and ran in my official CRY t-shirt." PamGoulding raised £239 in memory of KatrinaChristopher

In Memory of Ryan DarbyKelly Flaherty took part in the Adidas Women's 5kChallenge and raised £751 in memory of Ryan.

In Memory of Adam DrawbridgePaul Moss took part in the Great North Run and raised£310 in memory of Adam.

In Memory of Sebastian EnglishPhilip Simmons sent in an additional £700 after takingpart in the Great South Run in memory of Sebastian.

In Memory of Andy ForbesCeri and Jim Laird took part in the St Alban's Fun Run and have now raisedraised £790 in memory of Andy Forbes.

In Memory of Mark Gallacher"On Sunday 7 September,Emma Ralston and FionaMacDonald ran the moun-tainous trek that was theGlasgow Half-Marathon forCRY. We chose this charity inmemory of Mark Gallacher,best friend of Emma's broth-er, Daryl, who sadly died ofsudden death syndrome in2006. Having only ever runas much for a taxi after ahard night out, it really was achallenge to make it round the 13.1 miles. In order to do so they sacrificedthe salsa dancing, forfeited the fishnets and surrendered the stilettos,trading them for trainers in their ambitious and demanding training pro-gramme. All was worthwhile on the day, with both completing in under twohours and raising £750. Thanks also to Emma's dad, Jacky, who con-tributed his sponsorship from the Glasgow 10k on the same day." EmmaRalston sent in a further donation of £391.40.

In Memory of Chris HawSuzanne Forster took part in the Great Manchester 10kRun on 18 May and raised £100 in memory of her friendChris Haw.

In Memory of Andy HillJohn Adams took part in the Great North Swim and raised £759 inmemory of Andy.

In Memory of Rebecca HoltLucy Sefton sent in a further donation of £105 after taking part in theGreat North Run in memory of her cousin Rebecca Holt.

In Memory of Polly Hughes"Enclosed is the money I raised from the New YorkMarathon last year (£600.87). I ran the Marathon in mem-ory of my best friend, Polly Hughes. She was a healthy,

beautiful 23 year-old girl who died on 27 February 2007.From the sponsor forms and the Just Giving web page I have

raised £2,000. It was a hard and painful experience running themarathon, but I loved every minute of it. My finishing time was five hrs 42mins and 56 seconds. I'm hoping to improve my time for the LondonMarathon in 2009 and to raise more for this great charity!" SabrinaHussain

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In Memory of Michael Jeffrey Holly Peters took part in the 2007 Great North Run and raised £470 inmemory of Michael Jeffrey.

Darren Ettles took part in the 2007 Great North Run and sent indonations amounting to £585 in memory of Michael.

Alison Jeffery sent in two final cheques for £160.50 to bring the totalraised in memory of Michael Trevellyan Jeffery to £3,300.50. "On behalfof all who walked the course of the Great North Run and who took part inother charity events in his memory, we thank you for the vital researchwork carried out by yourselves and for your campaign to raise awareness.We are all proud to have helped raise funds for your charity."

In Memory of Denver Jenkins"My wife and I ran the Lincoln 10k to increase our fundrais-ing. I ran in one of your heart suits and my wife in a CRYvest. We got a lot of

interest and had a greattime. We hope to continue

our fundraising very soon." Martyn andAlison Jenkins raised £546.50 in mem-ory of Martyn's brother Denver whodied suddenly in July 2006. Martynand Alison later ran the Great NorthRun and sent in a further donation of£904.31. "This was our third fundrais-ing event and we are already planningour next."

In Memory of Paul LeachEmma McGough took part in theMiddlesbrough 10k run on 21September and raised £499 in

memory of Paul. "Please findattached a photo of Libby (left) and me

(right) after we completed the run, looking a bitworse for wear!

However, we're both very proud to have completedit in a reasonable time and to have raised so muchfor a worthy charity."

Amanda Ransome (bottom right) took part in theAdidas Women's 5k Challenge on 7 September andraised £161 in memory of Paul.

In Memory of Jack MaddamsRob Maddams took part in the Great South Run and raised£166 in memory of his brother, Jack.

In Memory of Luke MorrisPiers Milligan took part in the GreatSouth Run and raised £196.24."CRY is a charity close to our hearts

here at Danwood and be sure I shallbe keeping up the training in order to

complete the BUPA Great South Run 2009!"

In Memory of Mike ScottGlen Dewsbury and Brian Davis took part in the BlackpoolMarathon on 27 April and raised £355 in memory of Mike.

In Memory of Paul SimpsonChris Eastwood raised £765 via Just Giving after takingpart in the Windsor Half Marathon.

In Memory of David StaffThe David Staff Memorial Fell Race organised by theDarwen Dashers Running Club raised £458.

In Memory of Gareth Llewellyn ThomasIon Rhys Davies took part in the Cardiff Half Marathon andsent in a donation of £245.

Stephen Nutt took part in the Cardiff Half Marathonand sent in a donation of £140.

In Memory of Christian ThunhurstAlex Mawer sent in a donation of £770. "As you will beaware, Lexington Communications recently completed a10k run on 20 July on behalf of CRY and in memory of

Christian Thunhurst." Alex raised a further £4,025 via JustGiving for the BUPA Great Capital 10k run in memory of

Christian.

In Memory of Louise WorthSue Jarvis has sent in a further donation of £753 inrespect of the Blackpool 10k Race to make the totalamount raised £1,270. "On Sunday 11 May 2008, my hus-

band Ken and friends, Jeannette and Yvonne (a manager atFujitsu who organised the entries), arrived in Blackpool only

20 minutes before the beginning of the race. All the roads to the prome-nade were blocked off and the roads into town all had road works! Therewere 3,000 runners and in the brilliant sunshine I was glad I wasn't oneof them! John Wild, Neil Skellam, Ian Wood (all Fujitsu employees), togeth-er with John's son, Luke Wild, and Jeannette's son, Matthew Atherton,were in the middle of the pack as the race began. None had ever runbefore and though they had done a little training they felt a tad unpre-pared compared to the running club racers (no excess fat and buns ofsteel) placed at the front to try for the race record, or at least a personalbest. There were the usual fancy dress runners: the Tiller Girls, dragons,St Trinians Girls, Superman etc. as well as a troupe of army cadets in fullgear with loaded backpacks and a fireman in full kit. There were severalother runners in CRY T-shirts and vests which meant that even more fundswould be raised.

At 10.45am the competitors in wheelchairs were first to set off. At11.00am the main race began. The race record is 29 minutes and a fewseconds so we thought that we would be OK for at least an hour beforeour first team members put in an appearance at the finishing line. Wewandered down to the lower promenade and waited by the filter lanes thatcompetitors walk downonce past the post.Unfortunately, the recordwasn't broken but thewinner came in at justover 30 minutes. Next toarrive was the firstwheelchair competitorand then the firstwoman. In dribs anddrabs the club runnersfinished before the first

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'normal' runners, with a few more wheelchairsinterspersed. Imagine our amazement whenMatthew Atherton flew past the post in 42 min-utes and 27 seconds! (I have to mention he is only19 years old and a PE student and was out thenight before with his girlfriend at the movies eat-ing an extra large bucket of popcorn and a serious-ly oversized Coke!) Then came Neil in 52 minutes.The last team member crossed the line in onehour and nine minutes. Luke, who is only 18, fin-ished in just under an hour. Both Luke and Neil are

full-on redheads and running in the heat must have been torture for them.

n total they raised an amazing £1,270. Matthew has even said that he isnow going to train to run a marathon! I want to thank all of them for takingthe time to find sponsors and for running the race in Louise's memory."

Karen Barksby sent in a donation of £128 from Lafarge PlasterboardLimited after taking part in the BUPA Great Yorkshire Run on 7 September.

Tracey Bennett took part in the Great North Run and sent in donationsamounting to £175.

Russ Davey and Donna Redgewell completed the Great North Run andsent in a donation of £667.

Rosaline Emslie sent in a donation of £100. "Please find enclosed twocheques which I have managed to fundraise for the charity."

Jane Evans took part in the Great North Run and raised £470.

Alison Goodliffe took part in the Great North Run and raised £158.

Jack Hegarty raised £200 after taking part in the Rotterdam Marathon."I completed the course in 3 hours and 56 minutes, which is a slightimprovement on London last year!"

Ms G Kidney completed the Silverstone Half Marathon and raised £235.

Andrew Markham took part in the Great North Run and raised £240.

Simon Moss took part in the Edinburgh Marathon and raised £247.

Jack Oakshatt took part in the Great North Run and raised £260.

Karen Paulton sent a cheque for £500. "I raised £270 in the GreatManchester Run on 18 May. The rest of the money was donated by DaveForster who ran for CRY in the London Flora Marathon earlier this year."

Mitchell Porter (left) forwarded a further donation of £190from his participation in the Silverstone Half-Marathon, makinga total of £210.

Dean Preston took part in the Great North Run and raised£235.

Mark Robson took part in the Great North Run and raised £500.

Rajinder Sanghera took part in the Great North Run and raised £470.

Kathryn Scott and some of her colleagues at Rhode & Schwartz tookpart in the Fleet Half-Marathon and sent in a donation of £1,639.

Lavinia Seward took part in the Berlin Marathon and raised £400.

CRY Trustee Miles Standish (left) took part in the Royal ParksHalf-Marathon in London on Sunday 12 October and has so farraised £2,557.00.

By taking part in the Great North Run Oliver Vernon-Harcourtraised £1,090, Phillip Aconley raised £115 and Matthew Nicholson raised£1,469.

In Memory of Philip Abraham"When asked by CRY to explain my experience of the charity skydive Icouldn't wait. If you have relatively few inhibitions and are prepared to giveit a go, you will love every bit of the experience. I can'tsay I wasn't a little nervous but as soon as you letyour fear go it is an awesome experience.

The skydive was programmed for 8.15am but due tothick fog was put back to 11.30am. This wasn't idealas it gives you more time to think about the crazything you're about to do! However, once my name was

called by the announcer I was pumping with adrenaline. I was shown ashort demonstration of the jump and then it was all systems go and wewalked down the strip towards the plane. The plane climbed and circleduntil we reached 12,000ft. This was it! As it was a tandem jump I wasattached to an instructor, so there was no going back. They opened thehatch and I was the third to jump. I couldn't wait. Soaking up everything Imoved to the front of the plane. We rocked on the edge of the hatch for amoment, then let go and plummeted down towards the earth. They sayyou reach speeds of up to 120mph and drop for a minute but it didn'tseem like that at all. There was such a buzz and the feeling of freefallingwas awesome. The views from the air were incredible. The landing wentwithout a hitch and I can honestly say there was nothing to worry about.I'm so proud of myself for doing it and for raising money for the charity thatmeans a lot to me and my family. I couldn't ask for anything more."Richard Abraham raised £145 in memory of his brother Philip.

In Memory of Lisa FreerLindsay Smith, Shaun Freer and Nicola Dolby took part in a tandem sky-dive and raised £1,005 in memory of Lisa.

In Memory of Stewart GardnerKaren Gardner and her brother Dave Wills took part in a tandem skydiveand sent in a donation of £452 in memory of Karen’s husband Stewartwho died suddenly whilst on holiday in France on 18 June 2008.

In Memory of Neville McIntoshKirsty Robinson (Nev's fiancée) and Estelle Williams took part in a para-chute jump and raised £3,097 in his memory.

In Memory of Jack MaddamsSamantha Ervin and Sam Shearer took part in a tandemskydive and raised £250 in memory of Jack.

In Memory of Mark MardenLaura Marden took part in a tandem skydive and raised£145 in memory of Mark.

Danni Hollows took part in a tandem skydive and raised £145.

Matthew Lapsley took part in a tandem skydive and raised £140.

Louise Molloy took part in a tandem skydive at the Cornish ParachuteClub and raised £200. "My husband was diagnosed with Brugada sevenyears ago and luckily survived. He now has a defibrillator implanted andlives a happy, normal life."

Tara Monaghan took part in a tandem skydive and raised £145.

Adele Pendleton took part in a tandem skydive and raised £115.

Amanda Rossiter took part in a tandem skydive and raised £140.

From a tandem skydive in 2007, Jack Sheehan has now raised £175.

Running and skydiving for CRY

Our Fundraisers


In Memory of Philip Abraham Mary Abraham sent in a donation of £152 which was raised at the'Strawberry Teas' Garden Party held on Sunday 13 July in memory of PhilipJames Abraham.

In Memory of Marcus ArmstrongTony Armstrong sent in further donations of £5,710 raisedduring the Marcus Armstrong Memorial Football match.This makes a total amount raised of £8,985.14.

In Memory of Carl Ashcroft We have received two cheques from Persimmon Homes –a donation of £1,500 from the sale of Show House itemsand a donation sent by Leila King for £473.12 on behalf of

Persimmon. "This has been raised over the last sevenmonths by way of various raffles and

dress down days in our offices and sites."

In Memory of Stuart AttridgeRosemary Attridge held a charity ball at the Reigate ManorHotel on 31 October and raised £10,540 in Stuart's mem-ory. Rosemary has also forwarded further donations

totalling £230.31.

Mrs C Eyre made a donation of £130 at the CRY Pathology Launch.

Terence Conway sent in a donation of £100 in memory of Stuart.

Julian Challis sent in a donation of £260 following the disco dancearranged by Rosemary Attridge.

Michelle Jackiewicz raised £865 after taking part in the Mazda LondonTriathlon in Stuart's memory.

In Memory of David Bakewell We have received donations to the value of £540 in lieu of floral tributesin memory of the late David Bakewell.

In Memory of Andrew Ball Roy Ball forwarded cheque for £359.44 from FatherChristmas (Alan Weavin).

Sheila Clarke and Eve Linforth held a collection day atthe ASDA store in Oldbury on 12 April and collected £150.

Roy Ball forwarded a donation of £146 from Pat Windsor for rafflemoney collected at the Marine Hotel, Paignton.

In Memory of Richard BarkerWe have received a donation of £436 in lieu of floral tributes in memoryof the late Richard Barker.

In Memory of Deborah-Ann Barnes"During the course of 2007 I organised two events to raisemoney for CRY. I was supported in my efforts by all my col-leagues at Welland House Residential Home. One of the

male carers had his head shaved and, in conjunction withthe bric-a-brac stall selling items donated by other members

of staff, we managed to raise the princely sum of £700. As you may beaware, my daughter Deborah-Ann Barnes passed away in 2006 fromyoung sudden cardiac death." Mrs Joyce Baff

In Memory of Nicholas Barnes"Please find cheques to the value of £928.42. This has been raised overa period of months, ending with an evening at St Aidan's Church,Gravesend, when the bulk of the cash was raised. We hope to continueour fundraising when we move to a new parish in the New Year." Rev PhilipJohn Barnes and Mrs Frances Barnes

In Memory of Cecilia BarrigaThe pupils of St Joseph's Junior School,London SE19, sent in a donation of £300raised in memory of Cecilia as a result of a

sponsored maths test during Lent.

Sophie Bates has sent in sponsorship dona-tions of £130 for her abseil.

In Memory of Gareth BeckettSandra Knapman sent in a donation of £390.50 in mem-ory of her son Gareth Thomas Beckett. "On 14September 2006 my lovely 22 year-old son Gareth

Thomas Beckett came home to his partner Gemma. Hewas grubby from work and said he would just have a quick

bath and give her a kiss once he was clean. Gareth never came backdown the stairs on his own. He collapsed on the landing. Gemma calledthe paramedics and ourselves. The paramedics worked on Gareth andwe did get him to the hospital. They tried in vain to bring Gareth backto us, but after 45 minutes everything stopped. Gareth and Gemmahad been together since the age of 16. Gareth has two sisters, Hannah25, and Katie, 14.

Our lives have stood still since that night. Gareth was a fun-loving, hand-some, 'fit' young man with a great future ahead of him. His friends andfamily all comment on his amazing smile and great blue eyes. Myfriends at W Jordan Cereals in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, competed ina swimathon and gave me a cheque for CRY on behalf ofGareth which we would like you to accept with our fond-est wishes."

In Memory of Laura Bennett"I am pleased to enclose cheques totalling £355.55 inrespect of fundraising activities at Stafford ImprovementDivision. The events were instigated by Rebecca Winnallwhose son was in Laura's year at junior and senior schools.

The activities included a raffle for one of my paintings (£162),a raffle of other prizes, a dress down day (£159.60) and provision of toastfor staff as a 'one off' by Rebecca (£18.95), plus separate donations fromHeather Farr (£10) and £5 from Vulnerable Children. The centre nomi-nates a different charity each year and Rebecca pushed CRY's casebecause she knew of Laura's tragedy." John Bennett

Our Fundraisers


In Memory of Kasia BerDiane Ber forwarded the following donations from CRY col-lection tins: £56 from the Sportsman's Club, £24 fromShah's shop and £27 from the Horden Cricket Club, mak-

ing a total collected of £107.

Beauty therapist Lauren Marley raised £380 after shewaxed the legs and chests of two men.

In Memory of David BickUrsula Bick forwarded a cheque for £400 towards theWest Midlands screening programme. The money wasdonated by members and friends of their family specifical-

ly for the Tamworth screening in September.

Ursula also forwarded the following donations in memory of David:A donation of £600 for the West Midlands ECG fund. "This money was

collected at the Tamworth screening which took place on Sunday 28September. Despite a few hiccups prior to the screening, all wentsmoothly. Tony and his team were wonderful. We admired the way every-one worked together and all agreed it was a great success. We look for-ward to our next session which is due to take place next March."

Cheques to the value of £540. "This is the total collected in dona-tions in memory of our very good friend Joseph Taylor. Joe died on 8June after a long illness and his funeral was held on 18 June. Hisdaughter, Joanne, specifically asked for donations in lieu of flowers.Joe was an exceptional man. Kind-hearted and generous with a won-derful sense of humour, he was a gentleman in every sense of theword. He was greatly interested in our involvement with CRY andencouraged us to raise awareness of the organisation in our son'smemory. He was delighted to hear that a screening was going to beheld in Tamworth in September.

Prior to his death he specifically asked that any money raised should goto the West Midlands screening programme in the hope it would help tosave young lives."

In Memory of Steven Bicker"On Friday 21 November 2008 Canterbury Cricket Clubheld a quiz evening. The proceeds of the raffle have beenkindly donated to CRY. Please find enclosed a cheque for

£375 in memory of our son Steven who died on 23 January2006. Thank you for your continued support. We attended the

Bereavement Support Day at Wimbledon in October and we again foundthis of great comfort." Glen and Carol Bicker

In Memory of Mathew Blease We have received a donation of £1,229 in lieu of floral trib-utes in memory of Mathew Blease.

"Please find enclosed a donation of £200 we haveacquired from local businesses. This donation is in mem-

ory of Mathew Blease who died suddenly on 1 February2008. Mathew was a friend of my son. They played in the same foot-ball team, Panshanger Yellows FC, managed by Matt's dad Steve forthe last six years. We hope that this donation can help towards pro-viding support to families like Mathew's who have suffered such atragic loss." Colin E Cox

Karen, Steve and Mark Blease sent in a donation of £440 in memoryof Mathew. "This money was raised from the auction of six FA Cup Finaltickets kindly donated by Tom Barnsley, Assistant Sports SponsorshipManager, McDonald's Restaurants Limited." Karen, Steve and Mark alsosent in further donations totalling £915 in memory of Mathew.

Mrs M Will sent a cheque for £475. "These are theproceeds of our fête, raised by the children ofPanshanger School in memory of Mathew Blease, amember of Panshanger Football Club."

In Memory of Graeme Blenkinsop Jen and Paul Blenkinsop sent in a cheque for £533 inmemory of Graeme. "Kevin Ebbs, who works part-time atthe The Ship and Castle public house, again kindly organ-

ised a quiz on New Year's Day 2008 to raise funds for CRYdue to the loss of Graeme. We cannot thank Kevin and the

patrons of The Ship and Castle enough. We hope this donation goes alittle way in saving a young life." Jan and Paul sent in a further donation."We held a second Charity Football Match on 27 April 2008 in our son'smemory and raised a fantastic sum of £3,560. As you are aware, Graemetragically died on 4 August 2006 from a massive heart attack at the ageof 21. It was agreed that the money be shared between CRY and St Mary'sBreast Care Nurse's Trust Fund. We are therefore very pleased to enclosea cheque for £1,500. The sum of £280 was donated directly via the JustGiving website. Everyone, especially Graeme's friends, thoroughly enjoyedthemselves again and asked that we repeat it next year, which we willendeavour to do."

"Enclosed is a cheque (£100)in memory of Graeme who would havebeen 23 on 18 March". Lesley Ann Bryant

In Memory of James BoothbyWe have received a donation of £519.87 in lieu of floral tributes for thelate James Henry Boothby.

In Memory of Daniel Boughey"On 23 March 2008 Crewes Missiles Mini Club organiseda Car Rally to Barnmouth. We had 29 members of our ownclub start off from our local community centre in Crewe.

Along the way we had three stops. We met another 24Minis from other Mini clubs at Bala Lake making a total of 53

Minis. From Bala we all drove in convoy to Barmouth where we spent theafternoon. We managed to raise £405. All the money came from dona-tions and raffle tickets sold. We first started this in 2007 and we arenow considering making this an annual event as it is becoming so popu-lar among our members. We all agree that CRY is a good cause to sup-port." Claire Hudson, Crewes Missiles Mini Club

In Memory of Ian BowenKenny Bowen has forwarded a donation of £1,100from Tees Power Fund (Tees Valley CommunityFoundation) in memory of his son Ian.

Maralyn Bowen has forwarded the followingdonations in memory of Ian:

A donation of £107 in lieu of floral tributes following the death of hermother.

A cheque for £207 from their recent Screening Day.

A cheque for £198. "On Friday afternoon I went along to Morrison's withChris, Emma, Sue and Lil. We had a tombola stall and gave out CRYleaflets. We were all pleased at the amount we raised as we were only atthe store for three and a quarter hours." Maralyn also sent in £195 whenshe held another tombola in Morrisons.

A cheque for £300 for Ian's Memorial Fund from George Morris,Steward of Marske Cricket Club. "George is a good friend of Kenny's andhe arranged a race night and a 'Pie and Pea Supper' for us. We all enjoyedthe evening."

A cheque for £300 for Ian's Memorial Fund from the Burden PrepGolf Day, arranged again by Glen Shepherd and Frank Spencely. "Theyraised £200 on the day. During the evening a cheque for £100 was pre-sented to Kenny from Tony Cook, Brockway Conveyors. Everyoneenjoyed the day (they were very lucky with the weather) and all enjoyedthe evening."

A further cheque for £140.50 from Marske Cricket Club. "Kenny andmyself went to their Presentation Evening and the money from the rafflewas donated to CRY."

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Caroline Emmerson and the Dormanstown Delegates Juvenile JazzBand raised £100 in memory of Ian.

June Hewitson made a donation of £120 in lieu of buying Christmaspresents for her niece and nephews.

In Memory of Steffani Broughton"I enclose a cheque for £400 in memory of my niece Steffani Broughtonwho died in her sleep aged 17. Instead of birthday presents I asked myfriends to donate to CRY while at my party." Kayreen Cumming

In Memory of Katrina BrownTom Mitchell took part in the Michelob Ultra LondonTriathlon 2007 and has raised £912 in memory of KatrinaBrown. We have also received a further contribution of

£300 from Tom's employer, Marsh Magic, and furthercheques from Tom totalling £4,945 in respect of the Land's

End to John O'Groats Cycle Ride.

"Please find enclosed my cheque for £100 from the sale of bands etc.I am so very proud of my son-in-law James Brown and son-in-law GrahamCollins who will be cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats in aid of CRY.I know that Katrina would have been immensely proud of all that Jameshas done! Mrs M Clark (Katrina's mother)

James Brown raised £575 in memory of Katrina, his 'amazing wife'.James also sent in further donations amounting to £175 in respect of theLand's End to John O'Groats Cycle Ride. This was followed by a furtherdonation from James, Tony, Graham and Nigel for £2,500 raised by theircycle ride.

Graham Collins' donation of £987.01 from the Land's End to JohnO'Groats Cycle Ride was followed by further donations totalling £451.70from Queen Mary's Grammar School and Wragg & Co. in support of histaking part in the event.

Mr and Mrs Allen sent in a donation of £200 in respect of the Land'sEnd to John O'Groats Cycle Ride.

