Charity
Every week in the UK at least 12 apparently fit and healthy young people die of undiagnosed cardiac conditions. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) aims to reduce the frequency of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD) by working with cardiologists and family doctors to establish good practice and appropriate screening facilities to promote and protect the cardiac health of our young. By supporting CRY you will help save young lives from these potentially fatal cardiac conditions. For more information please contact CRY on 01737 363 222 or cry@c-r-y.org.uk
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Crawl-4-CRY's fundraising page
On Tuesday 14th September 2010, we began a 6 day endurance crawl through Lincolnshire in order to raise money for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). This is a highly relevant charity to both of us. Thanks to a free heart-screening clinic provided by CRY at Loughborough, a previously undiagnosed heart abnormality was detected in Mark, potentially saving his life. Unfortunately, one of Kev’s schoolmates was not so lucky and passed away due to an undiagnosed heart condition in 2008 aged just 19.
We aimed to crawl 23 miles from Scotter to Lincoln in the first 5 days of the trip and finish with a day crawling around Lincoln city centre to raise further money and awareness for the charity. As we set off from Scotter at 8am on Tuesday 14th September, we realised just how slow progress would be as we covered the first 2 miles in approximately 3 hours. However, it turned out that this was the fastest pace of the whole trip! After 11 hours crawling and just over 5 miles covered, we were satisfied with progress at the end of day one.
Unfortunately midway through the second day, the reoccurrence of an old knee injury forced Mark to walk. This turned out to be a blessing however, as Mark took on the role of chaperoning Kev for the remainder of the challenge and keeping him safe from heavy traffic. Without this, we would have had a high chance of being struck by traffic.
We continued through Lincolnshire, spending approximately 11 hours each day progressing through fields and along roadsides. At approximately 4.30pm on Saturday 18th September, Kev made it to the Lincoln sign on the B1398 after 23 miles of crawling. Despite enduring many injuries to his knees and knuckles along the way, Kev had made it to Lincoln.
On Sunday Mark rejoined Kev for a final day of crawling around Lincoln city with friends and family also joining them to perform a street collection. This street collection alone raised a total of £415.20.
Both of us were overwhelmed by the generosity of people on the Lincolnshire roadside during the event, which inspired us to complete the demanding challenge. Local residents were kind enough to offer us food and drink during our journey and we were even invited to attend a school garden party at a local primary school and received a free burger and drink!
We wish to give a special mention to the Downy family who provided us with food, accommodation and so much more during our trip. A big thank you must also be given to those who travelled to Lincoln on the final day to help with the street collection.
More picture and videos of the event can be found by searching ‘Mark and Kev’s Crawl for CRY’ on facebook.
Recent donors
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Dykester £10.00 24.12.10 Congrats Lads! Fantastic effort! Can't wait for a 227 reunion in 2011! x |
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Sophie Thomas £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 23.12.10 |
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Big Bird £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 22.12.10 Great work LADS!!! |
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CHODE £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 20.12.10 SEE IT OFF! NECK IT! DIO! LAD! VS! ECHOS! RATS! |
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David Stensel £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 15.12.10 Well done Kev - a great effort for a worthwhile cause. |
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Julie £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 15.12.10 Well done Wheeler! |
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