Lucy Williams, Chubb Insurance Charity Committee, sent in donationstotalling £450 in memory of Katrina.

In Memory of Alex Buckler "Colin Juneman was one of Alex'steachers at King's School, Bruton,and has been a tremendous sup-port to us all, along with his wifeJan. This summer, to mark hisretirement, he invited friends andcolleagues to a Golf Challengeand dinner. We were presentedwith a cheque for £500 raised bythose present and I enclose a fur-ther £65 contributed by friendswho couldn't attend. They allcame back to the Golf Club, hav-ing had some very taxing butenjoyable golf." Rosalind Buckler

Rosalind Bucker sent in a further donation in memory of Alex. "BallandsBowmen held a two-day Archery Shoot as part of the South WestChallenge on our farm and 144 archers took part. Once again they heldthe raffle in aid of CRY, ransomed lost arrows and sold wrist bands andpens. Some of the archers also camped overnight with their fee beingdonated, and so altogether we are enclosing a cheque for £400."

In Memory of Jamie BucknellJulie Lister (Jamie's aunt) sent in the following donations:£2,208 from the Family Music Evening, £18 from collec-tion boxes at McCall's store and £25 from Lea Club

Members.

In Memory of Mary BurnhamBirgit Holdsworth took part in a one mile sponsored swim in memory ofher friend Mary Burnham and raised £100.

In Memory of Robert BurnsThe annual five-a-side football match was held in memoryof Robert and raised £750.

In Memory of Nathan ButlerCarole Alcock sent in a cheque for £126.20 for the NathanButler Memorial Fund. This was raised by Alastair Nortonand friends and members of the Burton Manor Sports

Association. They held a New Year's Eve disco, raffle andgames." Carole sent further donations totalling £860 "raised

in memory of my 16 year-old nephew Nathan Butler. We held a celebrationfor my 50th birthday and had donations instead of gifts."

Arthur Butler and Mary Bury held a Garden Party on 10 August andraised £200 in memory of their grandson Nathan.

Mrs K Young sent in cheques totalling £150 in memory of her motherMrs Winifred Sumnell, raised at her funeral on 19 September. “It saddenedher deeply that so many and especially Nathan are unable to enjoy the longlife which she herself enjoyed until she passed away in her 90th year."

Mr and Mrs Bissontok part in the 'Potters Arf Marathon' and raised £300.

Angela Butler has forwarded the following donations in memory of Nathan:Two cheques totalling £705 of which £605 was donated by Mr Chell,

raised at a variety night on 11 March.

Three cheques – £65 from her father's funeral (Giuseppe Davies, whosadly passed away on 6 June), £25 from friends Julie and Steve Smithwho celebrated their Silver wedding anniversary and £66 raised at asocial night at Porthill Park Cricket Club where Nathan was a member.

A cheque for £76 donated by the staff at Blackfriars and MerryfieldsSchool and further cheques totalling £260 in memory of her late father.

A donation of £110 from Mrs Minnie Wilson in lieu of presents for her90th birthday.

Cheques totalling £480 "for donations received following the suddenand sad death of our cousin Geoff Wilson. Geoff's wife, June, very kindlyrequested family flowers only and donations to CRY in memory of Geoffwho died from heart disease and also in memory of Nathan."

Penny Norton and her colleagues at Areva held several book clubevents. At the most recent she raised £880 in memory of Nathan.

In Memory of Graham Button Alison Button raised £272.50 when she and her sister tookpart in the 2007 Boxing Day Swim in Tenby,Pembrokeshire. “Hundreds of people turned out to support

and raise money for various charities, but we want ourmoney to go to the Graham Button Memorial Fund at CRY.

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Graham was a wonderful husband, father, son and brother who is lovedand missed very much by all his family. He was only 36 when he died sud-denly on 14 October 2006. We hope that this donation will go some wayto prevent any future families going through a tragedy like ours." Alisonsent in a further donation of £935 raised by holding 'An Evening withKaren Wilson, Psychic Medium' on 27 September in Budworth Hall, Ongar,Essex. “Karen Wilson, who is based in Pembrokeshire, offered to travel toEssex to do the show for CRY following a reading I had earlier this yearwhich brought me such great comfort. It was a truly enjoyable evening forall and our gratitude goes to Karen for sharing her gift and raising moneyin memory of my darling husband Graham."

In Memory of Peter and Peter Button"We lost our lovely son last year. Peter Junior was 37 years old. SanjaySharma has said Peter Junior was high risk Brugada syndrome and ourdaughter Susie has now been tested but is low risk. In November 2007 mylovely husband was told he had lung cancer and died on 10 March. So, inseven and a half months, I had lost a son and my husband, my daughterhad lost her lovely brother and lovely daddy, and dear little Joseph lost hisdaddy and granddad. Part of all of us died when we lost Peter Junior, hisdaddy went all the way. The above donations of £448.50 were fromfriends and family of Peter Senior." Faiga Button

Graham Harris sent in a donation of £100 in memory of Peter and Peter.

In Memory of Kenneth ByrneKaren Byrne sent incheques amountingto £2,546. “This was

money raised at acharity ball we organised

in memory of my late husbandKenneth Byrne. The Cairn Hotel in

Harrogate hosted anevening of entertainmenton 22 September in sup-port of CRY.”

In Memory of Michael Cadman

"Following a request from the crew onboard the Subsea 7 VesselRockwater 1, I am pleased to enclose a cheque of £1,000 for the MichaelCadman Memorial Fund. I hope this donation will be of great help to yourcharity and best wishes for your future work." Jayne Usher, on behalf ofthe Rockwater 1 Welfare Committee

In Memory of Andrew Cannon"£613.40 was raised by employees at the CPS at theirannual Sports Day in memory of Andrew. It was a big suc-cess and we were able to give CRY a lot of publicity."

Debbie Cannon

In Memory of Ben Carter"Please find enclosed a cheque for £500 whichhas so kindly been donated to Ben's MemorialFund by the staff and pupils of Ben's former

school, Sir William Stonier Community School. Themoney was raised through a school fayre in memory of both

Ben and Jamie Ollier, another former pupil who also died of a heart con-dition in 2006. I would like to sincerely thank not only the year 9 pupilsbut in particular Mr Chris Steele, whose efforts and dedication led to thewhole event being a great success." Yvonne Carter (Ben's mum)

In Memory of Graham Lewis Cataldo-DaviesAbraham Nashaat raised £1,116 during a non-uniform day at hisschool in memory of his good friend Graham who died of SADSon 18 April 2007.

Keith Davies sent in donations totalling £345 which wereraised at a school concert on Friday 6 November 2008 atGraham's old school, Whystones School at Whaddon, Gloucester.

In Memory of Anthony ChildChris Gordon has for-warded further dona-tions amounting to£2,407.82 from hisMission: Implausiblecharity event in memo-ry of Anthony Child.

"On 9 August ourvery good friendsJanet and Kevin heldtheir annual charityline dance for CRY.Once again the evening was very well supported, with everyone having agreat time dancing the night away. We were entertained by Natalie whogave us two great sessions of new and old songs, also our good friend andCRY supporter Kim choreographed a dance to 'Warwick Avenue', whichshe taught us and we all enjoyed. So with great pleasure we are sendingyou cheques for the grand sum of £962. We would like to say a big thank-you to all who came and supported us with their generous donations andbuying raffle tickets but a really big thanks to Janet, Kevin and Kim.Without their continuing support this event would not take place – thanksguys." Angie and Jack Child

In Memory of Tom ClabburnLinda Panzer sent in a donation of £536. "LittleEaling Primary School held a second-hand toysale/cake sale on Thursday 9 October to raise

funds in memory of Tom, one year on. A total of£536 was raised. CRY materials were displayed to further

raise awareness, as were the collection shakers. Notification of the radiobroadcast on the 13 October was also given.

The reaction amongst the school community was amazingly strong. Non-bakers baked, donations were of a high standard and people were gener-ous beyond expectation – literally just handing over money or saying 'keepthe change'. Stories of other children dying under similar circumstanceswere being told. Everyone from headmaster to caretaker, teacher andpupil were really touched, especially as it wasn't so long ago that Tomattended Little Ealing. Tom caused quite a stir and people reacted accord-

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ingly – children and parents alike. The school was incredibly supportive,notably Sue Butcher who helped with the sale and crowd control!"

Nearly £1,000 has been raised for CRY and the Tom Clabburn MemorialFund by Year 9 students at Notting Hill and Ealing High School in WestEaling. Helena Lacey, a student at the school who had known Tom all hislife, organised the event. It was so successful that it was the most moneyever raised by a class during the school's charity week. The events were:

Monday – staff cakes were sold outside the staff room, a notice was readin assembly in heart costumes informing the school about the charityweek. Posters were put up around the school.

Tuesday – staff cakes were sold outside the staff room, student cakeswere sold in the canteen at break, an assembly and a powerpoint demon-stration on CRY were held, raffle tickets were sold at lunch.

Wednesday – staff cakes were sold outside the staff room, CRY wrist-bands and raffle tickets were sold at lunch, ordering candy canes forfriends at lunch.

Thursday – staff cakes were sold outside the staff room, student cakeswere sold in canteen at break, CRY wristbands and raffle tickets were soldat lunch, ordering candy canes for friends at lunch.

Friday – all of the above, an ‘own clothes day’ (£1 if you wore red, £2 ifyou didn't). At lunchtime in the hall we had 'I'm a teacher, get me outtahere' event where five teachers had to do tasks whilst the school laughed.It cost 40p to get in.

Tom's mother, Claire Prosser, sent in a donation of £350 in lieu ofwork she carried out for the Radio Times.

In Memory of David Cochrane "In April 2006 the members of Lodge Hopetoun St John No. 1232, a smallMasonic Lodge located in Linlithgow, West Lothian, were stunned to hearthat one of their youngest members had tragically died from an undetect-ed heart condition. David Cochrane, aged 22, a former dux of WhitecrossPrimary School and Head Boy at Graeme High School in Falkirk, hadrecently graduated from Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University and was to jointhe Royal Navy officer training course later that year. David had severalpart-time jobs to help his parents support him through university. His kindnature, willingness to help others and big smile made him popular with allwho knew him. David was a keen amateur sailor and fly fisher and hiscommunity spirit was simply outstanding. On one occasion he single-handedly rescued a sailing party in trouble on Loch Sweene, Argyllshire.

He took complete control of the situation and got the passengers to theshore before returning to the capsized boat in which the captain wastrapped. Without thought for his own safety, he plunged into the water andrescued him. On another occasion, David put his first aid skills to gooduse to aid of a man attacked by thugs in a local shopping area.

Members of David's Lodge, along with family members and friends, havedecided to honour his memory and each year will make efforts to raisefunds for CRY. In the first year, 2006, it was hoped a few hundred poundscould be raised. Everyone was delighted when a total of £2,200 wasannounced. In 2007 it was decided that a real team effort was neededand a sponsored walk on the local canal footpath was organised. The 18miles from the Bridge Inn at Ratho near Edinburgh to the Brig Inn atLinlithgow, along with the heavy rain, did not put people off and this eventand a few others raised a fine total of £7,000. This year there was doubtas to whether the previous total could be matched or beaten. Again it wasagreed that the local canal footpath provided excellent walking facilities.The walk was arranged this time from The Falkirk Wheel to Linlithgow (amere 15 miles). Colleagues from Lodge Camelon joined the ranks and inthe end over 70 walkers – plus five dogs – took part. In addition to thesponsored walk, a Stars in Their Eyes evening, a bowling competition andcharity auction were held.

On Friday 20 June CRY Representative Shelagh Green was presented witha magnificent cheque for £10,738. Shelagh thanked the Lodge and itssupporters for the wonderful support given to CRY and made special ref-erence to the support given by David's mother Katie and her family.Speaking on behalf of all who participated in the various fundraising proj-ects, Ray Newton the secretary and a Past Master of the Lodge comment-ed that "Whilst David has been taken from us, his memory will already bewith us and his thoughts on life and what he achieved in his short life are,and always will be, an inspiration to us all." Ray Newton, PM Sec, LodgeHopetoun St John No. 1232

Npower sent in a matched giving donation of £141 in memory of David.

In Memory of Jeremy ColeNigel and Jenny Cole sent in a cheque for £4,746. This wasthe balance of money raised from the 'Fun with Flowers'event.

In Memory of Katherine ConroyWe have received a donation of £1,146.20 in lieu of floral tributes for thelate Katharine Margaret Conroy.

In Memory of Simon CoxMrs Carole Coxhas forwardedc h e q u e s

amounting to£189 in memory

of her son Simon. "Simon'sbrother, Jason, and his girl-friend, Sophie, cycled theLondon to Brighton ride earli-er this year and this is theamount collected so far."

In Memory of Donald and Hazel CroutearWe have received donations amounting to £210 in lieu of floral tributes inmemory of Donald Charles Croutear and £180 in lieu of floral tributes inmemory of Hazel Mary Marcella Croutear.

In Memory of Simon CullumSt Peter's Parish raised £764.53 in memory of Simon. This money waspresented at the CRY Pathology launch in London.

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In Memory of Neil DarbyHeather Darby has sent in a donation of £3,503.79 in memory of NeilJohn Darby. This money was raised at various fundraising events, includ-ing the Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride and shaving off the moustacheof Mark Gardener.

In Memory of Ryan Darby"On Saturday 27 September we held another charity nightin memory of our son Ryan. The evening was a great suc-cess with a disco, buffet and great raffle prizes. We have

pleasure in enclosing cheques to the value of £7,000, thisbeing the amount we raised on the evening

from the entrance tickets and raffles (Pimlico Plumbersdonated £2,000 and Metrogas Amateur AssociationLimited donated £150). We hope this helps towards yourcontinued work in research and the screening of young peo-ple, also the support you show to bereaved parents like our-selves." Barbara and John Darby

In Memory of Robin DaviesWe have received a donation of £596.60 in memory of the late Mr RobinDavies.

In Memory of Luke Dickinson"Five months after Luke's death I have settled myself to write to peoplewho sent donations in his memory. Please accept the enclosed cheque of£350 in memory of our wonderful son who died when he was having agreat life, with a future full of promise. May this help in a small way theimportant work of CRY. Thank you for the help you have given me." PatDickinson

In Memory of Christopher DixonMrs Aimee Norman and friends completed a sponsoredwalk from Swanage to Corfe and back in memory of theirfriend Chris Dixon. They raised £445.71 in his memory.

In Memory of Scott DonkinShaun Bailey (Secretary) sent in a donation of £1,315.43in memory of Scott Donkin. "This is made from the fundsof Derwentside Sub-Divisional Police Welfare Club (Consett

Police Club)".

In Memory of Adam Donnelly Adam Donnelly Memorial Ball 28 June 2008Following thesuccess of the

ball we organisedin 2006 we decid-

ed to do the same again thisyear, with the hope that wecould at least match the moneyraised last time. 120 ticketswere sold for the event at theWoodlands Banqueting Centrein Swanley and the evening was a wonderful success. We raised £6,370,much more than we had expected. So many kind and wonderful peopleattended the dinner, gave raffle prizes or organised items that could beauctioned on the evening. It has made us realise once again that we areblessed with a wonderful circle of friends and family. Everyone sat downto a delicious four-course dinner, washed down with a couple of glasses ofwine. Jed did the after-dinner speech in which he talked briefly talk aboutwhat we as a family are doing with CRY, what we hope to achieve and thesuccess of last year's screening event we organised.

Our very dear friend Sandra Clark then acted as auctioneer for theevening and again did a fantastic job in getting people to bid for items. Wehad ten items to be auctioned which raised over £4,000 towards theevening. Sandra then asked everyone to raise their glasses to Adam who,had he been there, would have loved being the centre of attention andGuest of Honour for the evening! It was then down to the main businessof the evening which was getting onto the dance floor. We had really goodfeedback from the evening and hope that everyone who attended had asgood a time as we did. We will definitely be organising another ball in acouple of years." Julie Donnelly

Mary Roberts sent in a donation of £100. "On 25 April Adam would havebeen 21 years old. I cannot give him a present so please accept thischeque in his memory. He was a warm, loving boy who is still greatlymissed by his family."

Lyn Lyons held a social event at Battersea Ironside's Rugby Club on 14June. The event raised £1,500 in memory of Adam.

Julie Donnelly forwarded the following donations in memory of Adam:Donations totalling £255: "This was made up as follows: £75 from

Rochelle Gibbs, £50 from Melanie Hodges who took part in the HydroActive Women's Challenge, £100 from my mother in lieu of birthday pres-ents and £30 from Pam Blake."

Donations of £100 from her mother in memory of Adam on his 21stbirthday and £103 raised by Siân during the swimathon on 19 April 2008.

Cheques to the value of £600 raised by their friend Jeff Hewitt duringthe same swimathon. "The companies that sponsored Jeff were CMUtilities Limited (£500) and Express Pipe Laying & Repairs Limited (£100)respectively."

Cheques to the value of £5,870 raised at the Adam Donnelly MemorialDinner/Dance. "An additional £500 has been donated by our friend MrsToni Branch. Toni organised an end of year prom at her daughter's schoolin the summer and £2 from each ticket sold was donated to a charity. Shevery kindly chose CRY."

A cheque for £100. "This is the amount raised by my aunt at the dinnerclub she organises. The ladies meet each month and usually have a guestspeaker. My mother spoke about CRY at the last meeting and the rafflemoney raised was donated to CRY."

In Memory of Adam DrawbridgeRachel McLoughlin, HR Business Partner, CSC ComputerSciences, sent in a donation of £2,000 in Adam's memory."Adam Drawbridge was a young member of staff who was

employed on our Graduate Programme. Sadly, Adam recentlypassed away from an undiagnosed heart condition. His

parents have confirmed that they would like any donations to be madeto your charity."

We have received donations totalling £340 in memory of Adam: PhilipTinsley sent in a donation of £100, Mrs K Fleming sent £100, Mrs EDrawbridge sent £100 and Mrs S Blackman, £40.

In Memory of John EastwoodJohn and Gwen Eastwood sent in a donation of £5,000 raised from theLincoln 10k Race on 27 March 2008 in memory of John Aiden Eastwood.

In Memory of Sebastian English"You will recall that AXA Framlington Velocity team completedlast summer's London to Brighton bike ride. I am delighted toinform you that AXA Framlington has elected to make an

additional payment in respect of our achievement and infurther recognition of the worthy cause." Paul Armatage for-

warded a cheque for £1,000.

"My dad was a member at a historic Manchester Dining Club and I amenclosing a cheque for £300 from them." Bill Corlett, Honorary Treasurerof the John Shaw's Club

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"Frank Drewett, who coached many membersof the XV over the years, heard about our ThreePeaks Challenge and felt he would like to con-tribute. Frank is in the process of making someunique lamp stands and wants to donate theproceeds. The lamp stands will all be craftedfrom the rugby posts that stood at Twickenham from 1936 until the1951-52 season and then used at Rugby School on Old Big Side untilthe mid-1970's." Rupert Hunter forwarded donations totalling£1,250.

Rupert Hunter forwarded donations totalling £150 from P G C Davies,W J G Powell and Mr A Sayles (£50 each) in memory ofSebastian.

Bath Rugby Club donated £1,600 in respect of CRYPatron Simon Halliday's Bath Rugby Christmas DVD.

Richmond Football Club forwarded a donation of £500 inlieu of the speaker's fee when Simon Halliday attended their AnnualDinner.

"I have always sent a donation in memory of my dear, late, greatnephew Sebastian on his birthdays and at Christmas. I am now enclos-ing a cheque for £100 on the occasion of what would have been his 20thbirthday. So wonderful to know that because of the existence of the Fundperhaps some youngsters may have been spared. The new diagnosticunit must be of tremendous value." GW and PM Owens

"We are pleased to enclose a cheque for £3,000, being monies collect-ed at a charity day held at the club. There is also a cheque enclosed for£20 from Down to Earth raised at the same event. All the best from all atHaslemere Rugby Club." Will Oxley, Hon Treasurer

The Sporting Club Dinner have donated £5,000, forwarded to CRY byDavid Trick.

Mr and Mrs J W Bailey sent in a donation of £200 in memory ofSebastian.

"The Fourth Annual Sebastian English Memorial Golf Competitionwas held on Thursday 25 September in the wonderful Lake District. Thedreadful weather we have had all summer held its breath for two glori-ous days as 17 intrepid golfers took part in a Stapleford competitionaround the challenging Windermere Golf Club Course. The views weregreat and the golf wasn't bad either! Best individual score and winnerof the 'coveted green jacket' went to 19-year old Emma Seddon with 39points. Best Male score shared between Steve Nicholson and RichardSkan with 36. Female runner up was Lynette Newington with 20 (pret-ty good for her first ever comp!). 3 ball Team Stableford was sharedbetween Nigel Seddon, Peter Brown and Chris MacColl and SteveNicholson, Paul Harriman and Mark Hancock with 44 points eachteam. Pre-dinner drinks were held on a steamcruiser which glided awayfrom the jetty at Langdale Chase Hotel on to a ripple-free lake with aperfect sunset.

Dinner was delicious and a credit to the chef and staff at the hotel. Ahilarious dinner speech was given by Pepe Fowler (who, quite frankly,should have her own TV show). The stand up bingo and raffle were aswell-supported as ever and the evening carried on into the very earlyhours of the next morning, with a few tired looking faces at breakfast afew hours later! The whole event raised a four-figure sum and alreadyplans have started for next year's event ." Nigel Seddon sent in a dona-tion of £1,068 from the Golf Day

"We are pleased to enclose a cheque for £200following our fundraising for CRY this term. Themoney was raised from a raffle on our Open Day."Mrs Sue Hall, Russell Baker Housemistress, StCatherine's School, Bramley, Surrey

The Haslemere Junior Tennis Club tournament raised £212.

In Memory of Catherine FarrarWe have received a donation of £400 in lieu of floral tributes in memoryof the late Mrs Catherine Farrar.

In Memory of Leanne Faulkner "We will always remember Leanne as a fun-loving girl. Shelooked forward to her future and was making ambitiousplans to travel the world once she had finished her studies.

She had only just returned to her home in Portugal after vis-iting Abingdon College where she planned to study for her A

levels, the first step towards her dream vocation as a fashion designer,when she became unwell. Her condition deteriorated over the followingdays when it became clear to us that she was seriously ill. Leanne's heartbecame too weak to fight her illness and she died at the young age of 15,with her mother and father by her side at Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon,Portugal, on 8 March 2006. The precise cause of her death is still notknown to us. We would like to assist CRY in their campaign to raise gener-al public awareness and reduce risk in others through supportingresearch and screening programmes. At the same time we feel that wecan also raise awareness in Portugal where such risks in the young areevidently overlooked by the medical profession." Michelle Faulkner sent indonations of £500 and £1,549.30. This money was raised duringfundraising events in Portugal and Oxfordshire in memory of Leanne.

In Memory of Thérèse Field"The Stargazers Dance School which I run put on a charitysong and dance show at the Granville Theatre, Ramsgate,on Saturday 19 July in aid of CRY and in memory of my sis-

ter Thérèse Field. The show was called 'It's Showbiz' andfeatured around 70 people ranging from ages four to 45. They

performed routines to songs from musicals such as Fame, Anything Goes,Hairspray, Me and My Girl and We Will Rock You as well as modern popsongs and old classics. This show raised £1,902 for Thérèse's memorialfund. A local scout group walked past my husband's office where he hada display up for CRY and a lady came in and said one of their group haddied suddenly and that they would be doing a small fundraiser for CRY attheir next meeting. They brought £43 into his office a week later – separatecheque enclosed." Tara Gore

In Memory of Andy Forbes"Please find enclosed a cheque for £1,300 which has been collected byPremier Foods in memory of Andy Forbes. Premier held a dress down dayin Andy's memory on 23 July 2008. Sophy (Andy's wife) works for us hereat Premier and we are all thinking of Sophy and her family at this verydifficult time." Alison Pateman, Premier Foods plc

CRY has received two separate donations from Tesco:

Steven Garton, Director, Tesco Store Ordering, sent in a donation of£2,678.40. "Andy had worked for Tesco for over eleven and a half years. Hewas a good leader who inspired his team and also enjoyed being part of theTesco football team at any given opportunity. His sudden death was a hugeshock for all his colleagues at Tesco and especially his team mates.Together with donations from Andy's colleagues, Tesco suppliers, moneyraised through a raffle at our annual Store Ordering Fun Day and with the20% which Tesco add to charitable donations, we would like the amount tobe added to Andy's Memorial Fund which Sophy has set up in his memory."

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £2,544 raised in memory of ourfriend and colleague Andy Forbes for his Memorial Fund. £2,120 of thiswas raised at an event attended by Tesco Directors from Stores andDistribution who knew Andy both through work and socially. An additional20% has been added by Tesco's Charity Trust." Briony Rutt

In Memory of Rhian Nadine Fry"Please find enclosed a donation of £440 raised at a cofeemorning held by our kind neighbours and friends inMaresfield Park and surrounding areas. Fortunately, we

were blessed with a beautiful, sunny day and the event tookplace in the garden." Colleen Fry

Mr P Hammer sent in a donation of £500 in recognition of Richard andAdam Fry's fundraising efforts.

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In Memory of Vicki Furlong "Please find enclosed cheques totalling £2,000. The donations have beenmade in memory of my late wife, Vicki Furlong, who died suddenly andunexpectedly on 5 October 2008. For my family and I, CRY has been anextremely helpful organisation providing us with timely information andsupport. Alison Cox and Dr John Somauroo, our local cardiologist(Countess of Chester Hospital), have helped support and guide us throughthis incredibly difficult time for which we are grateful." Dr Niall Furlong

"Please find enclosed cheques to the value of £525 which have beendonated in memory of our daughter, Mrs Victoria Furlong, who died sud-denly on 5 October 2008 from what is thought to be sudden adult deathsyndrome." Andrew White

Gail Fullbrook, Headteacher at Frodsham CE PrimarySchool, sent in a donation of £160 raised by some of theparents in memory of Vicky.

In Memory of Matt GadsbyCRY has received two donations from National Grid:

"In memory of Matt Gadsby, a fit young man who diedwhile playing football, our department in National Grid at

Warwick have been organising a series of fundraising eventsto raise money and awareness of the West Midland screening

programme to be held in September 2008. To date we have raised £161which the company will match through its matched giving scheme. I dohope that this donation, albeit small, will go some way in help getting anearly diagnosis to as many people as possible so that fewer families willhave to endure the pain and shock of this ultimately treatable condition."Irene Shepherd, National Grid

Bruce Russell from National Grid sent in a further donation of £325 toraise money and awareness of the West Midland screening programme."A group of individuals took part in a ‘1lb4£1’ challenge. Basically, youlose a 1lb and donate a £1 to charity. We chose your charity, as a mem-ber of a team, Sarah Gadsby, is Matt's wife."

The Queen's Head, Newton Regis, sent in a donation of £100 inmemory of Matt.

In Memory of Andrew GardCaroline Gard forwarded a cheque for £1,100 from the lasttwo clinics at Colchester and various fundraising monieshanded in during the last few months. Caroline also for-

warded a cheque for £211.02 from Frinton Free Church whoheld a quiz night.

Frinton Rotary Club raised £1,200 from a Sportsmen's Dinner and booksale.

Tom Brooks and Alex Unitt took part in the Mazda London Triathlon andraised £100 in memory of Andrew.

In Memory of Stewart Michael Gardner We have received two donations for £806.07 and $5,000 in lieu of floraltributes for the late Mr Stewart Michael Gardner.

In Memory of Mark Geddes"Please find enclosed a cheque for £700 as my donation. This is in mem-ory of my husband who suddenly passed away in December. He had amitral valve prolapse." Najeeda Geddes

In Memory of Vernon GibbonsMrs L Gibbons forwarded a donation of £250 from colleagues at Vernon'splace of work.

In Memory of Gary Giles"Please find enclosed a cheque for £100 in memory of Gary Giles whodied several years ago. The money was raised last year by a six-a-side

cricket match between the members of the Lamb Inn football team(Marlborough), Marlborough Town Football Club and Minal Cricket Club, allof whom Gary used to play for." Jackie Cook, Treasurer, Minal Sports &Social Club

In Memory of Cameron Gillies"I recently retired and asked my friends and family to donate to two of mycharities instead of giving gifts, so please find enclosed a cheque for£250. My son died 12 years ago at age 17. The cause of death was givenas acute cardiac insufficiency as a result of viral myocarditis, following asevere throat infection. We had no idea he even had a throat infection ashe was a very fit and healthy young boy. Cameron was a well-loved andwell-liked young person who enjoyed life and had a great many friends. Wetalk fondly of him often and of all the things he used to get up to as ayoung boy. Two of his friends have actually called their children after him,so I feel that was a nice thing to do. I hope this money will go towardsresearch to help find a cure to help other young people. Keep up the goodwork and all the best for the future." Mrs Lilian Gillies

In Memory of Cheryl Glasborow "In October 2007 Kathy, my friend and I, attended our firstCRY Bereavement Day at Wimbledon Park Golf Club. Whilstdriving home and discussing the events of the day and how

they had affected us, we decided we wanted to raise moneyfor the charity in Cheryl's memory. Ron and Donna were in

agreement. Kathy's church, St Joseph's, donated their hall. Gina in theoffice printed the tickets in Cheryl's favourite colour, lilac. All we had to dowas think of 150 people we knew who had been in Cheryl's life at one timeor another to fill it! We contacted our families, old friends and neighbours,people we had met on holiday, Cheryl's old school friends, girls from herBrownie and Guiding groups, current friends and neighbours. We had afantastic response. Many bought the £10 tickets or made a donation ifthey could not come. After a few weeks we were sold out!

Next, we needed to get raffle prizes so we called on local shops, fitnessplaces, the cinema and the theatre who all gave generously. Friends andfamily also gave us donations. One neighbour donated a week's holiday ina cottage in Rye. The chairman of Charlton Athletic Football Club donatedfour tickets to the first match of next season. The music and the buffetwas organised by friends Gabriel, Zoe and Judy. I contacted the localnewspaper and asked them if they would report on the event and theyagreed. Donna's partner Ben offered to take photos. We were all set – itwas really happening!

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We arrived at the hall on 10 May at 5pm. Plenty of friends had offered tohelp set up tables, dress them, put out nibbles, organise the raffle table,put up pictures of Cheryl around the walls, tie CRY balloons at theentrance and set out the buffet. Time flew by and people started to arrivejust before 7.30pm. Soon the hall was filling up, the music was playing,people were greeting one another, chatting and catching up with oneanother's news, drinks were flowing and the buffet was going down atreat. Five pairs of ladies sold raffle tickets at £5 a strip or 3 strips for £10and at 9pm Cheryl's older sister Donna and her best friend Caroline pulledthe winning raffle tickets – 23 in all, without the aid of the mic, which hada technical fault at the time. When we knew how much money had beenraised we quickly filled in a dummy cheque our bank had given us andinvited Allison Spalding, CRY's Representative from the Kent area, to joinRon, Donna and myself on stage. We were absolutely delighted to presentAllison with a cheque for £2,477. Everybody had been so generous. It wasamazing – Cheryl would be so proud.

Allison said a few words about the work of the charity and how importantfundraising is. We then cut the cakes, one with red roses for CRY, and theother white with lilac and pink roses in loving memory of Cheryl. The restof the evening was spent on the dance floor. Oh what a night!” SandraGlasborow, Cheryl's mother

Sandra held a coffee morning on 20 November 2008 in memory ofCheryl. "Cheryl died from cardiomyopathy, a sudden death. With your sup-port we had the strength to carry on (thank you)." She raised £250 fromthe event and £88.93 from the sale of Christmas cards.

In Memory of Reece Goodman"Our family and many friends would like to make a donationon behalf of my beautiful grandson Reece Callum Goodmanaged one year and one week old, who sadly lost his fight for

life on 2 October 2006 to a rare heart condition. In the pastwe have raised a good amount of money for CRY and will con-

tinue to do so via a great bunch of family, friends and work colleagues, onthis occasion playing charity games of football and rugby. Also included isa £500 donation from my employer, Unipart, for whom Reece's mummyalso works. They have been a great support to me and my family and I knowthey will continue fundraising in the future as Reece was close to every-one's hearts. If it helps to raise awareness for other families and can savejust one life we will go on forever raising money for CRY." Jayne Daly (veryproud Grandma) sent in donations totalling £952 in memory of Reece.

"My name is Ryan Goodman and I sadly lost my little cousinReece to dilated cardiomyopathy in October 2006. On 12

September I was at my Aunty's wedding. My cousinReece Goodman was remembered on the day with aballoon release. After the sit down meal I decided to do a col-lection for CRY while my family were together and I raised£63.44." Ryan Goodman, age 11

In Memory of Ashley Goodwin"On 21 July 2007 our youngest son Ashley died suddenly and withoutwarning. This fit and healthy young man had celebrated his 35th birthdayonly the day before. Throughout his adult life Ashley contributed to andraised money for numerous charities. He had completed two LondonMarathons in 2005 and 2006 and intended to walk the West HighlandWay in 2008 to raise further funds.

Following his death his lifelong friend Mark, with whom Ashley hadplanned the walk, announced that he still intended to undertake it in hon-our of his friend's memory and asked whether anyone would like toaccompany him." Linda and Geoff Goodwin sent in a donation of £897from this event.

In Memory of Andrew GraemePaul Graeme sent in a further donation of £200 in respect of his wife's60th birthday party.

In Memory of Oliver Griffin Kate Piddington sent donations totalling £1,310 from Reckitt Benckisertowards sponsorship money raised by herself and Anna Morecambe forthe London to Paris Bike Ride in September. "This is in memory of OliverGriffin who died on 2 February 2008. Reckitt Benckiser are the employersof Olly's cousin Jemma and they have been very generous with both thischeque and also by catering events." Kate Piddington

Jemma Pratley sent in cheques to the value of £1,785 towards thememorial fund of her cousin Oliver. "It was raised by holding a quiz nightfor family and friends and through selling redundant office furniture!".Jemma sent in a further donation of £1,745 raised at a quiz night on 18October.

In Memory of Leanne HaddrellMary Haddrell sent in cheques totalling £440 in memory ofher daughter Leanne Marie Haddrell. “Leanne tragicallydied on 1 May 2008 at Cheltenham General Hospital due

to myocarditis. It was very sudden as she was an extremelyfit and healthy young lady. She was 21 years old."

Mary also forwarded the following donations:"We held a 21 hour Rowathon and Fancy Dress Aqua Aerobic session at

LA Fitness in Cheltenham, together with a raffle, on 8 and 9 Septemberwhich raised £1,902.69. Secondly, a local pub, The Wheat Pieces inTewkesbury, held a charity bingo night and raffle on 29 September andraised a total of £688.80, organised by Mr James Collie and his wife.

Three cheques amounting to £739.34: a donation of £500 from ZurichCares Small Grant where Mary's son works, £216.17 from a bucket collec-tion held at the Tesco where she works and £23.17 from a collection tinin her local newsagents, Northway News, in Tewkesbury.

In Memory of Harvey Hague-ArmitageH-Fest, Friday 18 January 2008 "Harvey was a gifted and passionate musicianwho played the flute and drums with, in his words,

"Strength, Determination and Mercy Forever". Itwas in his memory that Cardinal Griffin Catholic High

School hosted an evening of contemporary music featuring many of its tal-ented young musicians. Information about CRY was displayed in theschool foyer alongside a collage of friends' photographs from Harvey's pri-vate collection stored on his phone and computer, with others taken by hismum. This popular display attracted favourable comments from Harvey'scolleagues, many of whom had not seen their dodgy and maybe embar-rassing images before!

The event was organised by Harvey's 15-year old sister Alice with helpfrom fellow student Emma Bullock, alongside the untiring enthusiasm andpractical support of music teachers Tim Baker and Yvonne Griffin. Headteacher Michael Burrowes generously offered his skills in ways in whichonly a Head Teacher could – advice on all matters managerial and musi-cal, manning the school gates and most importantly sweeping the hall atthe end of the evening. The hall was transformed by James Gill's artwork,his creative skills producing a delightfully accurate cartoon depictingHarvey doing what he loved most – playing the drums. Special thanks toHarvey's brother Charles for the lighting, also to Stafford's GatehouseTheatre for the loan of their equipment. Harvey's friend Christopher Dean,drummer with 'The Oxymorons', very kindlyallowed all fellow drummers to use his kit on theevening. Harvey's band members Dan and Nicfrom Hell and High Water were special guests forthe evening. They joined over 300 youngsters,and a few less young, to experience a variety ofmusic from solo acoustic pieces from Adam andEmma to heavy metal-based rock from thebands. The English department's Garry Websterdemonstrated his digital dexterity with the guitar.

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Harvey's sister Alice surprised everyone with her vocal rendition of AnnieLennox's 'Into the West', sung especially for her brother.

Light refreshments encapsulated Harvey's inimitable style: Jaffa cakesand ASDA chocolate bars. By the end of the evening there was a steadytrickle of condensation dripping from the ceiling of the school hall, a tes-tament to the amount of energy and evaporation emanating from all thoselively bodies!

H-FEST was an unquestionable success with a total of £1,024.11 pledgedto CRY. Alice's post-evening comment was "That was the best evening ever."

Harvey's mother Christine sentin a cheque for £376.60 towardsHarvey's memorial fund. "My 17year-old son was a gifted and tal-ented musician, playing the fluteand drums, 'preferably loud!' WithHarvey's passion for music inmind, I decided to undertake amusical challenge and raisefunds for CRY at the same time.In February I bought a viola muchto the amusement of the rest of the family (and entertainment for thelocal cat population!). I imagined that Harvey would be laughing whilstcommenting on the viola as a piece of firewood compared with his love ofthe flute and drums as 'proper instruments'. In July I asked family andfriends to sponsor me to take the London College of Music's Grade 3exam in music performance. I passed with distinction and raised£376.40."

Jayne Davis, CRY's Wolverhampton Representative, sent in a donationof £403.50. "As a London College of Music representative I was delightedagain to be invited into the Mayor's Parlour to give a charity concert.Recently we lost two very special people at our centre. On 29 September2002 Kerry Murray passed away aged 26 after a year-long fight against

cancer of the sinus. Kerry was a treas-ured pupil of mine, enjoying preparingher ALCM in Electronic Music. She wasalso a teacher at Musicland inWolverhampton. On 8 September 2007Harvey Hague-Armitage died unexpect-edly, aged 17. Harvey was looking tostudy music at university. He playedflute and drums, with plans for a careeras a professional drummer. The con-cert was dedicated to both Kerry andHarvey.

With ticket sales, raffle and DVD orders, we raised £800. I am delighted,considering that we could only seat 80 people! Thank you to all who con-tributed in any way. The money has been divided equally between theyoung cancer patients' unit at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital andCRY. The evening comprised performances by some of the diploma stu-dents and a selection of candidates from the Spring and Summer sessions.The music performed was extremely varied, including Xylophone, Voice,Keyboard and Piano, Trumpet, Violin, Flute, Cello and Drum Kit. All perform-ers had their certificates presented by the Mayor and our special guest, MrPhilip Aldred. Thanks go to Philip for taking time to come and presentawards and for his kind words. Special congratulations also to Philip on hisnew appointment as Chief Examiner in Music from all at Wolverhampton.The concert was an immense success with every performance enjoyed byall. The standard was exceptionally high and a wonderful tribute to Kerryand Harvey who were themselves an inspiration to us all."

In Memory of Ric HallidayDonations totalling £500 were received from Mrs S Halliday in memory ofRic. The donations were in lieu of flowers from family and friends. Alsoincluded were donations from staff, friends and customers of Caseys inCanterbury.

In Memory of Josephine HarrisMrs Joy Austin held a Car Boot Fair in memory of her stepgranddaughter Josephine.

In Memory of David HarropCaterham School has sent in a donation of £100.

In Memory of Andrew Hartlebury "We raised £200.35 on 30 January 2008 by having a char-ity football match in aid of CRY on the anniversary of mybest friend and work colleague Andrew Hartlebury. He died

suddenly of myocarditis aged 21 during a game of football.Although the amount is not massive, we sincerely hope that it

helps in some way. A massive thank-you to all who donated." Lee Clark

In Memory of Chris HawMrs Lesley Haw sent in donations totalling £120. Thismoney was raised during the Keswick to Barrow CharityWalk in May 2007 in memory of Chris.

Steve Haw sent in a donation of £730 which was raisedduring the Jedi Festival in memory of Chris.

In Memory of Kallista HeaveyMrs Lorraine Vernon and the Silverdale Line Dancers madea donation of £200 via Just Giving in memory of KallistaLilly-Ann Heavey.

Jean Edwards, Chair of Governors at Mill Hill PrimarySchool, sent in a donation of £25.

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"Please accept this donation in memory of KallistaHeavey. We had a cake sale at school organised by CiaranMcGeever." Lyn McIntyre sent in a donation of £95.

In Memory of Oliver HewittA cheque for the sum of £1,150 was donated by Oliver'sfriends. The money was raised from a Hollywood-themedcharity evening held at the local pub The Lazy Hill. It was a

wonderful night and everyone walked along the red carpet.The official photographer donated £5 for every photograph

ordered. The room was deco-rated in black and gold withfamily and friends dressed intheir best attire. After a buffetand raffle they danced thenight away." Julie Collins,Oliver's mum

Julie also sent in a chequefor £330. "This was raised byOliver's Aunty Margaret. OneSaturday she held a coffeemorning at ShelfieldMethodist Chapel. There wasan Allsorts table, freshly bakedcakes which sold out veryquickly and a raffle. The eventwas well supported and shehad some kind ladies helpingout who worked very hard. It was a wet day so everyone enjoyed a nicecuppa and were very happy to sit in the warm and chat."

Oliver's colleagues at Bridal Court Job Centre adopted CRY as theircharity for 2007. Throughout the year they held fancy dress days, cakestalls, bottle tombola, summer ball and a 'staff Santa's Grotto'. Theyraised £500 and presented the cheque to Oliver's family.

Grace Collins took part in the London to Paris Open Bike Ride (Route2) in June and raised £2,038.

We have received donations amounting to £733 in respect of SophieLockley's participation in the London to Paris Bike Ride in memory of Oliver.

In Memory of Simon Hewett John Garner, Brian Wreford, Nick Ullett and Geoff Smithtook part in the Luberon Mountain walk on 2 - 4September 2008. John Hewett sent in donations of £60

from GRT Smyth, £100 from BW Wreford and £225 fromJCB Hewett, making a total of £385.

In Memory of Greg Highwood-MackAndrew Burtt, PortsmouthGrammar School, sent in adonation of £200. "At our December school carol service a

retiring collection was taken for two charities, one of whichwas CRY. CRY's cause was promoted by one of our sixth form

pupils, Camille Mack, whose family has been involved with your charity."

Chris and Elizabeth Mack took part in the London to Paris Bike Ride andsent in a further donation of £100.

In Memory of Andy Hill"Please find enclosed donations to CRY to the value of £1,200 in memoryof my late husband Andy Hill. This was raised from a football match heldin his memory. I hope that it will help you continue your excellent work."Mrs Pippa Hill

John Adams took part in Great North Swim and raised £759 in memo-ry of Andy.

In Memory of Laura Hillier"Please find enclosed two cheques, £220 and £20, forLaura's Memorial Fund. The cheque for £220 represents apersonal donation from Joan, Matthew and I: £200 in

respect of Christmas and the remaining £20 a personaldonation from Mrs A Hillier in memory of Laura. The separate

cheque for £20 is from Mrs Pauline Hemshall, also in memory of Laura."A R Hillier

In Memory of Tony Hogan

Patricia (Tricia) Dinn, Tony's partner, sent in a donation of £2,676. "Tomark Tony's first anniversary I wanted to do something positive sodecided to organise a charity race night and donate the proceeds. Therace night was held on Saturday 5 April 2008, the same day as theGrand National, so that put us in the right mood for betting! It wasattended by 150 of Tony's family and friends – there was even a wait-ing list for tickets. We had a raffle (many thanks to everyone whodonated prizes, especially local businesses Bobbers, Liaisons andTaskers) and an auction for a signed Everton shirt. Overall, a fantasticnight was had by all. Tony died suddenly last year aged 48 years andthe cause was recorded as arrhythmia. As you will appreciate, the totalunexpectedness of this was devastating for me, his partner of 10years, for his mum and all his family and many friends. Tony was fitand healthy and enjoyed life to the full. He enjoyed watching LiverpoolFC, ran our son's Sunday league football team, played five-a-side foot-ball with men he'd been friends with for 30 years, was in a quiz team,loved his job and most importantly was devoted to his family, all ofwhich made our loss seem even more unbearable."

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Tricia sent in a furtherdonation. "Many of Tony'sfamily and friends wantedto mark his 50th birthdayon 29 May 2008 by raisinga glass in celebration of hislife. So the idea was formedto have the Tony HoganMemorial 'Halfs Marathon'.Not an afternoon of sporting endeavour, but a halfs marathon with a differ-ence: half a pint in 13 pubs around Liverpool City Centre. The fantastic sumof £1,414 was raised by a £55 charge to take part, sponsorship and dona-tions from those who couldn't make it. The event took place on Saturday 24May and Tony would have been so pleased with the turnout – about 80 fam-ily and friends took part with many others turning out in support. The sunshone and everybody had a fantastic day. We all thought it would be a goodidea to do something positive to mark his 50th birthday and donate the pro-ceeds. Many thanks to everyone involved and especially to Kenny Smith forcoming up with the concept and doing all the organising and collecting ofmonies."

In Memory of Andrew Holcombe"Please find enclosed a cheque for £100 which I wish to donate in mem-ory of my dear son Andrew Holcombe who collapsed and died whilst play-ing football on 17 July 1997. I was unaware Andrew had any heart prob-lems. Today (14 October) would have been his 30th birthday and thoughtthis to be a tribute to him. Keep up the good work." Jane Turner

In Memory of Lauren Holly Lyndsay Butler took part in the Kilimanjaro Trek in October 2007 and sentin donations totalling £1,615 in memory of Lauren.

Matt Stevens forwarded a donation of £1,669.93 from BUPAInternational in respect of the Kilimanjaro Trek.

We have received a donation of £750 in respect of Tim Stevens takingpart in the 2008 Kilimanjaro Open Trek in memory of Lauren.

Lyndsay Butler also sent in the following donations:A donation of £252.50 which was collected on the gate at the English

Hampshire Lavender Open Days.

Cheques for £250 and £257.50, the proceeds of a raffle and a barndance. Both events were organised by Lyndsay and Nick.

In Memory of Stewart Howard Jane Howard has sent in cheques totalling £515. Themoney was raised in memory of Stewart by holding two carboot sales.

In Memory of David Howorth"I am enclosing a cheque for £100 in memory of my grandson DavidHoworth who died suddenly at the beginning of April and wish you successin your good work." Myrtle Howorth

In Memory of Matthew Glan HughesFay and Paul Hughes sent a cheque for £1,050 in memory ofMatthew. "The money was collected throughout the year by YearSeven at Whitchurch High School, Cardiff, who chose CRY as theirnominated charity. Matthew's father Paul is a teacher at theschool and was presented with the cheque."

In Memory of Polly HughesWe have received a donation of £440 from Julia Hughes and£800 from Camilla Scarlett. "On 14 May 2008 I organised arecital in aid of CRY in memory of my cousin, Polly Hughes.

The event took place just over two years since Polly left us so

suddenly and came about because I wanted to do something both to com-memorate her death and to make a difference to other families' futures, ifonly in a small way. I programmed a concert of sonatas by Corelli to be per-formed by myself (on baroque violin) and a colleague, Tim Smedley, onbaroque cello. Polly's father John Hughes spoke very bravely about CRY andthe tragedies it seeks to prevent. The occasion was generously hosted bySidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and was attended by family, friends andstrangers. The recital raised £1,240." Julia Hughes

In Memory of John IbbotsonSue Ibbotson and the ladies from the Walton Open Group raised £1,500in memory of John. CRY Representative Elaine Dunn collected the cheque.

In Memory of Caradoc JamesRichard Jelly (Llanion Warriors Rowing Club) sent in a dona-tion of £2,150 after taking part in the Celtic Challenge. "Asa rowing club we are taking part in a biannual 100 mile sea

race from Arklow in Ireland to Aberystwyth in Wales. Twomembers of our team have been affected by the sudden death

of relations at young ages due to heart issues."

In Memory of Philip Jefferies"Please find enclosed a cheque for £181.30 from my daugh-ter's school (Longridge COE School) who held a non-uniformday on Wednesday 2 April to support my fundraising activi-

ties in memory of Philip Jefferies. I sometimes work (on sup-ply) and volunteer there. I stayed for the whole day and assist-

ed in all the PE lessons. I was exhausted by the end of the day!" Jennie Lock

"Please find enclosed cheques to the value of £225.50 raised by myselfin completing this year's Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon on 14September. This is in memory of my late brother-in-law Philip Jefferies whocollapsed and died in March last year." Andrew Barnes

Mrs Cathy Jefferies sent in a donation of £100 in memory of herhusband Philip.

In Memory of Howard Jennings"Please find enclosed a cheque for £1,682 raised from ourcharity golf tournament on 7 September 2008 in memoryof Howard Jennings. This total includes a donation of £400

from Becker (Sliding Partitions) Limited." Keeley Ashley

In Memory of Nathan Jennings"And yet another year has passed since we lost ourbeloved son Nathan and again we have held a charity dayin his memory at Mid-Kent Golf Club for all his friends.

The entry of 97 was fantastic and raised £1,600. As in thepast, we are going to donate to the Captain's chosen chari-

ty, the local hospice, a small thank-you to him and the club for their sup-port for Nathan's day. I have enclosed a cheque for £1,500." Dave andJenny Jennings

In Memory of Craig Johansen"14 September sees the fifth anniversary of our beloved son's suddendeath. Please accept this donation in Craig's memory. Thank you for allthe wonderful work CRY is doing." Pat and Ejler Johansen sent in a dona-tion of £250 in memory of Craig.

In Memory of Lisa Johnson"Please accept this donation of £100 in memory of Lisa Johnson. Wewould like it to be used for screening of young people." Emma and CarlJohnson (parents), Gareth Johnson (brother), Seth Johnson (son)

In Memory of Simon JohnsonEmma Hemmingway has sent in cheques totalling £1630.26. "Please find

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enclosed cheques from the cricket and bowls charity day which I held on20 July. The total amount enclosed is £492. I held this fundraising eventfor my brother, Simon Johnson, who died suddenly last March whilst work-ing on a yacht in Italy. I would like to thank you for the support I was givenby your charity. You all do a fantastic job and I am proud to have been ableto help your worthy cause whilst raising awareness in my local area."

In Memory of Caroline JohnstoneWe have received donations totalling £755 in lieu of floraltributes in memory of Caroline Elma Johnstone.

Mrs Lesley Johnstone sent in donations amounting to£1,110.01 raised at a coffee morning and during the Fairy

Fun Run, £190.00 from further donations in memory ofCaroline and £1001.60 from holding a further coffee morning.

In Memory of Jade JohnstoneMr and Mrs Johnstone sent in donations amounting to £1,938.81 raisedduring the August Bank Holiday Fun Day in memory of their daughter Jade."My daughter died of sudden cardiac death on 28 January 2008. Mydaughter's name is Jade Johnstone and she was nine years old."

In Memory of Matthew Kamis"On 31 August Joe Beanand Sam Birks held atable top sale at the

Nafferton Village Hall inmemory of our son,

Matthew James Kamis.

Joe and Sam took part in theHumberside Police Lifestyle 2008 com-petition and are members of the NorthFrodingham Drum Corps. Joe and Sampresented a cheque to Andy and JaneWilson who teach the Drum Corps."Tricia and Albert Kamis sent in a dona-tion of £202.25.

In Memory of Claire Keen and Paul ByrneEmma Keen took part in the Cleveland Way Walk andraised £340 for the Claire Keen and Paul Byrne MemorialFund. Emma sent in a further donation of £550. "This was

raised by our local pub the Hare and Hounds during a pubquiz. This is an annual event and this year they decided to

donate the proceeds."

In Memory of Anthony Lancaster Pauline Jolly sent in £50 donated from the 'Thursday atEight' group and £200 donated in lieu of floral tributes atthe funeral of her late father Edward Hulme.

In Memory of Robert LancasterRobert Lancaster Charity Shoot 10 September 2008The first Robert Lancaster clay pigeon shoot went with abang and raised £164,000. The Robert Lancaster Charity

Fund has now raised agross total of more than

£200,000 for CRY since the start of2008. The shoot at Bisley ShootingGround in Surrey was a complete sell outand attracted some of the shootingworld's leading shots and London's topbusiness people. The shoot was madeup of ten stands, two pool shoots and a

team flush. Tim Charnley took the individual honors, while teams fromBovale Ltd, AAC Capital Partners and SSL International took first, secondand third team prizes. The pool shoot was won by Betton Cambidge, part ofthe Long Mountain Shoot team. A total of 100 shooters made up 25 teamsranging from first time novice to highly experienced shooters. The shootwas followed by a lunch, a live auction and a silent auction with the mostpopular prizes including 'Your weight in Galaxy chocolate', donated by Mars;a Jonathan Palmer track day, donated by Cadbury; Penfold wines and a boxat the O2 Arena to see Tina Turner live, donated by Gallaher.

Our thanks go out to all the companies and individuals who supported theevent and helped raise so much. If you would like to organise a charityclay shoot for CRY please contact Charlotte Berkin on 07879 424332 [email protected]

Margaret Lancaster sent in a donation of £100 in memory of Robert.

Graham Keen raised £4,465 via Just Giving after completing the SouthWest Walk in memory of Robert.

In Memory of Joe LangdonTamsin Langdon sent in donations totalling £2,777 in memory of her hus-band Joe. The money was raised from various fundraising activitiesthroughout the year including football tournaments and haircuts. Tamsinsent in a further donation for £750 from Camelot. It was donated as anextra from the football tournament held in memory of Joe.

"I belong to the Women's Fellowship from Gillingham Methodist Church,Kent, and we would like to donate £200 from our funds in memory of myfriend's son who died playing football. His name is Joe Langdon. He diedon 14 November 2007 aged 36 years and left a wife and two small daugh-ters aged three and five years old. We do hope this donation will help insome way in your work in CRY's campaign." Mrs M Field

In Memory of Jack Large"Please find enclosed the final donations of a charity bikeride I entered in July. The final figure by my calculations is£1,264. In July 2007 my son Jack Nicholas Large passedaway very suddenly whilst out skateboarding with his

friends. He had returned only an hour before from Germanyon an exchange trip with his school. I became aware of CRY as Jack hadan undetected heart problem. As CRY helped and supported us at thistragic time, I decided to do something to raise funds and for Jack's mem-ory. We both enjoyed cycling and theideal opportunity came with theannual Manchester to BlackpoolBike Ride. The ride took place on 13July and I completed the 61 miles inthree hours 38 minutes. I intend todo this race every year to raise fundsfor CRY so I will be in touch soon!Thanks once again." Nick Large

"Children in Year Six at our school have been raising funds forcharity by selling toast and orange juice at break times. We havedecided to donate the money to your charity in memory of a tal-ented ex-pupil at our school, Jack Large, who sadly died sudden-ly last July, aged 13. Please find enclosed a cheque for £180 which weraised during four weeks." Hannah Collin, Year 6 pupil

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In Memory of Daniel LarkinTricia Larkin (Daniel's mum) sent in a cheque for £1,000for the Daniel Larkin Memorial Fund. "The money wasraised through various events by family and friends over

the last year. People's generosity always inspires us and itis always a great tribute to Daniel's memory." Tricia sent in

a further donation of £700. "The money has been raised by family andfriends through a football match and charity evening. We hope thisdonation will help towards your continuing research and excellent work."

In Memory of Paul LeachThe Artie White Foundation sent in a donation of £341, theproceeds from a charity football game dedicated to Paulwhich took place in 2007.

"At our annual StaffConference in November

2008 I was presented with an'Outstanding External Achievement'award in recognition for the events Ihave done to raise money for CRY. Iwas touched that my employers,Fabrick Housing Group, recognisedmy achievement and presented mewith an award, along with a contri-bution to a charity project of mychoice. I have chosen CRY; pleasefind enclosed a cheque for £100with a photograph of the presentation of my award by Bob Brady, the Chairof Fabrick Housing Group." Emma McGough

In Memory of Iain LeesLindsay Lees sent in a donation of £1,045 in memory ofher husband Iain. "Iain died suddenly from dilated car-diomyopathy aged 35, leaving behind his wife (myself),

and son Owen Lees. Iain was a very healthy, fit person whoran his own building company. He was a very kind and loving

man who always put himself out to help others. His death was, and stillis, a huge loss in our lives and living without him has affected all of hisfamily and friends. On 15 March this year we ran a charity night in Iain'smemory where we did raffles, auctions and had a band to raise money inhis memory. Iain was also a member of the local football club, ShakerleyArms, who also raised £400 in his memory.

Last year a close friend (Simon Carsberg) raised over £1,000 running foryour charity. I consider your charity as a fantastic thing and would love todonate this money to help prevent the tragic death of my husband hap-pening to other young people."

In Memory of Jonathan Leigh"Please find enclosed a cheque for £142 from a raffle at aShoe and Handbag Party and donations from Jonathan'swork colleagues (£64 and £78)." Isabelle Leigh

David Leigh sent in a donation from the family for £730.

In Memory of Mark Liengie"I enclose two cheques totalling £883.42 raised at araffle and bingo night for CRY in memory of Mark Liengie(an event pictured in Update 47). Parishioners donated

generously and I had plenty of volunteers to help me,including family and neighbours. Mark was a sculptor and

artist who died suddenly on 31 December 2001. The post-mortemrevealed influenza but no other symptoms. I have been helped to copeand understand sudden deaths by speaking to Alison Cox and her devot-ed team of people. I hope to continue to help in the future." HeatherLiengie

In Memory of Alison Linforth John, Eve and Gemma Linforth sent in a cheque for £115,raised by work colleagues at RBS Brindley Place,Birmingham, in memory of their daughter Alison. "These

donations are a great help to enable us to continue our test-ing in the West Midlands. Many thanks for your continued

support." John, Eve and Gemma sent in a further donation of £200 for thetesting fund raised at the Cosford Air Show in June.

In Memory of Ian LiningtonJanet Linington has forwarded donations totalling £1,930 and $40 inmemory of her son Ian who died suddenly at the beginning of July aged 29.

In Memory of Kira Lloyd "Our daughter Miss Kira Louise Lloyd was born on 12 June1997 but sadly and tragically became an angel too soon on22 June 2008, just ten days after her 11th birthday. Kira

was our only child, a beautiful, funny, energetic, happy, car-ing and loving little girl who lived each day to the full and never

wanted a day to end. Kira started and ended each day with a smile, songand dance. Kira had a smile that will never be forgotten, much like hercharacter in life – once seen, never forgotten. She enjoyed most things inlife and had many hobbies and interests. She enjoyed singing, dancing, lis-tening to music, TV, Hannah Montana, High School Musical, going toshows, computer games – the list could go on as there was not much in lifeKira did not enjoy. Kira was a keen runner, swimmer and recently achievedher 1,000m swimming badge. The most joyful thing that Kira will beremembered for was her way of caring for others, especially elderly mem-bers of our community. Kira was always happy to help and was proud ofothers' achievements in liferather than her own." Mr andMrs Lloyd sent in a donationof £780 from the charitynight organised in Kira'smemory, Have a Heart forHalloween, at the end ofwhich 11 helium-filled bal-loons (one balloon for eachyear of Kira's life) werereleased.

In Memory of Martyn Luckett The NorthDevon BritishM oto rc yc l e

Owners Clubpresented a

cheque (right) for £250 toCRY County RepresentativeCharlotte Luckett in memoryof Martyn. Charlotte also col-lected a cheque (belowright) for £500 from theLaunceston Motorcycle Clubraised at various fundraisingactivities throughout theyear for the Martyn LuckettMemorial Fund.

Martyn’s mother BrendaLuckett sent in a chequefor £2,300 raised from theMotorcycle Trials School."The school was held inAugust. We had two days oftraining and a barbeque

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which 250 attended. Wehad a band and bar. Alsoenclosed is a cheque for£107.10 from Sheri Risby.He and a mate, MelvinBurge, organised a cycletrial – pushbikes, that is,not motorbikes – at PeterTary in August. They did itfor fun and donated theentry fees because they allknew Martyn so well."Brenda also forwarded a cheque for £560 (above), raised from the2008 Heart of London Bridges Walk.

In Memory of Niall MacLennanCaroline Staples forwarded cheques totalling £200.66raised from various collection boxes.

In Memory of Amanda McCarthyOn Saturday, 3 January 2009, Wattisham Station Clay TargetClub staged a charity competition shoot in aid of CRY. Theday was a great success and all down to the hard work and

enthusiasm displayed by the club committee and friends andcolleagues at my work place. The weather on the day was great.

Crisp and cold, just as we like it’ and not a drop of rain in sight.

About 75 individuals actually shot in the competition and with prizes forbest overall shot, best female shot and best junior shot. Everyone felt theyhad something to aim for (no pun intended). The overall level of shootingwas superb, with some really high scores being achieved by novice andexperienced shooters alike. Along with the shoot, a raffle took place withprizes donated from many establishments including Ipswich Town FootballClub, Shooting Times and our local shooting shop The Mallard Barn. Theraffle was well supported and helped boost our overall total, as did thehotdog and refreshment stand which did brisk trade all day.

We raised over £1,000 and the club is considering making this an annu-al event titled "The Amanda McCarthy Memorial Shoot" so hopefully any ofyou reading this and living within reaching distance of Wattisham Airfieldnear Ipswich will have the chance to come along and support this worthycause next year. My next planned event in aid of CRY is the Flora LondonMarathon so if you are reading this and would like to make a donationplease visit www.justgiving.com/petemccarthy. Many thanks." PeteMcCarthy

In Memory of Scott McCollinThe Kingfish Restaurant sent in a donation of £105 raisedfrom their collection box.

In Memory of Hannah McDonoghJade Shipley sent in a donation of £403.69 from the Fine Art Degree ShowCatalogue Sale.

In Memory of Paul McGlynn"It all started with one of us saying 'Surely we can man-age to make a sponge and put the kettle on…' andturned into a bonanza of bun-making, lavender bag-

stitching and bunting-hanging in a quest to raise a fewpounds for CRY. Our beloved Paul, who died in January

2006, loved Battenberg, loved cake! So we got started. Women baked,men gardened and were in charge of logistics. Children painted signsand wrapped parcels in readiness for June 14. It was a great day, withtombola, bran tub and crafts to accompany the tea and cakes. Family,friends and neighbours were all very supportive, with about 70 guestsin all. The weather did its best - just one shower of rain and a few windygusts. We were really thrilled to find that, at the big count, we'd raised£574.90. Now for a lie down…no more recipes…until next year!"Kathryn McGlynn

In Memory of William McKieMrs M McKie sent in donations amounting to £427 in memory of WilliamMcKie who recently passed away.

In Memory of Lyndsey McLaughlinand Tommy Winters"Recently I organised a charity football match for a friend who passedaway suddenly at 39. Money was raised for a headstone for his grave. Wewould like to donate the balance of £300 to CRY because four years past,in January, my brother's wife, Lyndsey, died of a heart defect. My brothergot involved with CRY and ran the London Marathon in memory of his wife.CRY helped my brother get through what was a very hard part of his life."T McLaughlin

In Memory of Cara Macey-Lillie BAE Systems and Spirit Aerosystems held a charity cycle run in June 2007and raised £500 in memory of Cara Macey-Lillie.

In Memory of Jack Maddams"The Moto in the Community Trust is the charitable arm ofMoto, the UK's largest motorway service operator. A mem-ber of staff at Moto Medway, Jack Maddams, died unex-

pectedly in his sleep from a syndrome relating to a rare car-diac electrical failure. MITC has been in communication with

Jack's father, Roger Maddams, and we understand that the family isorganising a football tournament fundraising event in conjunction withCRY to remember their son. The Trustees of the MITC have agreed todonate £2,000 in memory of Jack and in conjunction with the family'sactivity. We would be grateful if this donation could be assigned to thefundraising total in memory of Jack. We hope this donation can be usedto help you continue to carry out ongoing research, yourbereavement support and your screening services. Weknow that CRY has been a great support to Jack's familyat this extremely difficult time." Claire Willis, Moto in theCommunity Trust

Roger Maddams has forwarded a donation of £250 from LawrenceGraham LLP in memory of Jack and a donation of £900 raised by the KentSchools Football Association during a fundraising dinner in honour of Jack.

The Haverbury Housing Partnership sent in a donation of £250 in mem-ory of Jack.

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In Memory of Mark Marden"A Memorial Charity Ball was held on Saturday 1 March atthe Royal York Hotel in York. It was organised by the familyand friends of Mark Marden, an occupational therapy stu-

dent at Canterbury Christ Church University, who died ofacute myocarditis in February 2007 aged 18. The Black Tie

event was supported by 160 guests who enjoyed a splendid three coursemeal followed by dancing until 1am. Guests included friends of Mark fromYork, his home town, and fellow students from Canterbury. A key eventwas a short talk by David Leighfrom Pontefract, who lost hisson, Jonathan, in 2005. Davidand his family have been suc-cessfully organising fundraisingevents for CRY and his speechabout the charity, its aims andwork to raise awareness andscreen young people for undiag-nosed heart conditions receiveda standing ovation from theguests. This was the first timeDavid had spoken publicly forCRY! The ball managed toachieve a fine balance betweena memorial for Mark, a fundrais-ing event and above all a FUNtime for all. The total raised sofar has reached £4,600." Mrs AMarden

Laura Humphrey has raised £2,379 via Just Giving in memory of Mark.

In Memory of Leon Ashley Manners"Myself and friends became aware of your charity and thegood work undertaken by yourself and co-workers througha mutual friend, Julie Hatton. We take part in a charity

cycle ride each year, the proceeds of which are given todeserving charities. In July last year 12 of my employment col-

leagues, past and present, together with friends, undertook a 170 mileride from Middlesbrough to Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and back, rid-ing there one day and back the next. We were supported by a further twopeople who followed in a van with spare cycle equipment for contingencypurposes, should a rider need to drop out for any reason. The proceeds ofthis have now been collected and I would like you to accept the enclosedcheque for £1,000 as a contribution to the Leon Ashley MannersMemorial Fund. I hope this will go someway in helping you to continue withyour good work and prevent future deaths of young people by diagnosingpossible heart conditions." Mr W Humphrey

In Memory of James 'Slim' MarkhamMr A Hadaway sent in a donation of £250 in memory ofJames.

In Memory of Paul MarrsMrs Phyllis Marrs sent in a donation of £220. "Once again I have nominatedCRY for my department's dress down day, SCD26 Branch of the MetropolitanPolice, New Scotland Yard, in memory of my son-in-law Paul Marrs."

In Memory of Oliver Marsden"I enclose a donation which was raised by my company in response to myyounger brother's death. Oliver Marsden, aged just 21 years old, unfortu-nately died of sudden death syndrome on 22 October 2008 whilst train-ing with our local rugby team. While donations will never bring Oliver back,I hope that it will stop another family having to go through the tragedy oflosing a loved one." Joe Marsden sent in a donation of £158.

We have received donations totalling £2,429.97 in lieu of floral tributesfor Oliver.

In Memory of Lewis MarshSally Reid and Gill Weston (formerly Marsh), FundManagers, sent in a cheque for £3,000 for theLewis Marsh Fund. "Once again the Sandhurst

Town Boys and Girls Football Team have supportedthe fund set up ten years ago after the death of Lewis Marsh.

The club have organised a memorial football tournament every year sinceLewis died and have now raised over £33,000. Each year this moneyenables us to carry out ECG testing at the tournament and the fund hasnow tested over 800 young people." Sally and Gill have forwarded furtherdonations amounting to £1,300 in memory of Lewis.

"I am pleased to enclose a donation of £110 from the WarrenSchool of Dancing, Sandhurst. During our biannual show we pro-vided information to the audience about CRY and the work thatyou do and encouraged them to donate, along with the help of Gill Westonwho has been a friend of the dance school since her children Chevaunand Sorelle attended. We will continue to support CRY at our schoolevents and hope that we can offer some help to such a great cause, par-ticularly in memory of Lewis Marsh." Hannah Fradgley, Warren School ofDancing

In Memory of John Marshall Maureen Marshall has forwarded donations totalling £250from the collection boxes at Edge Hill University. Thismakes a total to date of £1,750.

"Please find enclosed a cheque in the sum of £500 for theJohn Marshall Memorial Fund, resulting from the Durley Hall

staff's fundraising efforts last year." Joan Mitchell

In Memory of Philip Martin"Please find enclosed a cheque for £100 in memory of my youngest son,Phillip Martin, who died suddenly on 6 December 2007, aged 47 years.His 48th birthday is on 26 October. I hope this donation in his memory willhelp you in the work you do. His chosen charity was CRY." Mrs G M Elliott

In Memory of Nigel MastermanEileen Masterman took part in the London to Paris Open Bike Ride in July2008 and raised £1,100.

In Memory of Oliver MontaguePiers Montague sent in a cheque for £180. "This is part ofthe collection taken at the funeral of my father, BillMontague, and we would like to donate it in memory of

Bill's grandson, Oliver Montague, who died of long QT (LQT).Oliver was diagnosed with LQT at three weeks old and,

although being given medication, died at the age of eight and a halfmonths on 27 January 2005. Results from genetic tests carried out afterhis death showed that he had LQT3, which is unaffected by beta blockers.Bill was very proud of his first grandson and was understandably hit very

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hard by Oliver's untimely death. The information provided by CRY helpedBill to understand and come to terms with the cause of death. He wouldthoroughly approve of this donation to help fund the continued work thatyou do. Bill died in June 2008 aged 67 from head injuries caused by a fall.He leaves his wife Di, two sons and daughters-in-law and three grandsons,two of which are Oliver's brothers who have been tested and are, thank-fully, clear of LQT."

We have received a further donation of £309.87 in lieu of floral trib-utes in memory of the late Bill Montague.

In Memory of Marie and Patrick Moore "I am enclosing a cheque to the value of £140 in memory of my belovedmother who died on 19 June as a result of a stroke. My mother support-ed many charities throughout her life but CRY and the CardiomyopathySociety were particularly important to her as we lost my youngest brother,Patrick, to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at age 33 on 16 October 1989."Wendy Moore

In Memory of Charlie MorettesCRY Representative Allison Spalding forwarded chequesamounting to £1,966.80 in memory of Charlie. Part of thisdonation was made up of £500 from Twin in respect of the

Tiger Rides.

Allison also sent in a donation of £550 raised by the5th Dartford Brownies in memory of Charlie.

"My name is Maria Williams and I set up Grooves FreestyleDance Club in January 2003. Every year the dancers at Groovesperform a 'Sponsored Groove' to raise money for a worthwhilecharity. Towards the end of 2007 the parent of a pupil asked ifshe could nominate CRY as our char-ity for 2008. Her friend lost hereight-year old son, Charlie, in Maylast year and his family had set up aMemorial Fund in his name to helpCRY. I didn't hesitate to accept. Wehad all read Charlie's story in thelocal papers and it was an honour tocontribute to his memorial fund. OnSaturday 1 March, 31 pupils atGrooves plus Hannah Holmes, theparent who nominated CRY, dancedto a variety of tracks in front of a hallfull of supporters. Some of thedancers were only two years old. Wehad a heart-themed raffle and dona-tions were given for refreshments.Charlie's family did us the honour ofcoming along to support the eventand the local press reported it. Weare proud to announce that weraised £1,264.63 and hope to addto this at our performances andevents throughout the year." Mariaalso collected £148.27 at theDartford Festival in July and raffle atthe annual Award Ceremony to bringthe total raised in memory of Charlieto £1,412.90

In Memory of Levon Morland The Newfield Inn took part in a Firewalk in August 2007and raised £1,500.

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £107, money wereceived for recycling some of our old mobile phones." Linda

Dalton, NEDL Telecom Networks

"Please find enclosed a cheque to the value of £1,807 plusone for £100. Both cheques are from Hetton Lyons PrimarySchool, Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne & Wear. Each year the school hasa fundraising effort alongside their May Day celebrations.They run parents coffee mornings, raffles etc. and the children do tra-ditional May Pole dancing. I went along four or five times to tell theparents and teachersabout CRY, which they hadadopted as their charity for2007. Also find enclosed acheque for £90 from Mrand Mrs Young and onefrom Mr B Day to the valueof £74. These cheques arepart of the sponsorshipmoney we are collectingfrom the people who tookpart in Sandra's Walk inApril." Levon's father, JeffMorland

Jeff forwarded the following donations in memory of Levon:Cheques totalling £958.40 raised during the Coast to Coast Cycle Ride.

A donation of £230 from Coptrin Limited and £50 from the Steel andIndustrial Manager's Association.

Donations of £2,000 from the Rotary Club of Derwentside and £100from Thompson's Solicitors.

A donation of £100 from the Unite-Amicus Section, Peterlee Branch.

In Memory of Luke MorrisIan Morris has forwarded cheques totalling£1,250 raised from a charity football match(£400), a memorial football tournament

(£500) and a memorial service (£350) held inmemory of Luke.

In Memory of Amanda MorrisonMrs Maureen Hunt has forwarded two donations of £125 and £85 inmemory of her daughter, Amanda Morrison, who passed away recently.

"My Manager David Morrison has asked me to write to you on hisbehalf. Mr Morrison and his wife Amanda lost their youngest son, Joshua,aged five some six years ago. Their wish at that time was that donationsin Joshua's memory be sent to CRY. I regret to advise you that Amandapassed away suddenly on 22 July 2008. David asked that donations in hermemory should be sent to CRY in the hope that they will help to continueCRY's invaluable work." Liz Gardiner, Technical Administrator, SouthGloucestershire Council, forwarded donations totalling £100 in memory ofAmanda and Joshua.

In Memory of Andrew MurchKaren Bennett, Heartland Film Society, sent in a donation of£100 in memory of Andrew Murch. "This money was raisedfrom a 'Silents are Golden' event we held at which Andrew'sfather and brother provided the musical accompaniment. The event wasnot intended to be a fundraiser but as it was so successful we managedto make a small profit. We felt it was only appropriate to donate this prof-it to the charity that has helped the Murch family through a very difficulttime."

In Memory of Ralph MurwillTracey O'Donoghue sent a cheque for £523.50. "We raised this moneyby doing a charity car wash and cake sale. The event took place on 26October 2008 in the pouring rain which, although it was hard work, wasenjoyable too. We do hope the money will help in some way to find outmore information about this terrible way of losing your loved ones."

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In Memory of Robert Naylor"Please find enclosed cheques totalling £275 donated on behalf and inmemory of my husband Robert Naylor who we lost on 13 March 2008 tocoronary artery atheroma. He would have been 60 on this very day, 30March, and will be very sadly missed. Our son Richard knew his dad wouldnot have wanted flowers at his funeral and instead nominated your charityfor donations. I know his dad would have approved and I hope this contri-bution helps towards making a difference." Glenys Naylor and family

In Memory of Ben Newton"On Sunday 3 February2008 we held our fifthBirthday Memorial

Football Match in mem-ory of Ben Newton. On 7

February 2008 Ben would have cele-brated his 21st birthday so we hadreason for our fundraising expecta-tions to be particularly grand this yearin honour of his coming of age. Asexplained to you previously, ourMemorial Match consists of Ben's oldunder-16 team-mates playing againsta select side made up by Ben's broth-er Nick (both teams pictured right).Ben's team won again this year with ascore of 3–1." Jean Heading

Wendy Anderson raised £476.01after she climbed Mount Snowdon(right) in memory of Ben.

In Memory of Tracey North The Mile Monsters Three Peaks Challenge. "They calledthemselves the 'Mile Monsters' as part of Sutton HarriersRunning Club. Despite all the planning that went into the

event they could not do anything about the weather as theybraved the sleet and snow up Ben Nevis. They then had to

endure a six hour drive to Sca Fell in the rain and mist. The rain continuedas they ascended Sca Fell which made the conditions treacherous andhad a serious effect on everyone's morale, but as the group approachedWales and Snowdon the sun eventually came out. All the runners thatmade it to Wales completed the challenge in less than 24 hours, with thelast one to finish, 63 year-old Mick Moakes, completing it in 23 hours 50minutes with just 10 minutes to spare. 12 of the 13 runners who startedthe challenge finished it but Tony Staniland sustained a serious injurywhile descending Ben Nevis and had to pull out after one peak. But evenon one leg Tony became an active member of the back-up crew. The suc-cessful Harriers were Paul Beasley, Paul Wilbraham, Russ Martin, EricRound, Mark Smith, Mick Shaw, Keith Brown, Steve Williams, MickMoakes, Anne Cook, Rob Ellson and Gail Kalsi. The drivers and back-upcrew were Ken Hensby, Kev Turner, Phil Hardy and Phil Bird. In total theyraised £2,116. The main sponsors were Swan Tool & Die, Coronation ClubKirkby and Abacus Lighting who also helped towards the cost of transport.

The presentationtook place at theCoronation Club atKirkby. Mile Monstercoordinator AnneCook presented thecheque to CRYRepresentative PatStaniland. Furtherfundraising tookplace that night andraised a further

£100 for other charities and local groups. They chose CRY in memory ofTracey Louise North, granddaughter of Tony Staniland and daughter of PatStaniland. Tracey died at the age of 22 of sudden adult death syndrome.Tony Staniland has raised money for CRY before by doing the LondonMarathon. A big thank-you to them all." Pat Staniland

In Memory of Barry O'LoughlinFrancesca O'Loughlin sent in a donation of £125 in memory of her latefather Barry.

In Memory of Dominic O'LoughlinThe Clifton Rangers Youth Football Club held theDominic O'Loughlin Anniversary Soccer Festivaland raised £1,000 in memory of Dominic.

In Memory of John Owens Kath Sainsbury from the Africa Sport Embassy sent in a donation of £135raised at a charity football match in Tees Valley in memory of John Owens."John was a young football loving teenager from Thornaby. He played formany teams and was the only white person to play for a multi-culturalteam in Stockton. John attended the Football First programme and was ashining example to all. He died tragically at the age of 17 in June 2005 asa result of sudden adult death syndrome. Each year a tournament will beheld in his honour where teams will play for the John Owens Trophy."

In Memory of Simon PangbornGillian Pangbornhas forwardedseparate dona-

tions amounting to£922.80 and £200,

raised at the treasure hunt andbarbeque held in memory ofSimon.

In Memory of Andrew ParrRuth Lowe sent ina cheque for£2,000 in memory

of Andrew Parr. "Themoney was raised

through two events organised bySoulaid, an organisation based inLeyland that holds Motown andNorthern Soul nights to raisemoney for local causes. The first, a charity soul evening held at Campbell'sCuerden Residential Park and sponsored by Wendy and John Fletcher,raised £1,000. Wendy had heard me talk about our screening event andthe work of CRY on a local radio station and was prompted to sponsor theevent, as their son John had died some years earlier from myocarditis. Iwas thrilled when Soulaid contacted me and told me of their wish to raisemoney for ECG screening in the Preston area. The second, a casino nightheld to celebrate Mick Loftus' 50th birthday on 6 August, raised £800. Afurther donation of £200 made the cheque up to £2,000. We are alwaysamazed how generous people are." Ruth also forwarded further donationstotalling £447 in memory of Andrew.

Linda Dowdell from the Royalties Department at Blackwell Publishingsent in a donation of £1,062.10. "Please find enclosed a cheque paymentfor the Andrew Parr Memorial Fund being the royalties due to our authorDavid Lowe who has instructed that his earnings go to the CRY."

"I enclose some cheques which total £260. The money was raised at myrecent 50th birthday. My cousin Steven Burrows died very suddenly eightyears ago and our family have supported CRY ever since." Norma Armer

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Ruth Lowe has also forwarded the following donations:A cheque for £5,000 from the Deputy Mayor of Preston, Councillor

Christine Abram (from her Mayoral Charity Account 2007/8), received ata presentation evening held at the Town Hall on Wednesday 3 September."At the presentation I was able to say a few words of thanks to Christineand to the team that supported her. She wishes the money to go intoAndrew's Memorial Fund so that it can be used for screening in Preston.We were delighted when Christine chose CRY as one of her charities dur-ing her Mayoral year. She has worked tirelessly to raise the profile of CRYin the Preston area."

Cheques totalling £175. "The cheque for £125 was donated by KPMGto the Mayor of Preston for her mayoral charities. The second for £50 wasdonated by Mrs J Cousins."

A cheque for £350 donated by Susan Ainscough. "Susan's grandsonwas screened at one of the CRY screening events we held in Preston. Sheis very supportive of the work that CRY is doing and decided to donate theabove instead of having favours at her daughter's recent wedding."

A cheque for £500 donated by Queen Elizabeth School, Kirby Lonsdale."They have taken an interest in the work of CRY and especially the localscreening events which they have helped to advertise."

Two cheques totalling £450 donated by National Grid (£400 from theirmatched giving scheme) and the Rotary Club of Preston.

Donations totalling £328. "This was raised by holding a 'Pampered ChefPudding and Pimms' evening at our local church hall. Fortunately, it wasthe only dry night of the week! The event was attended by 60 ladies whoenjoyed a cookery demonstration and, more importantly, tasting four sam-ple puddings. £50 was donated by our neighbours, Ian and ValHigginbotham, who were unable to attend the event but wanted to makea gift towards the evening."

A donation of £500 from VolkerStein Ltd (pictured right). "I attendedthe cheque presentation at St John'sHospice at Slyne Road, Lancaster, onFriday 17 October. I had the opportuni-ty to explain about the work of CRY andleft our literature with them."

A cheque for £200. "£100 was raised by holding a Virgin Vie ChristmasShopping event – lots of lovely gifts to choose from, helping us to get intothe Christmas spirit. A further £100 has been donated by Mum and herfriend, Annie, who busy themselves making greeting cards. All the pro-ceeds they make they give to me to send to CRY. Annie, in particular, hasworked hard this year. While Mum has been in hospital six months of theyear, Annie has carried on making and selling cards."

In Memory of James Paterson"On 9 August 2008 two friends and I took part in theMazda London Triathlon in order to raise money in memo-ry of James Paterson. Please find enclosed a cheque for

£100 which represents the sponsorship I received from myemployer, London & Quadrant Housing Trust. We all thorough-

ly enjoyed taking part in the event on behalf of CRY and hope to do soagain next year." Tom Baldwin, London & Quadrant Housing Trust

Alastair Paterson sent in a donation of £600 following the BereavementSupport Day.

Amanda Paterson raised £1,800.16 via Just Giving after completing theLondon Triathlon 2008 in memory of James

In Memory of James Patterson "Please accept the enclosed donation for £2,000 as adonation from Seniors Section, Stock Brook Manor GolfClub, Billericay, Essex. The funds were raised as the

Senior's Captain's Charity during 2007. One of our memberslost his son, James Patrick Patterson, in 2005 and we felt that

the support given by CRY to James' family warranted our support in return."Steve Haigh (Past) Seniors' Captain

Peter Patterson has forwarded a donation of £500 from the CanuteLodge in memory of James. Peter also sent in a donation of £600 in lieuof floral tributes. "Mrs Linda O'Boyle, who died of cancer in March, was aclose family friend and during the whole period of her long illness, whichshe fought bravely, she never complained and considered the loss of ourson James to be a greater burden to bear. It was her express wish thatrather than flowers at her funeral a collection was taken for CRY and StLuke's Hospice, Basildon, who cared for her during her illness."

In Memory of Mark Phelps "Although my brother Mark died on 18 November 2002, my wife Polly sug-gested celebrating Mark's life with what would have been his 30th birth-day do as close to 6 November as possible and donating the proceeds. Iwas apprehensive at first. I wondered whether by advertising and charg-ing entry his friends would attend or even remember five years on. I amglad we did! We dressed the function room at the Coach Hotel in Coleshill,put on a Bucking Bronco, buffet and got Mark's friends who are profes-sional DJ's to provide the music. Over 140 people came and danced thenight away. It gives me great pleasure to send a cheque for £2,000 raisedfrom the night. The family and I would like to thank everyone who cameand supported the charity and also those who helped us to make the nighta success." Matt Phelps

In Memory of Mark Pover Stalybridge Celtic Football Club sent in a donation of £100in memory of Mark.

In Memory of Craig (Daniel) Powell We have received a donation of £317.71 in lieu of floraltributes in memory of Craig Daniel Powell who died on 29May 2008 aged 22.

Mark Powell sent in a donation of £150 in memory ofDaniel.

In Memory of James Poynton Robert Gordon sent in a donation of £200 in memory ofJames. "On 9 June 2006 my friend Jimmy Poynton lost hisson James. In September 2007 I climbed Mount

Kilimanjaro."

In Memory of Robert Poysor Diane Tolley sent a cheque for £100, the proceeds fromtwo car boot sales she held in memory of her son Robert.

In Memory of David Quinney "On 18 April our friend and neighbour Mrs Rose Cleggorganised a fashion display evening with all the proceedsgoing to CRY. Rose is a sewing teacher and produced a

show where her students displayed their work. The eveningwas a huge success and raised £880. Since our son David

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died in January 2005 our local community have been wonderful and havesupported so generously every fundraising effort that we have beeninvolved with. We support wholeheartedly the work of CRY and our dear-est wish would be that one day all young people will receive cardiacscreening and these tragedies may be prevented." Mick and DorothyQuinney

Mick, Dot and Catherine forwarded the following donations in memory ofDavid:

A donation of £1,450 from a charity concert on 15 March they organ-ised in their local village hall. "All the performers gave their time, theevening was a sell-out and was very successful. Thanks to everyone's gen-erosity, after expenses we raised £1,450 in memory of David."

A donation of £100 from their local church, St James, Stalmine. "As wesaid in our last letter, since we lost David our local community have beenso supportive and this is the second time our church has made a dona-tion to CRY. We are so grateful to them."

A cheque for £100 from Garstang Football Club in memory of David,raised at their annual golf competition day where they play for the DavidQuinney Memorial Trophy. "David played for Garstang FC and loved bothfootball and golf. We feel very honoured to have this competition held inhis memory and are very grateful to Garstang FC. Be assured of our con-tinuing support."

In Memory of Craig Rampton"Please find enclosed a cheque for £300 raised at ourLadies Festival this month. My wife and I chose to supportCRY as part of the Craig Rampton Memorial Fund. Craig's

father is a friend and I know how devastated he still is afterlosing him four years ago. Having a son of 19 years ourselves

somehow highlights the matter. Sadly, I also lost a friend through SADS.He was a fit, football-playing 51 year-old and I had known him since theage of 17. If he had been screened as a young man he would more thanlikely still be alive. Well done for all the work you do!" Pete Rann,Worshipful Master, Duke of Connaught Lodge No 1834

"The £725 cheque enclosed is part of a year's fundraising by my dearneighbour Stef King who is in the Chair for a year with the Masons. It wasdonated by Mr Dominic Hardcastle at a Ladies Festival in memory of myson Craig." Sherralyn Rampton

In Memory of Malcolm Reed Jonathan Noonan sent in a donation of £1,200 in memory of MalcolmReed who died on 12 October 2006 from SADS. This was matched by theBank of America Charitable Foundation who forwarded a donation of£1,200.

A donation of £8,310 was received from Limelight PR. The money wasraised from the James Holmes Charity Auction held in November last year.

Anna Ludgate sent in two cheques covering all donations raised by the100 staff at Deloitte in Southampton. "The first cheque for £2,735.96 cov-ers over the past few months. Once again we had a large raffle at ourannual ball, raising £2,000 from this alone. The incentive for hitting thetarget was the removal of the moustache of our outgoing office seniorpartner, his pride and joy for over 20 years! As well as our annual ball wehosted an office poker night and have held a number of sweepstakes forvarious sporting events and other raffles during the period. We will contin-ue our office community investment work and the office staff are all pas-sionate about raising money for this cause."

The second cheque amounts to £527. "We weren't quite as active since Iwrote in August, but there have been a few key activities I will tell youabout. A director from our tax department took part in a coast to coastcycle race in fancy dress and raised £330 of the total, as well as the £170in additional cheques. Lots of the Southampton and Reading offices spon-sored Richard, since the more that was pledged the more outrageous hiscycling costume became! Other than that, we continue to have regulardressing down days and run sweepstakes for big sporting events."

In Memory of Anton ReidTony Oakes organised afundraising tournament atRushall Olympic Stadium,Walsall, on 18 November andraised £1,650 in memory ofAnton. Our DivisionalRepresentative Ursula Bickattended a presentation and col-lected the cheque on behalf ofCRY. She adds: "Anton was a great friend of Tony, who organised a footballmatch at the stadium. £250 of this was donated by West BromwichBuilding Society. Attached is a photograph of the cheque being handed tome by representatives of the West Bromwich Building Society."

In Memory of Matthew Reid

"Well we did it! We walked 60 long kilometres (that's 37.5 miles in oldmoney) on a very hot 10 May across the South Downs, starting and fin-ishing at Goodwood Racecourse, taking in the stunning scenery and hillsof Arundel, Amberley Brooks, Bignor Hill and Graffham Down en route.We started the day with a hearty breakfast and stepped out into theSussex sunshine at 9.15am – then we put one foot in front of the otherand kept repeating until we crossed the finish line at 11.15pm in thetorch and moonlight! It was an uphill struggle at times, but we made a fabteam and supported each other through some tough and quite emotion-al bits as well as sharing some amazing moments, breathtaking vistasfrom the top of some punishing hills and laughs along the way.

We were walking for CRY with Matthew Reid and his family in our heartsand minds and when the going got tough it was Matthew's memory thatpushed us onwards and upwards! The blisters, heat rash and loss of toe-nails were all worthwhile. Through the generosity of many friends andfamily members (and Gift Aid – we are loving the Gift Aid!) we raised thegrand total of £1,870.56! We raised the money through Just Giving andthe generosity of rugby fans being fed and watered by 'The Scrummery.'The event was brilliantly organised by Across the Divide and the supportand encouragement from the team of volunteers and medics was fabu-lous – we can't thank them enough for all the food, drink and cheekycomments that made us smile!

We wore our CRY T-shirts with pride and we are very proud that we didthis together with Matthew in our thoughts and extremely grateful toeveryone for their generosity and support. We hope that we have helpedto promote the work of CRY and that the money raised will help to protectother young people and families." Karen Griffiths, Denise Roberts andChris Smith-Page

"Please find enclosed cheque for £500. This was the money raisedthrough Just Giving in memory of Matthew from customers at theScrummery's "Wee fee." We'll probably do it again next year!" DeniseRoberts (for Karen Griffiths and Chris Smith-Page)

In Memory of Debbie RendleSylvia Pezzack sent in donations amounting to £250, the majority raised bythe Mousehouse Methodist Women's Club. Sylvia also sent in donations inmemory of Debbie and the late Mrs E H Pezzack. "Recently we held thefuneral of my mother-in-law. It was decided that money in lieu of flowers

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should be divided between the local Methodist Church and CRY. A donationof £169.50 comes from the funeral director. I also enclose cheques for£212.50 collected since the funeral, bringing the total to £382."

In Memory of Pete Reynolds"Please find enclosed two cheques totalling £594 raised inmemory of Peter Reynolds. One cheque for £30 is from myfather for my running in the Bristol Half-Marathon this year.

The second cheque for £564 is from the Cribbs CausewayM&S store where Anne Reynolds used to work. We are still

fundraising for Peter and this particular cheque is our effort for 2007-2008." Lyn Hacker, on behalf of the staff and fundraising team at M&S,Cribbs Causeway store

In Memory of Antony Richards"Please find enclosed a cheque for £1,000 for CRY in memory of AntonyRaymond Richards." Sonia Browne sent in the donation after they held anauction and casino evening in memory of Antony.

In Memory of Alex RobertsA J Roberts sent in a cheque for £360. "Once again the bot-tle on the bar in the Village Home pub has been emptiedand it was agreed that the contents should be given to

CRY. Please accept them in memory of Alex Roberts, amuch missed nephew and friend in the Village Home. May I

also take this opportunity to thank all our friends and customers for theirkind donations in the bottle, thank you."

In Memory of Richard Rogers"Please accept the enclosed donations of £710 in memory of RichardRogers who passed away suddenly on 7 July 2008, aged 20 years. Thankyou for the support and information you have given us." Mr and MrsJackson (parents) and Stacey Rogers (sister)

In Memory of Carole SaundersWe have received donations totalling £1,517.50 in lieu of floral tributes inmemory of Carole Angela Saunders.

In Memory of Kevin SayerMrs S Forder forwarded a donation of£275 from the Kevin Sayer AnnualFootball Match which took place on

Sunday, 26 August 2007. The same eventtook place again on Sunday 24 August 2008

and raised a further £242.50.

In Memory of Nina ScanlanLynne Scanlan and family sent a cheque for £105 towardsthe Nina Scanlan Memorial Fund. "The money was raisedby colleagues at Barton Clough Primary School where I

work. It is still so very hard to get by without Nina, andremembering her when she was at Barton Clough as a happy-

go-lucky little girl always makes us smile."

In Memory of Mike ScottMarje Scott sent in donations totalling £475. "Mary andBarbara held a race night at their home on Saturday 23February. They very generously provided food and drink

for all invited guests, (though local businesses did makedonations) and made sure everyone had a brilliant time. It

must have cost them a great deal in time and money, not to mention pro-viding a perfect venue. This amount was collected from a small numberof people and I can't believe how much they raised. Mary (who I workwith) is the instigator behind our 'Naff Raff' at Christmas time and is a

great supporter of CRY. She and her sister Barbara are a pair of lovely,warm-hearted, friendly and sociable ladies." Of the £475 sent by Marge,£450 was raised at the race night and £25 was sent in from her sister inremembrance of Mike's birthday on 17 February.

In Memory of Tabitha and John ShaplandWe have received donations totalling £537.77 in lieu of floral tributes inmemory of the late John Shapland.

In Memory of Jonathan (Jon) Shaw "I wrote to you recently advising that my seven year-old daughterJessica would be doing a sponsored walk in memory of her godfa-ther Jonathan Shaw. Jessica walked five miles and it took her 80minutes - in fact she was so excited that she walked, skipped,hopped and jumped! Her dad did the walk with her and only really had toprovide additional encouragement during the last mile. She did it withoutstopping! As you can imagine, we are very proud of her and, as the wholething was her own idea, we hope she stays such a thoughtful and caringperson as she grows up." Mandy Simmons (Jessica's mum) forwarded adonation of £465.

"At last we have collected all of our sponsorship for the Three PeaksChallenge which we completed at the end of August this year. The totalwe raised was £5,573.52, which is split equally between the ProstateCancer Charity and CRY. We are pleased to attach cheques in the sumof £2,786.75 and hope this helps in someway to continue the valuablework that you do." Anton J Price, Managing Director, Prism ArchitecturalLimited

In Memory of Ben SimpsonGraeme Kemp-Jones raised £255 in respect of the sale ofCRY polo shirts and £260 raised at the Ben Simpson GolfDay. "Our London Golf day was held at Farleigh Court,

Surrey, on 9 August 2008 where we had 28 golfers playingfor the Ben Simpson Claret Jug. The day is a celebration of

Ben's life, where his friends get together and enjoy a game of golf andraise money for your fantastic charity." Graeme Kemp-Jones

In Memory of Sarah SimpsonMrs H Simpson sent in a donation of £245 in memory ofSarah.

"I am delighted to enclose a cheque for £500 from TheRoyal Bank of Scotland which recognises my voluntary work

for CRY. Community Cashback Awards are available to staff inall of the companies that make up The RBS Group. We are delighted tohelp those community groups, schools and charitieswhere our staff are already making an important contri-bution in their own time." William Simpson, The RoyalBank of Scotland

In Memory of Michelle Sinclair"Please accept the enclosed chequefor £1,565 as a tribute to MichelleSinclair who tragically died in January

2007. Michelle's mum Kim Sinclair is amember of

staff at this school. Thismoney was raised by thechildren of the schoolwhose fundraising eventsranged from baking bunsand making badges tosponsored jumps androllerblading." D McCollam,Principal, Carryduff PrimarySchool

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In Memory of Matt Smith"On 27 April this year, a group of friends and I held an eventhonouring our dear friend Matt Smith. Matt was one of themost caring, genuine and giving people I have ever known

and had his whole life before him. Sadly, in November 2006he went into hospital for a viral infection that spread to his

heart. Matt passed away on the 26th of that month when he was just 18years old. He is survived by his parents Gary and Sue, his two brothersMichael and James, and sister Lilly. Matt loved playing rugby and was acommitted fan of both the Leicester Tigers and England. In memory ofMatt we held a memorial rugby match, remembering him through thegame he loved. We felt it a good opportunity to raise money for both theBritish Heart Foundation and CRY, providing supporters the option to offermoney in support. Together we raised £1,400 in Matt's name. We wouldlike to donate £700 of this money to you. Thank you for your help in com-memorating and honouring Matt's life." Jonathan Mathews

"On Saturday 15 November 2008 I held a go-karting event in memoryof Matthew Smith, a close family friend who died in 2006 aged 18.Matthew's family and close friends attended this event and together weare pleased to enclose cheques to the value of £350." S C Whitney

In Memory of Timothy SpoonerWe have received a donation of £891.14 in lieu of floraltributes in memory of Timothy James Spooner who passedaway on 17 May 2008 aged 21 years.

"Since losing Timmy in May this year, we as a communityhave been raising money for CRY. We have raised £575 through

holding events at the Compass Inn and through donations." Mrs N Howes

In Memory of Lee Stables"Please find enclosed £685.85 in memory of our son, LeePhilip Stables. £20 was raised by Reg and Denise Buckleyby auctioning a signed sweatshirt, £97.21 is from my col-

lection tins and £568.64 from our 150 mile motorbikeride." Sharen Stables

In Memory of Kim StaceyThe students of the Garston Taekwondo Club, Ewest TKD andStreetwise Club in Hemel Hempstead raised £170 in memory ofKim, sent in by Master Dave Sealey (5th Dan Taekwondo).

In Memory of Jane StarrOn 14 June 2008, Mike Aylott and Adam Austin (and twoother riders) began a cycle ride from Lands End in Cornwallto John O'Groats in Scotland. Both were raising money for

CRY in memory of Mike's fiancée (and Adam's friend) Jane

Starr, who died suddenly on 17 May 2006 aged 33 of a rare heart condi-tion later diagnosed as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). All reachedJohn O'Groats 12 days later on Thursday 26 June, having cycled a total of934 miles. The team suffered remarkably few mechanical problems: onlyone puncture and a few minor running repairs. They did, however, enduretheir fair share of severe weather conditions, particularly in Scotland. Mikesaid "It was a terrific experience. All four of us thoroughly enjoyed it, and thewhole 13 days seemed to fly by. It was tough going in places, notably oneday in Scotland where we cycled 110 miles, but we managed to reach allour 12 pre-booked overnight destinations, and finished bang on schedule."So far Adam and Mike have raised £2,050.

In Memory of Paul Stephen We have received a donation of £300 in lieu of floral trib-utes in memory of Paul James Stephen.

Laura Stephen sent in a donation of £155 in memory ofher brother Paul who passed away on 19 May 2008 aged 31.

Mary Stephen sent in donations totalling £1,000 in memory of Paul.

Glastonbury Festivals Limited sent in a refund donation of £155 inmemory of Paul.

In Memory of Andrew StevensGill Stevens has sent in a donation of £295 in memory ofher son Andrew and a further donation of £150 from vari-ous fundraising events.

In Memory of Daisy Stonach"We are pupils of the Sacred Heart School at Swaffham in Norfolk.Two years ago our friend and classmate Daisy Stonach suffered aheart attack and was cared for by Cosmic at St Mary's Hospital,Paddington, but sadly died. We wanted to do something to remem-ber Daisy. As she was very sporty we decided to do a junior triathlon involv-ing cycling, running and swimming. We even managed to get our PEteacher, Claire Foster, to participate with us and together we have raised£600. We have decided to divide the money equally between Cosmic andCRY and have great pleasure in enclosing a cheque for £300." SerenaSmith and Rachel Mumford

In Memory of Solveig StoneMr M Stone sent in a donation of £5,000 in memory of Solveig Stone, asbequeathed in his late wife's will.

In Memory of Greeta StonemanWe have received a donation of £160.33 in lieu of floral tributes for thelate Mrs Greeta Maria Stoneman who passed away in June of this year.

In Memory of Ian Strange "Would you kindly accept this cheque in memory of my dearson Ian whose birthday was on 16 May. Ian died very sud-denly on New Year's Eve 1998. His birthday is always a

very difficult time for me but I am blessed with good friendswho, during the past ten years, have always provided a listen-

ing ear and a comfy shoulder. CRY has been a tower of support, especial-ly when Ian died so very suddenly. I would never have survived withoutyou. Keep up the good work." Patricia Strange

In Memory of Cameron Strathie"Please find enclosed cheques totalling £653. £633 wascollected after my son's seat at Tynecastle Stadium (Heartof Midlothian FC) was vandalised. We had a plaque put on

his seat in his memory. This was ripped off and destroyedwhen two other teams met in a cup game using this stadium.

The Scottish Daily Record printed a piece about it and this led to a discus-

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sion on Edinburgh-based radio station Talk 107. A lot of listeners phonedin wanting to raise money for a new plaque and an engraver offered toreplace the plaque so the money could go to charity. Another listenerdonated a 'Pamper Day' prize. So out of some malicious vandalism camea lot of good. The other £20 was donated by my Aunt Laura and Uncle Ian.In January, on Cameron's second anniversary, the family put verses in thelocal paper, which is costly. My aunt and uncle chose to give the money fortheir verses to CRY." John, Deborah, Leah and Keira Strathie

Louise Gillies took part in the West Highlands Walk on 10 May 2008and raised £282 in memory of Cameron.

In Memory of Carl StubbingsMrs Heather Stubbings has forwarded a donation of £660from a recent fundraising event.

In Memory of Steven TannerAdam Milton, Bridget and Robert McKinnon took part in a 12 hour staticcycle ride at Folkestone Sports Centre on 24 February 2008 in memory ofSteve Tanner. The event raised £2,113.

The Steve Tanner Football Tournament raised £1,022.54. This donationwas sent in by Louisa Hills, Folkestone Sports Centre.

In Memory of Adam TennantSteve Kilroy sent in a donation of £1,190 raised at the Adam TennantMemorial Trophy Match on 9 November 2008.

In Memory of Gareth Llewellyn ThomasMrs Alma Thomas raised £195 from the sale of hand-made cards and knitted Father Christmas badges in mem-ory of Gareth.

"Please find enclosed £500 for the Gareth LlewellynThomas Memorial Fund. The donations have been made in

memory of Trefor's sister Carole Jones who died in August." Anne Thomas

In Memory of Nicholas ThorneMargaret Robson from the Lady's Guild of Townswomenraised £950 in memory of Nicholas. The cheque was for-warded by Nicholas's father, CRY Representative Rob

Thorne.

"Back in May of this year I had a meeting with StBede's sixth form students regarding their Rag Week. The meetingwas about Nicholas and how he died, what he died of and how wetry to prevent other young people dying the same way. After threeto four hours of explaining what we are trying to achieve they adopted CRYas one of their main charities to support. Rag Week involves five days offundraising activities for all sixth form students. This year they raised£27,500, of which they have given £5,000 to CRY. We also have a chequefor £50 from The Bluebell Trust. Hope this helps in many ways." Rob Thorne

"On Saturday 12 July family and friends held a surprise party for Euniceand Robert (Nicholas's mum and dad) to celebrate their 25th weddinganniversary. We had a collection for CRY and raised £620. We are verygrateful to everybody." Mrs E M Wyatt

In Memory of Christian ThunhurstNicola Thunhurst has raised £14,782.20 via Just Giving inmemory of Christian.

John Smoothy, the Chapter of True Friendship, sent in adonation of £340 in memory of Christian.

John Thunhurst forwarded a donation of £141.53 from TheRoyal Grammar School.

In Memory of Scott Thurlow"My wife and I have just had a party to celebrate our Ruby weddinganniversary and instead of accepting presents we held a raffle in aid ofthree beneficiaries, one of which is CRY. This donation (£100) is in lovingmemory of our nephew Scott Richard Thurlow who passed away as aresult of cardiomypathy nine years ago." Chris and Wendy Thurlow

In Memory of Klara TirimoJane Tirimo sent in her annual donation of £100 in memory of Klara.

In Memory of Richard (Rich) Tomkins"My name is Nancy and I work with Wendy Dunkley. I amsending a donation of £130 in memory of Richard (Rich)Tomkins who passed away on 24 July 2008 at the age of

23. This donation is from all of Wendy's colleagues at TheStroke Association. I was very lucky to have met Rich and to

have known him. I will miss him very much." Nancy Connelly

CRY has received donations totalling £471.57 in lieu of floral tributes forRichard.

In Memory of Hannah TurbervilleWe have received £5,396 via Just Giving for the Coroner'sProject in memory of Hannah.

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £105 raised duringour work's Christmas party raffle which we would like to

donate following the death of one of our colleague's nieces,Hannah Turberville, in February of last year." Jayne Wiggins

Sarah Collins Designs held a raffle at the Christmas Fair and raised£320 in memory of Hannah.

"As part of our Christmas Santa collection we are pleasedto donate £1,326.37. We appreciate the work people likeyourselves do and we hope the money will be used for agreat cause." James Burrows, Harpenden Round Table 2007 Fundraising

"Enclosed a cheque for £724.76 for the Hannah Turberville MemorialFund. This was raised at the Centenary Fête of St John's Church. They didnot set out to make money and invited donations for teas and somestalls!" Ms Lesley Richardson

Brian Turberville has forwarded a donation of £551as part of the proceeds of the Snowball Charity Bash inmemory of Hannah held on 6 December 2008.

Katy Turberville forwarded a number of donations in memory of herdaughter Hannah:

A donation amounting to £375.98 included a donation of £40 fromFather Christmas to Hannah, £90 from Christmas Treeasy and £245.987from the District Cub Carol Service held on 20 December 2007.

A cheque for £250 from Grove Infant & Nursery School. "This money wasraised by the teachers. They have had various activities, not sent Christmascards but donated instead, and held book sales. We are grateful they haveraised such a huge amount – they are a strong team of teachers."

A cheque for £100 from Judy Harrison: "She is a piano teacher andtaught Hannah. She still teaches Lucy. When a pupil finishes a piano bookand does not want it any more, they give it back to Judy. Judy then sellsthe music for a donation to CRY!"

In Memory of Jim Weaver"Please find enclosed a donation of £100 given by the family in memory of mybrother Jim Weaver who died suddenly on 5 December 1997." Helen Weaver

In Memory of Matthew Webb"Please find enclosed a cheque for £620 which was raised by selling CRYbadges, but mostly taken at the door for a memorial night in memory ofour beautiful son Matthew Webb. This was on Friday 30 May at theAntigallican pub in Charlton, arranged by Matthew's mum." Mr A Webb

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In Memory of Neil Wickersand David Staff Irene and Bill Wickers forwarded a donationof £250 from their friends Doreen and Brian

who lost their own daughter aged 21 to can-cer. "We wish to make this small donation to your

son's charity. Our daughter's memorial fund was set up to help any goodcause. We think all the hard work you have done over the years makes itmore worthwhile. We all wish you well for your fundraising events in2008." Doreen, Brian and family

Shirley Morris and Audrey Mitchellheld a tombola stall (right) and raised£360.30.

Jackie Carter sent in a donation of£100 after her son was screenedrecently.

Irene Wickers has forwarded the follow-ing donations:

A cheque for £150. "ROSA is a non-profit making association and thismoney was raised at their ChristmasFestive Sparkle event held inSunnyhurst."

A donation of £307 received duringa screening day a very successfulscreening on Saturday 21 June.“Everyone turned up on time and theevent went really smoothly."

A total of £165.47 from a tombola stall Irene held at Petticoat LaneMarket, Darwen, on 5 May, Bank Holiday Monday (above).

A total of £300.40 from a tombola stall held outside Sainsbury's onFriday 27 June."

A donation of £747.87 in memory of Neil Wickers. "On Sunday 22 JuneAngela Oxley, her family and friends held a charity Fun Day on their farm.They really pushed the boat out and had events including football match-es, coconut shyes, a book sale, tombola and face painting."

A donation of £100 from Father Terence Richardson of St Mary's Priory.

A total of £259.50 from another tombola stall outside Darwen Market.

A cheque for £320 raised at the Two Gates Bowling Club. "We hadplanned a bowling match, but because of the weather (rain again) itturned into a domino match. It turned out to be a great afternoon."

Two further donations amounting to £500 in lieu of floral tributes inmemory of Albert Pawson. "Albert was our milkman for 46 years and wasa lovely man who turned out rain or shine with a smile on his face."

A donation of £1,380 from a charity night, a raffle and a tombola stallplus £100 donated from the ladies at Joan Derwent Hall Day Centre anda donation cheque for £5.

In Memory of Richard WhiteheadElizabeth Sealeyorganised a chari-ty netball match

(boys versus girls –the boys won 20-17)

in memory of Richard. The eventraised £226.56.

In Memory of Stevie Wiggins Simon Mulholland sent a cheque for £150 for StevieWiggins Memorial Fund. "The money was kindly donated byDavid Chadwick who used to play rugby with Stevie at

Preston Grasshoppers. The club organised a testimonialgame for David because of his years of loyalty to the club and

David agreed to make a donation from the money raised on the day."

Simon also sent in two further donations raised through events held atPreston Grasshoppers Rugby Club in memory of Stevie. "'Star in the Club'sEyes' (above, right) was the second time the event has been held at the endof the rugby season to raise money for CRY. Ten frustrated rock star mem-bers dressed up and performed live on stage to a packed club who casttheir votes by paying £1 towards CRY at the end of the evening. £700 wasraised from the event in votes alone and a certain Mr Adam Baines tookthis year's title as Rod Stewart. This is the third year we have held theFamily Fun Day and we managed to combine a rugby game against a localteam, Garstang. We had a spit-roast pig and set off over 100 red balloonsin memory of Stevie. We raised a further £325 from the event and hope tobuild on the event each year." Another £185 was raised through PrestonGrasshoppers Annual Players Dinner when two signed Sale RUFC shirtswere auctioned off." Simon sent in further donations totalling £377.79made on the day of the Stevie Wiggins Memorial Screening event held atPreston Grasshoppers on 16 November.

In Memory of Matthew WilkinRebecca Wilkin and Nealy Collins held a Charity May Ball atUxbridge Golf Club and raised £1,001 in memory ofMatthew.

In Memory of Richard Willett "I enclose a cheque for £420, being the profits from a concert we gave atour local community hall in April. It is the wish of my husband and myselfthat this money is used for research into the causes of sudden cardiacdeath, in particular sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) whichkilled our son Richard in 2006." Maureen B Willett

In Memory of Amy Williams"Please find enclosed a cheque for £200 inmemory of my sister, Amy Williams." NicolaWilliams

In Memory of David WilliamsSue and Lisa Williams were invited to attend a charity din-ner at the House of Commons arranged by theAmalgamation of Racing Pigeon Organisations within the

UK. "We had the opportunity to raise awareness, telling ourstory to approximately 100 people including celebrities. Lisa

also managed to read out a very touching poem which we believed reallymade an impact on everyone in the room. £500 was raised." Sue and Lisasent in a further donation of £1,614 raised at their Halloween Charity Ballheld on 31 October in memory of David.

We have received a donation of £185 in memory of Sue's husbandSteve, who sadly passed away on 2 March 2008.

In Memory of Megan Williams"In November last year one of our Brownies, Megan Williams,tragically passed away. One of Megan's family's chosen charitieswas CRY. In memory of Megan, the Rainbows, Brownies and

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Guides of Durrington District held a sponsored walk and raised the amaz-ing amount of £1,482.65." Mrs Kim Hayes, Brownie Guide Leader, 6thDurrington Brownies

In Memory of Kevin Wilson"Please find enclosed a cheque for £13,000 raised bythe pupils and staff of St Edwards College, Liverpool. Ispent a couple of hours there and met Kevin and

Margaret (Kevin's parents) and Mr Wazek, the Principal.Kevin was obviously a well-liked and respected ex-pupil and

member of staff. The event was held in the main hall and attended by100 or so pupils and staff. The school had prepared a PowerPoint pres-entation which included details about CRY, a biopic of Kevin and a pic-torial diary of what fundraising activities had taken place. I was askedto speak after the presentation and was introduced formally to theassembly." Ian Scanlan

Rachel Anderson, Teacher Coordinator, BishopRawsthorne Student Council, sent in a cheque for£130. "This money was raised by the StudentCouncil and Tutor Group 8 who organised a 'StValentine's postal service' and a bake sale. We nominated CRY asour charity because our teacher Miss Anderson lost a friend, Kevin Wilson,to SADS in 2006."

"On Friday 7 December St Vincent de Paul CatholicPrimary School held a Christmas Fayre and non-uniformday to raise funds for our school and nominated charity,CRY." P Stewart, Head Teacher, sent in a donation of£482 in memory of Kevin.

In Memory of James Wood "I enclose two cheques, one for £350 representing themonies raised at our tennis club's yearly tennis day forJames and the

other for £45which was the

value of the CRY merchandisethat I sold on the day. Despitepretty awful weather on 16March we had an amazingturnout and as always theatmosphere was warm andfriendly." Gill Wood

In Memory of Julian WortShirley Wort sent in a cheque for £450. "This was present-ed to me from the Ladies Section at Frome Golf Club.Pauline Jones, the Ladies Captain, and Karen Burns, the

Vice Captain, have worked really hard this last year to raisethis amount. They have done various fancy dress themes, the

last one being a 'Chicken run' at Easter. Can you imagine, chickens andbunnies on a bitterly cold day playing 18 holes!"

Shirley forwarded the following donations in memory of Julian:Cheques totalling £1,035.43. "This wonderful amount was raised at a

Firewalk evening on 17 May at The Mill at Rode, a pub/restaurant on theoutskirts of Frome. The owners Paul and Chris Clark did one for us in2004 and decided that it wassuch a good event that theykindly organised this. Many ofthe staff and customers tookpart."

A cheque for £270.50raised from a tombola stall(right) Shirley ran at a galafête on Saturday 12 July tomark the opening of the new

Frome Community Hospital. "It wasa lovely day, with many organisa-tions running different stalls. Thepicture shows Shirley and herfriend Paula Cowler on the stall.They had some wonderful prizedonations from family, friends,work colleagues and local busi-nesses."

A cheque for £172.46. "This ismade up from Beckington First School, (£133.15) and KingfisherTakeaway collection box (£39.31). The pupils at Beckington First Schoolare fundraising this school year for Julian's Memorial Fund. A 'Dotty Day'was held just before half-term. They dressed in dotty clothes, some haddotty faces and they did dotty drawings."

In Memory of Louise WorthSue Jarvis sent a cheque for £532 for the Louise WorthFund. "This was raised from an event organised by mymother-in-law, Grace Jarvis, held at Nicholson Court at

Tideswell in the Peak District on 1 December 2007. Gracearranged a coffee morning, tombola and book stall. She and

the other residents made and sold a range of cakes and other goodies tofamily, friends and tourists. The day was a fantastic success and we hopeto make it a regular event."

Sue forwarded the following dona-tions in memory of Louise:

A donation for £560 from YvonneKaczmar and her colleagues atFujitsu. "This was raised throughhaving dress down days at workand a themed coffee morning. Thecompany sponsors many charitiesand have included CRY in theirfundraising programme."

A cheque for £200 fromRunshaw College. "Louise was an Alevel student there and this moneywas raised through the sale of wristbands, water bottles and a 'Battleof the Bands' event at the college."

In Memory of Daniel YoungThe following dona-tions have beenreceived in memory

of Daniel: £101 fromMrs Dawn Royle,

£1,257 from Christine Hatton(£477 of which came via Tesco) inlieu of floral tributes in memory ofher dear husband Jack (a greatsupporter of CRY) and a furtherdonation of £3,365 from Tesco,Crabtree Lane, from an event organised by their social club.

In Memory of Mark YoungLee Parkin sent in a donation of £22,000 in memory ofMark Stephen Young. This was raised by Steve Young andfriends through various fundraising activities, primarily the

Lee Parkin Golf Day, organised by Lee. Included in the totalis a matched giving donation of

£11,000 from HSBC.

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General fundraisingLynne Box sent a cheque for the sum of £537. "This represents Abbey's

matched donation of the sum that we raised during our fundraising eventat our site in Solent last year." Helen Tremble from Abbey also sent in adonation. "Please find attached a cheque for £121.93which is a donation for a recent charity event we heldin our department."

Advantage Travel has a dress down day every Friday. Staff take it in turnsto choose a charity and this time Nicky Appleby, daughter of CRYRepresentative Martin Appleby, chose CRY. She sent in a donation of £100.

Aspen Insurance UK Limited has made a donation of£10,000.

Clare Astin took part in the Vietnam Open Cycle Ride 2008 and has sofar raised £1,945.

"I have chosen to support CRY during my year as the Ladies Captain atStoke by Nayland Golf Club. All the ladies have been very interested in thecharity. Some had heard of it and plenty hadn't, but all are keen to sup-port it." Joan Landen sent in a donation of £821.20. Jahanna Head alsosent in cheques totalling £750 raised at the Club. "These funds wereraised via a raffle which took place during a charity golf day at Stoke byNayland Golf Club on Sunday 21 September 2008." Barclays Bank sent ina matched giving donation of £750.

"After a recent family reunion the organisers decided to donate anyadditional money towards a charity. Therefore please find enclosed acheque for £250 towards the worthy cause of CRY. May I take this oppor-tunity to congratulate your charity on the excellent work that it carries outand wish you all the best for the future." Alan Barr

A donation of £100 was made by Mr James Bayford.

Members of Bees United (The Brentford Supporters' Trust) took part inthe London to Brighton Walk. Bruce Powell forwarded a cheque for£575.50 from this event. With the £1,000 dona-tion from Chris Gammon, this makes a total raisedof £1,575.50.

"I am the Regional Chairman of the Greater Manchester region of BIBA(British Insurance Brokers Association) and we organised a charity collec-tion at our recent annual dinner in February. As Chairman, I have the priv-ilege of deciding which charity we wish to support and I would be happy ifyou would accept our cheque for £1,800 to help with the wonderful workthat CRY is undertaking. I have witnessed recently the devastation thatthe unexpected death of a young person causes to both the fami-ly and the local community and I am delighted to donate to thisvery worthwhile cause." Carol Meggison, Regional Chairman,BIBA, Greater Manchester and West Pennine Region

The British School of Paris sent in a donation of £6,266.78 for the RaceAcross America (RAAM) 2008 in June.

The sixth form students of Brentford School for Girlsraised £117.96.

Tom Brooks raised £140 via Just Giving after com-pleting the Mazda London Triathlon.

Sue Brown held the 'Rock Blonde Gig' on 20 Januaryand raised £420.

The pupils of Bushloe High School raised £56during Charities Week.

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club raised£375 from various fundraising activities.

Amanda Keijzer forwarded a donation of £135.40 raised by the UKRecoveries Department at Capital One.

Mrs May Lloyd, Section Treasurer, Catholic Women's League, Bolton-le-Sands section, sent in a cheque for £180. "This money comes from the

'100 Club' which we organise each year to raise money for charity and thisyear CRY is one of our charities. One of our members recently lost a grand-son at the age of 28 to an unknown heart defect. I hope that this will helpa little towards your work for investigating the cause of death by undiag-nosed heart conditions in young people."

"Chipping Norton Town Old Boys FC recently hosted a minifootball tournament where several local teams came and com-pleted for the Chippy Charity Cup. One of the aims of the eventwas to raise a bit of cash for a worthy cause and as a result wewould like to donate £100 of the money raised on the day to CRY."Bob Neville, Secretary

City & Guilds sent in a matched giving donation of £200 for LisaRockett's fundraising for CRY.

Debbie Wade sent in a donation of £120 raised by the Clacton TangentClub, a branch of the nationwide Tangent Club of Women. “As Chairman Ichose to donate to CRY because a close friend of mine lost her ten year-old son suddenly to heart failure." Debbie Wade

Mrs L Gurney, Colbayns High School, sent in a donation of£108.75.

CRY Representative Kenny Bowen forwarded a donation of£650 from the estate of Mrs Freda Collinson.

"Computershare holds a 'Casual Clothes Day' on the last Friday of eachmonth when staff are invited to make a donation to a nominated charityin exchange for being allowed to wear casual clothes for the day. CRY wasnominated as recipient of funds raised from April's Casual Clothes Dayand I have pleasure in enclosing a cheque for £252.65." Natasha Bowey

We have received a donation of £330 in lieu of floral tributes for the lateCommander Ian Christopher Coulton who passed away on 1 February2008 aged 51 years.

"Please find enclosed a donation to CRY for £1,000. The money wasraised by staff through various activities within Coutts BankingOperations." Mrs W K Street, Manager, Coutts Banking Operations

"The Cross Keys Public House held a Fun Day on 27 April. The dayincluded face painting, a jumble sale, auction and raffle. Special thanksgo to Martin, Gerry, Kim and Eve, Dave and Loraine, Lish and Ivor, Derek,Cass, Harry, Jamie, Lindsay and the two girls who did the face painting,Helen and Mike and all the staff and customers." Sam Franklin, Managerof the Cross Keys in Hammersmith, London, sent in a donation of £706.We have also received a further donation of £177.10 collected in a whiskybottle from the Cross Keys.

Graham Crouch took part in the Sahara Open Trek 2008 and raised£2,000.

"At long last I have got all the money in from the Plough Match and thiscomes to £1,299.90. Of this, £277 is from Barclays and £79.15 from mer-chandise sales. The rest comes from the event. We hope this will help a

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little. We did this event for CRY as a 'thank-you' for helping with our sonEric who was ill. With your help – special thanks to Alison – we found outthat he has two natural pacemakers in his heart. We thought of a PloughMatch because he likes old vintage tractors. It was hard work sorting outthis event but it was worth it for all the help you gave us. Those who camesaid they had a good day and enjoyed themselves." Mrs S A Curtis

"You may be aware that our employee, Chris Jones, made an applicationto Data Systems & Solutions Charity Committee in support of your organ-isation. The donation was approved by our Chief Executive HennerWapenhans. I am delighted to enclose a cheque tothe value of £400." Tanya Candy, HR Advisor

We have received a donation of £160 in lieu of floral tributes inmemory of the late Mrs Irene Downer of Magor.

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £210 raised from a charity footballmatch between ourselves, Draycott Potters Football Club, and CaverswallFC." B H Hilton (Chairman and Groundsman)

John Dexter sent in a donation of £500 towards the London to ParisBike Ride

"On Friday 22 February, a group of us from Class Six atElmstead Primary School raised £29.66 for your charity. The peo-ple in my group were Ben, Conor and me, Callum. Our group soldourselves as teachers' slaves, selling for about £5.00 each forfour hours hard work!" Ben, Conor and Callum

"I have pleasure in enclosing a cheque for £281, raised by boysin Elwyn House under the Youth Enterprise Scheme and theychose CRY as their designated charity." Mr M Sugden

Mrs C Ely sent in a donation of £500 in lieu of presents at her 50th birth-day celebration. "Both my children, Lauren (aged 21) and Lewis (19), haveMarfan syndrome. Therefore, we are aware of the importance of their year-ly echocardiogram and the need to raise awareness of cardiac risks."

Gym members at Exeter Golf andCountry Club raised £676.50 in abid to increase awareness of CRY'swork in the Exeter area and to helplocal families affected by the condi-tion. 'Exeter Exodus' involved teamsof club members and staff exercis-ing on aerobic machines in competi-tion over who could go furthest invirtual miles. Mark Searle, Healthand Fitness Coordinator at ExeterGolf and Country Club, said: "We wholeheartedly endorse the work of thischarity and as a health and fitness club we're well-placed to help. If thisevent helped one person identify a heart condition early we will have doneour duty." Local CRY Representative Kathy Moyle added: "I lost two daugh-ters and a grandson in recent years due to young sudden cardiac death.It was absolutely devastating. Now I do what I can to help others avoidsuch tragedies. This is a fantastic effort by Exeter Golf and Country Cluband the money raised will go towards helping local families."

Sarah Alexander, Farleigh Travel, sent in a donation of £250 as spon-sorship from the Firewalk at the Mill at Rode.

Ferryhill & District Angling Club held a local 'fishing match' to raisefunds. Lysa Ward sent in a donation of £100 from the event.

Claire Fivash sent in a donation of £345 in lieu of presents at a 60thbirthday celebration on 2 August.

Ms Tilly Holder, Flicx UK Limited, has sent in a donationof £782.

We have received a donation of £613.30 from a Christmas collection atthe Flint and District Lions Club.

Homemade Cider Tasting Evening at Fylde Rugby Club 25 October 2008After a number of years of small, informal cider tasting evenings, it was

decided this year to hold a formal event at Fylde Rugby Club and to try andraise money for CRY. Seven brewers were involved and the same recipewas used by all (basically apples, water, sugar and lemons). For mostbrewers this was their first year of making homemade cider and theresults were all excellent. Each brewer had to come up with their ownname and design a bottle label for their cider. This led to names such asMacners, Lough on the Rocks, Whole Lotta Rose Terrace, Myradown,Scorton Hopperberg, Grosvenor Grog, Walsh's Whallop, Nelson's Columnand Sue's Apple 'Ed appearing on the tasting tables. The event also includ-ed food in the form of a huge home-baked apple cake and a number offine cheeses, generously donated by Dewlay Cheesemakers fromGarstang. Approximately 100 people attended the event (including formerEngland rugby captain Bill Beaumont, pictured above, fifth from left), eachpaying £1 for a tasting glass and making a requested donation of 50p percider tasted. This raised a grand total of £473.

A display of CRY literature was on view and details of the forthcomingscreening at Preston Grasshoppers were distributed. At the end of theevening the champion cider was selected (i.e. the tastiest) and this wasSimon Mulholland's Scorton Hopperberg brew. Overall, it was a hugelysuccessful and popular evening and it is hoped to host similar events onan annual basis." Craig McIntyre

We have received donations amounting to £215 from Hazel and JohnGee. They recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and askedfor donations to be made in lieu of presents.

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £100. This donation was requestedby Elaine Aggleton who recently participated in some market research forus." J Wickens, Genactis

"Gfk NOP celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007 and as part of our cel-ebrations we raised funds for charities selected by the staff. I am verypleased to inform you that CRY was selected, having beennominated by Tracey Duncan. Please find enclosed a chequefor £2,000 which we very much hope will be of help to you inyour work." Phyllis MacFarlane, Gfk NOP Limited

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Catherine Gleeson took part in the King's College Abseil and raised£115.

"My husband Jason died on 7 October 2008 from sudden cardiac deathat the age of 47. Shortly after Jason's death my sons and I heard aboutCRY on BBC Radio 4 and decided to nominate CRY as one of the two char-ities to receive donations from our family and friends who attendedJason's funeral on 17 October. I have pleasure in enclosing chequestotalling £750 towards the wonderful work that your charity does to pro-mote and protect the cardiac health of young people." Suzannah Goode,in memory of Jason Mark Goode

"I am delighted to let you know that William Grant & Sons operates amatched giving policy. Under the scheme we will donate £1,000 towardsfunds raised by Jane Loyd, one of our employees in our First DrinksBrands Office who ran and completed a marathon on 13 April to raisefunds and support this worthwhile charity. Clearly this charity is importantto Jane and therefore we are very pleased to make a contribution."Rosemary McGinness, Group HR Director

The Ladies Charity Committee of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of theDormition of the Theotokos – St Andreas made a donation of £300, for-warded by Lilliane Malle.

"We have recently held a meeting of the shareholders of G R LaneHealth Products and as a result of a request we are very pleased to senda donation of £250." Mrs Janet Groves (Chairman)

Hall & Warren Building Contactors sent in a donation of £500 in respectof Alan Weavin's Christmas lights display (West Midlands ECG Fund).

Judith Harris has raised £550 after taking part in the London to ParisOpen Bike Ride in September.

The Hasluck Charitable Trust has made a donation of £2,000.

"We raised a total of £200 during our recent Charity Week for CRY. Wehope this will help." Havant College Student Union

Ben Haywood and friends walked the Yorkshire Three Peaks and raised£161.50.

Lorna Liggett, Community Affairs Manager, forwarded a cheque for£200. "During the Christmas period employees at the Home Retail GroupHead Office in Milton Keynes entered a departmental Christmas decora-tion competition. Each entry was awarded £200 for entering the competi-tion and the winners received a further donation for theirefforts. This money was to be given to a charity of the depart-ment's choice. We are delighted to inform you that onedepartment nominated CRY as their beneficiary."

"A colleague recently lost his wife and the chosen charity was CRY.Please find enclosed a cheque for £132.50 from a collection at HomesafeDoors." H Dilling, Marketing Manager

"I write on behalf of Horley Cricket & Hockey Club to forward to you acheque for £1,000. This was raised at last November's bonfire night whenwe raised over £4,000 which we have donated to various local charities.We have been running this event for over 25 years and try to donate tolocal/children's charities. Having played in a charity golf daylast year where money was raised for your charity and hav-ing then found out about your work, we felt that the enclosedcheque would be put to good use." John Hunt, Hon Secretary

"I am aware that a couple of months ago my cricket club (Horley CricketClub) donated to you the proceeds of our annual charity bonfire night. Formy sins, I am also a member of the Horley Lions Club. Each yearwe run a barbeque at this event, the profits of which aredonated to good causes. Given the good work undertakenby your charity we are delighted to enclose our cheque for£860 which we hope you will put to good use." PeterMoxley, Vice President

Michael Irwin has raised £880 for his entry into the London to ParisOpen Bike Ride in July.

Isle of Man ParishWalk, 21 June 2008. "At8am I stood at the startline getting ready tostart my walk. I lookedat the skies andthought to myself, 'Theweather doesn't looktoo bad.' At approxi-mately 9.30am the rainstarted. What began aslight drizzle becameheavy rain and, withthat, the winds got up. This rain continued throughout the whole day andthe event was later confirmed as the wettest Parish Walk in history.Despite this, myself and best mate Marc Barron pressed on to reach ourtarget point of 32.5 miles. Even though the conditions were not very niceI really enjoyed myself and hope to go back to the Isle of Man next year towalk a bit further and hopefully closer to the 85 mile point! I hope the totalof £723.50 I raised can help and support CRY. Many thanks to everyonewho sponsored me." Alan Johnson

"I have pleasure in enclosing our cheque for £200 raised from the saleof patchwork fabrics and quilting accessories donated by, and in memoryof, Linda O'Boyle and Elizabeth Oldfield, two of our members who diedfrom cancer earlier this year." Mrs Delia Ffitch, for Keene Quilters

Keighley Golf Club raised £1,212.23 from various fundraising eventsduring 2007.

Allison Spalding forwarded a cheque for £500 from Kent Fire & Rescue.

"On 25 September 2008 the Kingswood District TrefoilGuild held a fundraising event for the benefit of local chari-ties, CRY being one of them. We have pleasure in enclosinga cheque for £100." Janette Day, Guild Secretary

Tony Lilley sent a donation raised by a charity football match held inAugust 2006. "It has taken some time to collect the funds people prom-ised and we are now in a position to enclose a cheque for £1,885. Thisrepresents half the proceeds of the £3,770 collected, the other half willgo to the Neurology Department at City Hospital here inBirmingham."

Jade Wan forwarded a donation of £100 on behalf of LimeCommunications Limited.

The Lions Clubs International (Hartlepool) took part in a Boxing Day Dipand raised £516.80, sent in by Norman Hope, Dip Organiser.

"I have pleasure in sending you a cheque for £250 for your charitableactivities, made at the specific request of, and out of funds provided by,the Freemasons who are members of the Lodge of Ideal Endeavour –L7379". Mark Thomas, for the Relief Chest Officer

Fiona Love raised £527 via Just Giving after completing the MazdaLondon Triathlon.

The Lucas family sent in a donation of £100 for jacket embroidery com-pleted by Eddie Farrow.

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £500. This donation follows theAnnual Milborne St Andrew Sports Club Summer Ball held at AthelhamptonHouse, Puddletown, Dorset, in July 2008. The Sports Club would like towish you all the very best for the future and we hope that this donationhelps." Mike Handley, Treasurer, Milborne St Andrew Sports Club.

Nigel Munn took part in the London to Paris Bike Ride and raised £1,100.

The Munro Trust has made a donation of £750.

"Please accept the enclosed cheque for £250 as a charitable donationfrom New England Biolabs UK Limited. This is in association with DavinMiller's recent run in the Berlin Marathon." Edward Bagenal, GeneralManager, NEB UK

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"Please find enclosed a cheque for the amount of £154.35 raised bythe staff of Newfield Special School. Rather than send Christmas cards toall, many of us chose to donate money to a charity and write a Christmasmessage that is then attached to a notice board in the staff room, sohopefully we get two messages across!" Val Cotton, Post 16 Tutor

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £267.75 in regard to sponsorshipmonies collected on undertaking the National Three Peaks Challenge. OurJust Giving page collected £602." Guy Newman

"It is a pleasure to ask you to accept the school'scharity collection for £396.21, raised in one dayby the House Captains within NWSG. It took hardwork, motivation and initiative with these stu-dents for their six-hour campaign and was so veryenjoyable to take part in. This is a cause that everybody here was willingto support." Maggie Etherington, Bursar, Newstead Wood School for Girls

We have received a donation of £150 from Mr and Mrs J Newton.

The Next Generation Club raised £165 during their Christmas Raffleand first Open Vets Tournament. CRY Patron Mark Cox forwarded thedonation.

Staff at Noble Foods Limited in Newark, Nottinghamshire, sent in adonation of £586.17.

"Please find enclosed Orwell's cheque for £215.10 raised in a recentfundraising event." Chris Wyer, Orwell Housing Association

The Washington Cash and Carry Branch of Otto Retail donated £110.57collected from staff and customers.

I've just returned from completing the London to Paris Bike Ridechallenge. I chose to support CRY because friends of ours, Pete andCaroline, have been absolutely amazing in the way they have coped sincelosing their son to sudden death syndrome. They have greatly increasedthe profile of the work CRY does and organised numerous events thathave raised large amounts of money for the charity over the years.

My adventure began at 6.30am on 2 July at Blackheath, along with 119others. I had mixed feelings on that morning – excited about the adven-ture, worried if I'd be quick enough or be able to make all 285 miles aheadof me. Worries were quickly forgotten as I got chatting to other people andrealised that we were all thinking the same. At 7.30am we were on our way,negotiating the traffic and people of London as we headed towards Dover.

My first challenge, in the form of a puncture, came just as we were gettingout of London. It was to be expected but not so soon in the day. Myexperience of fixing punctures at the side of the road was limited andalthough there was an emergency number to call I gave it a go myself. Iquickly discovered that one of the advantages of a being a female wasthat you had to do very little before a male cyclist would offer to help.Looking helpless was definitely the best mode of action in puncturesituations! With my puncture fixed I was off again, this time realising thatthere were quite a lot of steep hills in Kent that I hadn't much opportunityto prepare for in my training in Essex.

Another puncture and nine hours later we were all at Dover. I've neverbeen so happy to see a 'Welcome to Dover' sign before! The next threedays were full of highs and lows, both physically and mentally. NorthernFrance is not flat, contrary to popular belief. It is made up of somestunning scenery that you would probably miss if you were driving in thecar. Cycling also gave you opportunities to talk to people. With 120 of usall taking part for various reasons from all walks of life, it was a privilegeto have great conversations with so many interesting people.

Apart from the first day when we had a ferry to catch, there was nopressure or time restraint as to when you got to your hotel. This allowedeveryone to go at their own pace so it really was accessible for all abilities.Those who were quicker tended to stop in cafes for a coffee or beer andmade a leisurely day of it, whereas the 'less quick' took their time and gota very big cheer when they arrived in the evening.

Overall, it was a fantastic challenge to do and I'd recommend it to anyonewho enjoys cycling. You don't have to be a fast cyclist – I wasn't. You justhave to be prepared for long days and lots of hills. It was exhausting and

painful at times, but it wouldn't have been a challenge if it was easy! Sofar I've raised approximately £1,800 which is down to the generosity of somany friends, family, work colleagues and various other people. I can'texpress how pleased I am. So if you are thinking about signing up to do this next year then go for it, you'll have a fantastic time. Just make sureyou do the training! Shona Oxley

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £455.07. Thisrepresents donations made by children, parents andstaff at various events held at the school." Mr HCrafter, Headteacher, Park Farm Primary School

Stephen Perry sent in a donation of £710.

Peter and Sarah collected 'loose change' and raised £110.

Sophie Platt and Aisha Numan took part in a sponsored 'Pyjama Walk'on 10 May and raised £250.

Paul Nixon, Preston Marriott Hotel, forwarded a donation of £545 raisedfrom fundraising activities in January and February 2008.

The students of HM Prison Service, Training and Development Group,Rugby, raised £182.50. This was matched by £183.00 from the PrisonService College, Rugby.

We have received a donation of £100 from Private Eye.

Graham Pulford took part in the London to Paris Open Bike Ride inSeptember and raised £1,300.

Gavin Purnell sent in a donation of £900 raised from various officefundraising events, including dress down days.

David Raw sent in cheques totalling £185. "I have recently celebratedmy 40th birthday and decided to ask for charitable donations in lieu ofpresents. After a great response the final sum of money was dividedbetween three charities, namely yourselves, the Alzheimer's Society andthe County Air Ambulance. I hope the money will be put to good use andenable you to continue what I believe to be a fantastic job."

Ms Lynn Ridgway took part in the London to Paris Open Bike Ride(Route 1) in September 2008 and raised £603.45.

We have received a donation of £210 raised by Rob and Naeem's BigBike Ride in November 2007.

"Following our 7th Annual Charity Golf Day for which CRY wasone of my chosen charities, I have pleasure in enclosing acheque for £1,000." David Butterworth, President, Rotary Clubof North Worcestershire

"Our squadron has just completed Initial Officer Training at Royal AirForce College, Cranwell. During our 30 weeks of training a CharitiesCommittee was formed. Your charity was chosen as one we wished to sup-port. We held various fundraising activities including quiz nights, a fancydress party and an auction. Whilst these events were great fun, the knowl-

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edge that the money raised would go to such a deserving cause wasalways an obvious motivation for us all. We would like to say thank you forthe hard work your charity carries out and give you this cheque for£559.53 to help you continue that work." Charlie Todd, C SquadronCharities Committee Chairman

Jane Rudd held various fundraising events instore at Asda, Colchester,during August. This included a second-hand book sale, a barbeque andraffles and raised £600.

Dr Simon Kemp from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) sent in a donationof £696 in respect of Fiona Perry. Fiona attended CRY screenings to gainbackground experience and had access to data for her third year project.

"On 14 February 2008 the second year Sports Coaching FoundationDegree students at Runshaw College organised a football tournament aspart of their Sports EventManagement module. The mainaim for the event was to organise afun event for sports students andto raise money for a chosen charity.The students chose CRY as somehad friends and family who havepassed away suddenly due to car-diac problems and thought CRYworthy and particularly pertinent tosports students. The tournamentwas a huge success. With over 100sports students and members ofstaff taking part we had a fabulousday and the sun shone from startto finish. Through charging entryfee to students, organising a raffleon the day and working alongsidePreston Prison Service, the stu-dents managed to raise £3,000.Ruth Lowe, your North West repre-sentative, joined us on the day,erecting a CRY stall, providing infor-mation to our students and encour-aging a vast number of students tosign up for heart screening. It iswith great pleasure that I enclosetwo cheques for the total sum of£3,000 to support the amazingwork that CRY carries out." JillBadanjak, Lecturer in Sport

"I am writing on behalf of the 2nd St Albans Rainbow Guides Pack whorecently organised a charity evening in which the girls (aged five to seven)performed a 'sponsored silence' to raise money for our two nominatedcharities this year, CRY and Children with Leukaemia. I am pleased toattach a cheque for £120 which represents half of the total sum we raisedduring the evening." Mrs Morag Puri, Guide Leader

Anne Jackson attended a morning assembly and presentation at StAndrew's School and spoke briefly on the work of CRY. The school raised£77.42.

Ruth Allington sent in donations totalling £239 raisedat the 'Favourite Songs for Summer' concert held at StMartin's Church, Bladon, on Friday 11 July.

"On behalf of the congregation of St Peter & St Paul Church, Kimpton,Hertfordshire, please find enclosed a cheque for £250 as a donation toCRY." Mrs Anne Cole, Treasurer, Parochial Church Council

CRY Representative Sharon Farmer forwarded a donation of£100 from the staff and children at Sandford Hill Primary School.

"I run a small Scrabble Group from which we make money forlocal charities. I enclose £100." Barbara Short

The SSCSA Tribunal Service Charity Committee sent in a donation of£134.66.

Tony White, Treasurer of South Staffordshire Junior CharityCompetition sent in a donation of £500. "We are a charitycompetition which every season runs a football competitionfor boys aged between 11 and 14 years and our aim is toraise as much money as possible to donate to worthy causes."

Sir William Stanier Community School has sent in adonation of £297.90 from various fundraisingthroughout the year.

"We recently held a chapel collection and I am delighted to enclose acheque for £186.08. This was at the instigation of one of our boys, RowleyEdwards, who is preparing to do a Land's End to John O'Groats Cycle Ridein aid of your charity." Reverend Tim Mullins, Radley College

"On behalf of Team JMR 2008 I enclosed cheques made out to CRYtotalling £2,100. The boys completed their bike ride from John O'Groats ineight days and found the challenge both difficult and rewarding.Combined with the total raised via Just Giving, they have raised over£7,000. We very much hope this makes a valuable contribution to theexcellent work CRY is doing." Joanna Edwards

Rowley, Milo and Jack (Team JMR) sent in £230 after they tookpart in the Land's End to John O'Groats Cycle Ride in July.

Jacquie Hamshaw-Thomas sent in a further donation of £585from sponsorship raised by her son Jack and Team JMR.

Elizabeth Corke, whose son Milo was a member of Team JMR, has nowforwarded donations totalling £1134.93.

Mrs C Thorogood sent in a donation of £240. "I would like to send thesecheques to you collected by me from friends at my 60th birthday. I hopethey will help a little."

World Challenge Team – Thurston Community College "We are a team of eleven students who have spent thelast 18 months raising our own money (approximately£3,500 each) to fund a month long expedition to Chilein July 2008. As well as travelling around the centre andnorth of the country, we will be engaged in a number of tasks and chal-lenges. One challenge will be to climb a volcano that summits above5,000 metres, another will be to complete a trek in the Atacama Desert.But possibly the most rewarding part of the expedition will be the work wecomplete in the Arica district to the north of the country. Here we hope torefurbish school buildings or a community centre at the same time asteaching some English to schoolchildren. This gave us the idea to combineour own fundraising efforts with that of raising money for a childrens' char-ity, and CRY was suggested by a member of our team. Everyone thought itwas a great idea and the College Principal gave us permission to hold anon-uniform day alongside our bake sales, various competitions and a tal-ent show in the evening. The whole day was a great success. The teamraised £857.21." Helen Wilson, Principal

Alex Unitt raised £550 via Just Giving after completing the MazdaLondon Triathlon.

Tony and Inge-Lise sent in a donation of £116.15 from collection boxesthey had at a recent party. More money to come from our JustGiving page(£909.74).

"I enclose a cheque for £1,024.25 towards your charity, raised at theUniversity of Southampton Medics Graduation Ball 2007 as part of a raf-fle and auction. I apologise for the delay, However, I am sure it will be usedwell towards this very worthy cause." Dr Rebecca Clapham, Chair ofMedics Graduation Ball Committee 2007

"On behalf of the students at University of Wales, Lampeter, I enclose acheque for £700 to support your work. These funds were raised at variousevents organised by the Rag Committee of 2006/7 when CRY was elect-ed as one of the charities to be supported." Sarah Clement, Rag Officer

Our Fundraisers


Theresa Waite sent in a donation of £150.

Sarah Lungley from Waitrose sent in a donation of £285. "Please findenclosed a cheque from the Waitrose Community Matters Scheme whichwas nominated by our customers."

Chris Wakefield sent in a donation of £150 which was raised from aquiz held during the Christmas period.

Catherine Walker took part in the Iceland Open Trek 2008 and raised£782.

Professor Greg Whyte (right) sent in donations totalling £685via Just Giving from sponsorship of Team CRY's participation inthe Race Across America (RAAM) 2008.

"I have pleasure in enclosing our cheque for £375 which ourstudents raised at a recent charity fête." Maggie Middle, CharityCoordinator, Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School

Win Tennis Limited held a charity dinner in June and raised£1,497.09.

"Please find enclosed a cheque for £100 from Woodbridge RoundTable. This donation results from a very enjoyable visit to the SuffolkConstabulary Air Operations Unit at Wattisham Airfield on 2 June 2008where they mentioned yourselves as a suitable charity to receive a dona-tion." Phil Bailey, Treasurer, Woodbridge Round Table

Alice Wright sent in £103 after completing a Triathlon.

"Thursday 5 and Friday 6 June 2008 at Holy Trinity Church,Minchinhampton, marked the choir's annual summer concerts. A three-fold purpose this year: firstly to unveil our new uniform; secondly to saygoodbye to the Rector of the parish who attended the concerts for the lasttime as incumbent before retirement and who received a lifetime hon-orary associate membership of the choir in recognition of his support over10 years; finally and most importantly to donate a total of £3,100 to char-ities, including £700 to CRY which was received on their behalf byChristopher Gent. The concert began with the choir making a grandentrance to 'Before the Parade Passes By' and featured a diverse pro-gramme of music ranging from 'Fields of Gold' (a Sting number) to'Cantique de Jean Racin'e (Gabriel Faure) and included Welsh folk songs,songs from the shows and climaxed with 'We'll Meet Again.'

A total of 370 people attended over the two nights and an enjoyable timewas had by all." Bill Evans, Press & Public Relations, The Stuart Singers

Mrs S Palmer sent in a donation of £700 raised at the above event. “Itwas a very enjoyable evening."

"Please find enclosed a donation in the sum of £100. This is moniesraised by our healthy eating tuck shop in the workplace.” Miss GAndrews on behalf of all staff at Houghton and SunderlandMagistrate’s Court

Our Fundraisers in Northern Ireland

In Memory of Lauren Gallagher"Please find enclosed a cheque for £387.50 being moniescollected as a result of a walk by Ulster Bank staff wheremy daughter Deborah Gallagher works." Blanche Gallagher

(Lauren's mum)

In Memory of Jaimie Gault Margaret Gault sent in donations amounting to £932 inmemory of Jaimie. £802 was from Toreagh PrimarySchool, £30 from Mr and Mrs Marcus and £100 from cash

donations.

Margaret sent in the following further donations in memoryof Jaimie:

Donations amounting to £275. "They are made up as follows: £100from Newtownabbey Council for attendance at Heath Fair in February,£150 from Councillor Lyn Frazer for taking part in the Belfast Marathon on1 May and £25 from Mrs and Mrs Freddie Johnston, donated in lieu of a65th birthday present.

Donations totalling £1,725. "Dr and Mrs James Lyness were married onFriday 8 August and requested their guests to donate in lieu of presents."

Donations totalling £1,890. "They are made up as follows: £400 fromBraid Valley Vintage Enthusiasts Limited, £130 from First Larne Mens'Fellowship, £1,000 from Mounthill Fair Committee, £20 from JohnRobinson and £340 from 2nd Ballyeaston Presbyterian Church,Presbyterian Women".

Donations totalling £1,613. "Cullbackey High School raised£1,588 from a non-uniform day and a Harvest Thanksgivingservice. Mrs Bertha Agnew made a donation of £25."

In Memory of Aaron LundyJohn Lundy forwarded a cheque for £400 from GaryMcGuigan Promotions.

Gary McGrotty, Patrick Troland and Aaron's friends ranthe Motorcycle Race in his memory and raised £4,400 .

John also forwarded a cheque from Finvoy Young Farmers' Club whoraised £3,060 in memory of Aaron.

Our Fundraisers


In Memory of Aine McCann"During thesummer hol-idays Aisling

and AoifeMcCann from

Fermanagh in NorthernIreland arranged a SummerParty at their house in mem-ory of their sister AineMcCann who died ofmyocarditis in December2002 aged eight. The sis-ters contacted their localbouncy castle hire – MrInflatable – who they would like to thank for donating a large slide and anassault course free of charge in aid of CRY. Their mum Aravon provided abarbecue for all the kids and the house was made merry with flags andballoons. Everyone had a wonderful day with games galore. Aisling, Aoifeand Aravon would like to thank all who helped get together to join in thisgreat event. Hopefully we can do it again next year." Aravon McCann

Five students from Mount Lourdes Grammar Schooltook part in a skydive and raised £1,730 in memory ofAine.

John Lundy forwarded a cheque for £2,000 raised bystudents and friends of the Dominican College, Portstewart, Co. Derry, aspart of the 2007 Annual Sponsored Walk.

In Memory of John McCall The students from the University of Ulster, Coleraine,raised £370 through various fundraising activities in mem-ory of John McCall.

Mrs Ann Crozier raised £600 in memory of John McCall.

"Please find enclosed a cheque from Janice Jameson ofRemax for £1,500. Janice has chosen CRY as the associate charity fortheir business. Also a lady gave a cash donation of £10." Ian McCall

"Please find enclosed an amount of £225. This was raised at a 50thbirthday party for my husband Geoff." Barbara Hooks

Mr I Monaghan, Down High School,Downpatrick, sent in a donation of £493.73 in mem-ory of John McCall.

In Memory of Richard Martin Devenish College held a raffle after theirChristmas Pantomime and raised £578in memory of Richard.

"The big cheque was raised in an ASDA store inEniskillen, Country Fermanagh, on Easter Saturday (22 March)

by bag packing. The money was raised in memory of Richard Martin (mybrother) who died in November 2004 of WPW syndrome. We collected£3,205 which I enclose." Raymond Martin

Mary Martin has forwarded the following donations in memory of Richard:A cheque for £25 from Pauline Armstrong and £310 from Leanne Lapin.

"She [Leanne] collected this on the entrance to her 21st birthday partyfrom each person. She was a good friend of Richard's."

A cheque for £435 raised from a raffle and Dutch auction held inMolly's Bar and Restaurant and a cheque for £1,400 raised at the samevenue by having a table quiz, another raffle and Dutch auction. "We intendto make this a yearly event."

In Memory of Paul O'Neill The Miss Pole Fitness NI 2008 event raised £296.

General fundraisingCRY Representative Ian McCall sent in forwarded a donation of £1,250from Northstone Limited.

Ian also forwarded a cheque for £500 raised by Banbridge YouthClub.

Thomas and Jenny Gribben took part in the Belfast Marathonin May and raised £350.

The Ballywillan Drama Group (BDG) held a pre-Christmas bag packingevent at a local supermarket in Coleraine and raised£500. Each year BDG sponsors a charity and this yearCRY was chosen. We hope to continue next year."Carlton Mullineux

The Ballywilliam Presbyterian Church sent in a donation of £250 for theNI Fund.

Lynda McCrum sent in a donation of £1,087.22. "I am delighted toinform you that our employees have selected CRY as a charity we wish tosupport. Each month a nominated charity from both local and nationalgroups received donations from Teleperformance staff, collected througha weekly dress down day."

We have received cheques totalling £921 from Bambridge RFC LadiesCommittee for their fundraising quiz night, collected by CRYRepresentative Carolyn McCall.

"The Quarry Products Association NI (QPANI) was delighted to hand overa cheque for £2,826 to CRY Patron Mark Carruthers. The QPANI CharityQuiz Night held at the Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena, was sponsored by JRobinson & Sons.

With 17 teams from a variety of member companies across the provincein the running, the competition was high. The final winners of the eveningwere quarry company OMYA, while second place went to the CEMEX team.


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Page 49 Charlotte is face of cardiac campaign Page 50 Reducing the riskPage 50 Knock around the clockPage 50 Hundreds play in memory of Dominic…Page 51 Charity match raises £6,900Page 51 Move to screen all young athletes…Page 51 Glamorgan University to launch new clinicPage 52 Heart attack at 26Page 52 Health tests in memory of Stevie Page 52 Fitness fan who died in his girlfriend's armsPage 53 Hollyoaks – you're champion, say fansPage 53 It's a trip to Tower (Bridge) for MayorPage 53 Star-studded side for big matchPage 53 Milton persuades stars to turn out at HarwichPage 53 Adrian determined to run for lives of othersPage 53 Golf day in honour of MarcusPage 54 Fundraiser for charityPage 54 Friends treasuring website memoriesPage 54 12 dying every weekPage 54 Friends set tournament in memory of JackPage 54 Friends play to remember JackPage 54 Son's sad legacy (national media)Page 55 Sir Tom wants a super Knight outPage 55 Students tested for heart abnormalitiesPage 55 Screening programme has been set up Page 56 Relatives and friends have fun in Jade's namePage 56 Car treasure hunt drive to help charityPage 56 North Essex: Lizzie and JoshPage 56 'Robbie Williams' thrills Preston audiencePage 56 Flower power raises £10,000Page 56 Harrogate footballer's memorial matchPage 56 £2,000 raised during fun day in memory of JadePage 57 Local mothers take kids hearts in handPage 57 Saving lives for Alison

Page 57 Heart tests dedicated to tragic AlisonPage 57 Next conquest – crossing USA Page 58 Fourth heart monitoring device givenPage 58 Firewalk for Julian's fundPage 58 Women golfers appeal for fundsPage 58 Cardiac cause gets round of supportPage 58 Campus lads claim trophyPage 58 Over £25,000 raised by Frome family Page 58 Frome Hospital thanks local familyPage 59 Appeal fund set up to remember footballerPage 59 Get the knowledge (national media)Page 59 MPs get behind work of groupPage 59 Runners raised £3,000Page 59 Enniskillen first to take up CRY testsPage 59 Friends in sporting tribute to TimPage 60 Family fundraiser in memory of KevinPage 60 Lives of two young musicians honouredPage 60 Family step out in memory of RyanPage 60 My walk of heartache down memory lanePage 60 Mystery deaths cry out for answersPage 60 Have a heart, save livesPage 61 Pain of losing Stephen never get easierPage 61 Charity runners do their bitPage 61 Family live with fear of death (national media)Page 61 Lavender fields are foreverPage 61 Bradley's hair loss is big gain for charityPage 61 My tots defy death (national media)Page 62 Finvoy prepares for charity paddlePage 62 Raising cash in Joe's memoryPage 62 Parents in heart health appealPage 62 Bid to beat disease that killed PhilPage 62 Iain and Robert are real unsung heroesPage 62 A marathon effort from Finvoy membersPage 63 Family's walk tribute to tragic footballer

Page 63 March for heart victimsPage 63 London Marathon runner's tribute to brotherPage 63 Marathon run tribute to tragic footballerPage 63 London bridges walk in memory of MartynPage 63 Charity ride for StevenPage 63 Fundraising tribute to garethPage 63 Footballer's mum shows her supportPage 63 Walk recalls pitch tragedyPage 64 A £35 cardiac test that could save your lifePage 64 Cheque in memory of son who died youngPage 64 Couple provide tests close to their heartPage 64 Bridge walkers step it out to boost charityPage 64 Friends run to help charity that helped themPage 64 Mum backs charity after death of sonPage 65 Remembering James in songPage 65 CRYing out for awarenessPage 65 Brother in tribute to his tragic sisterPage 65 Play on for VickiPage 65 Giants back CRY charityPage 65 MP fights for heart testingPage 66 Meet your local heroesPage 66 Youth rugby players on cardiac health testPage 66 Brother leads team in tribute rugby matchPage 66 Help in storePage 66 Cardiac arrest can strike anyonePage 67 A true free spirit…Our Ed was specialPage 67 Team-mates remember boyPage 67 Team raise £500 for tragic player's charityPage 67 Raising CRY awarenessPage 68 Fairy Caz run raises £3k for charityPage 68 Parent's tribute after death of daughterPage 68 Pitching in to raise awarenessPage 68 I fear Jemima may have father's defectPage 69 Chariity cycling feat raises £25,000

Page 69 Graham has it all mapped outPage 69 Why Olympic rowing ace will get in saddlePage 69 Friends pitch in to remember PC AndyPage 69 Match tribute to rugby fan SimonPage 69 Fundraiser set for next challenge Page 70 Players kick off in memory of AntonPage 70 On the ball in teen's memoryPage 70 CRY of delight at karate academyPage 70 It's all at Strabane's Alley TheatrePage 70 Charity is real winnerPage 70 Young people need health checkPage 71 Big game charity boostPage 71 Kathryn hits right note for charityPage 71 Indian praise for heart doctor's flying mission Page 71 Running on empathyPage 72 Paying tribute to special angelPage 72 Forced decisionPage 72 If it saves one life it will be worth itPage 72 Alley concert set to raise fundsPage 72 BBC presenter supports Alley's charity nightPage 73 Scheme may have saved 10 livesPage 73 Dad urges more heart defect testsPage 73 CRAIC headline charity concert for CRYPage 73 Cardiac time bomb that claimed my sonPage 73 Mother shares family storyPage 74 Tragic teenager died from heart defectPage 74 Cheques for charityPage 74 Tragic mum calling for heart MoTPage 74 Dad takes plight to Downing StreetPage 74 Too young to diePage 74 Support for cardiac risk charity's workPage 74 Cheque in memory of son who died young

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A few ideas...CRY Heart of London Bridges Walk Join CRY Patron and International Soprano Kathryn Harries on a 5 mile (8k)sponsored walk crossing the bridges of London from Embankment toLondon Bridge via Westminster to raise awareness and funds for CRY. Theday provides CRY families and supporters with an opportunity to gettogether and commemorate or support young people whilst enjoying abeautiful walk along the banks of the Thames. Drinks will be available atthe start, along the way and at the end (including a fruit punch). Balloonsand certificates will also be provided.

BUPA Great Run Mini/Junior Event (ages 3 to 16) Sheffield, 5 September CRY does not have any charity places for this event, but if you get your ownplace then we can provide you with a CRY T-shirt/running vest to wear, plussponsor forms and other fundraising items. All entrants receive a race packand will be presented with a finisher's pack and medal once they cross thefinish line. For details go to the Junior/Mini section at www.greatrun.org

Adidas Women's 5k Challenge 6 SeptemberCRY does not have any charity places for this event, but if you get your ownplace then we can provide you with a CRY T-shirt/running vest to wear, plussponsor forms and other fundraising items. Last year's runners entering forthe 2009 race are eligible to invite a relative, friend or colleague to run foronly £5 which goes straight to the charity of their choice!

Middlesbrough Tees Pride 10k Road Race 6 September CRY does not have any charity places for this event, but if you get your ownplace then we can provide you with a CRY T-shirt/running vest to wear, plussponsor forms and other fundraising items.

London to Paris Bike Ride 9 to 13 September Starting in London, the four days of cycling will take you through beautifuland historical villages, allowing you to see some of the most famous land-marks in England and France. f you would like to receive an informationpack, please go to www.c-r-y.org.uk/london_paris_bike_ride.htm

Doitforcharity.com 5km Race Birmingham, 13 September The Doitforcharity.com run series is a collection of 5km races taking placearound the UK. Over 4,000 people are expected to take part to raise fundsfor hundreds of different charities – and you could be among them! All youneed to do is pledge to raise at least £100 for CRY and register online for aplace at Doitforcharity.com

Peru Trek 18 to 27 September Immerse yourself in ancient Peruvian culture and experience diversescenery, including tropical Andean rainforests, snow-capped mountainranges and Machu Picchu, one of the world's most important archaeologicalfinds. If you would like to receive an information pack, please go towww.c-r-y.org.uk/peru_trek.htm

BUPA Great North Run 20 September The Great North Run has grown over its long history to become the world'sbiggest half marathon and Britain's biggest running event with 50,000entries. CRY has now filled its charity places for 2009, but if you would liketo go on our 'Reserves' list or have your 'own place' and would like to run forCRY, then please e-mail [email protected]. Junior fundraisers (ages 3 to 16)can enter the BUPA Great Run Junior/Mini Event the day before (19September). CRY does not have any charity places for this event, but if youget your own place then we can provide you with a CRY T-shirt/running vest,plus sponsor forms and other fundraising items. All entrants receive a racepack and will be presented with a finisher's pack and medal once they crossthe finish line. For details go to the Junior/Mini section at www.greatrun.org

Doitforcharity.com 5km Race – Edinburgh 20 September The Doitforcharity.com run series is a collection of 5km races taking placearound the UK. Over 4,000 people are expected to take part to raise fundsfor hundreds of different charities – and you could be among them! All youneed to do is pledge to raise at least £100 for CRY and register online for aplace at Doitforcharity.com

'Just Bike' sponsored UK charity bike ride 3 OctoberJust Bike is an exciting sponsored bike riding event around Coate WaterCountry Park (near Swindon) where you and your friends can participate inrides of 50km or 100km in length. To find out more and register for the 2009event visit www.just-bike.co.uk/charity-bike-ride/default.asp

China Trek 9 to 18 OctoberImmerse yourself in tradition, history and ancient mythology and experiencesomething others will only dream of as you walk part of the Great Wall. Thisis an ideal event for those with a passion for culture, a sense of adventureand the desire to do something challenging for a good cause.

Royal Parks Half Marathon 2009 11 October The public ballot for places in this event has now closed and CRY has filledits allocation of charity places. However, if you have secured your own placeand would like to run for CRY or if you have a place and would like to run ina CRY Heart costume, please e-mail [email protected]

CRY Raising Awareness Week 17 to 25 October Details about our annual Raising Awareness Week will appear on the CRYwebsite as they are confirmed. Please contact [email protected] if you wouldlike to get involved. To have a look at what our supporters got up to last yeargo to www.c-r-y.org.uk/raising_awareness_week_2008.htm

CRY Raising Awareness Week Parachute Jump DaysMarking the beginning and end of Raising Awareness Week there will be twoparachute jumps days for daredevils looking for an exciting way to raise fundsand awareness for CRY! We have 10 places available at each of these twoevents. E-mail [email protected] for more details or to register your interest.

Kilimanjaro Trek 30 Oct to 8 November Immerse yourself in the tranquility of the jungle, spectacular wildlife and breath-taking glaciers – experience something that others will only ever dream of!

Cardiff Half Marathon 18 OctoberCRY does not have any charity places for this event, but if you get your ownplace then we can provide you with a CRY T-shirt/running vest to wear, plussponsor forms and other fundraising items.

Great South Run 25 October CRY does not have any charity places for this event, but if have your ownplace in this event via the public ballot and would like to run for CRY, thenplease let us know and we can provide you with a CRY T-shirt/running vest towear, plus sponsor forms and other fundraising items. Junior fundraisers(ages 3 to 16) can enter the BUPA Great Run Junior/Mini Event the daybefore (24 October). CRY does not have any charity places for this eventeither, but, once again, if you get your own place then CRY can provide T-shirtand running vest, plus sponsor forms and other fundraising items. Allentrants receive a race pack and will be presented with a finisher's pack andmedal once they cross the finish line. For details go to the Junior/Mini sec-tion at www.greatrun.org

New York City Marathon 1 November CRY does not have any charity places for this event, but if have your ownplace in this event via the public ballot and would like to run for CRY, thenplease let us know and we can provide you with a CRY T-shirt/running vest towear, plus sponsor forms and other fundraising items.

Big Heart Bike Ride 2009 – Sinai Triangle 7 to 15 November CRY is once again one of four heart charities involved in the Big Heart BikeRide. In 2009 the event moves to the Sinai Triangle – twice the size ofBelgium, and part of the Sahara Belt. The route will take in narrow wadis,colourful canyons and rugged granite mountains. You will be camping outunder the stars on two nights before finishing on the shores of the Red Sea.Other highlights include a visit to the magnificent pyramids at Giza and anoptional sunrise climb of Mount Sinai. For more details and an applicationform click on 'Overseas events' at www.actionforcharity.co.uk

Nepal Trek 13 to 23 NovemberCRY is looking for adventurous volunteers for an unforgettable trek in Nepal.With arguably some of the best views in the World this trek is back on themap by popular demand. Takes trekkers through mountainside villages andthick forest, participants will experience awe-inspiring views of the greatpeaks and glaciers of the Himalayas.

The World Famous Annual Santa Run – Newtown, Wales December (tbc)A 4.5 mile fun run with all the competitors dressed as Santa Claus! The2004 run set a world record for the largest-ever gathering of Santas.Registration costs £15, including free Santa suit. All money raised by partic-ipants goes to the charity of their choice, so this is a fun and novel way toraise money for CRY. The 2008 Santa Run also featured a children's race anda wheelchair race.

Fundraising events 2009

For more information visit www.c-r-y.org.uk/fundraising.htm

The involvement of our fundraisers has been crucialto helping CRY raise awareness about YSCD.By fundraising for CRY our supporters have, in addition to highlightingour cause, helped to finance and develop our Bereavement Supportservice, the CRY Centre for Cardiac Pathology (CRY CCP) at RoyalBrompton Hospital, the CRY Centre for Sports Cardiology (CRY CSC) andthe CRY Surgery Supporters Network (CRY SSN) to support young peopleliving with potentially lethal cardiac conditions. CRY has also requiredfunding to support medical research into YSCD, to subsidise and expandour national screening programme, our education programme and ourcampaign for ECG testing of the nation's youth. Whether you are carrying out your own activity or taking part in estab-lished events such as the London Marathon or the Great North Run,remember that CRY will always support your effort with posters, literature,sponsor forms and other resources.

If you would like to join our fundraisers, CRYalso offers a range of free fundraising chal-lenge events, including parachute jumps,white water rafting and a selection of trekkingand cycling events. For more information visitwww.c-r-y.org.uk/free_fundraising_events.htmor contact the CRY office to request afundraising ideas pack.There are many different ways you can donateto CRY. Online and cheque donations are themost popular methods, and we can alsoaccept credit card donations over the phone.For further information telephone 01737 363222 or go to theGiftaid page on our website: www.c-r-y.org.uk/giftaid.htm

All your help is greatly appreciated.

When Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) was foundedin 1995 it was the first organisation to draw attentionto the range of conditions that can cause youngsudden cardiac death (YSCD).These include arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)and other abnormalities leading to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome(SADS).

Every week in the UK at last 12 apparently fit and healthy youngpeople die of undiagnosed heart conditions.

CRY aims to reduce the frequency of YSCD by working with cardiologistsand family doctors to establish good practice and appropriate screeningfacilities to promote and protect the cardiac health of our young.

CRY believes cardiac screening should be accessible to all young peopleaged between 14 and 35.

CRY also works to guide and support families and close friends affectedby YSCD. The Charity aims to put them in touch with people who havethe appropriate knowledge and experience to answer their questions.We provide information to explain what the coroner does, practicalguidelines to help with NHS referralsand advice on the procedures thatusually follow a YSCD.

In addition, CRY publishes a range ofmedical information written by leadingcardiologists that is easy to understandand made available to the public free ofcharge.

Detailed information about cardiac abnormalities and the range ofliterature published by CRY can be found on our our website atwww.c-r-y.org.uk/medical_conditions.htm

The urgency of CRY's mission and the quality of ourwork has compelled many high profile personalities togive their time to become Patrons of our Charity.

Sir Ian Botham OBEHonorary President of CRY“It is not just athletes who are at risk of these heartdisorders – it can happen to anyone. The problem hasbeen swept under the carpet for too long and therehave been too many excuses. I am a parent and agrandparent and I want to know that my kids and

grandkids will be screened as a matter of course. It's the only way wecan prevent these sudden deaths occurring.”

To read the supportive quotesfrom CRY’s Patrons in full

please go towww.c-r-y.org.uk/patrons.htm

Our Mission

Our Fundraisers

Our Patrons

Cardiac Risk intheYoung

Current Patrons of CRY: Rob Andrew MBE, Jeremy Bates, Ben Brown,Mark Carruthers, Clive Clarke, Mark Cox MBE, James Cracknell OBE,Nick Easter, Kathryn Harries, John Inverdale, Pat Jennings OBE KSG,Robert Jones MBE, Gary Longwell, Professor W J McKenna, EmilyMaitlis, Sir Steve Redgrave CBE, Andy Scott, Roger Taylor OBE,Professor Gaetano Thiene, Gregor Townsend MBE, David Walliams,Matt Wells, Ray Wilkins MBE and Sir Clive Woodward OBE.

CRY is always extremely grateful for grants or donations from Trusts and Foundations. We would liketo thank the following Trusts and Foundations for the very generous support they have given us:

Albert Hunt Trust Artie White Foundation Aspen UK Charlotte Marshall Charitable Trust Sir CliffRichard Charitable Trust Edward Joseph Colclough Trust Fitton Trust Gordon Fraser Charitable

Trust Gwyneth Forrester Trust Hasluck Charitable Trust Holbeck Charitable Trust HospitalSaturday Fund Charitable Trust James Tudor Foundation Malcolm Chick Charity Miss W E Lawrence

1973 Settlement Munro Charitable Trust Muriel Edith Rickman Trust Shuttlewood ClarkeFoundation Sir James Roll Charitable Trust Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust Tudor Foundation, Inc.

Head office: Unit 7, Epsom Downs Metro Centre, Waterfield, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5LR Tel: 01737 363222 Fax: 01737 363444 email: [email protected] www.c-r-y.org.uk

Documents

CRY Update Magazine - Issue 48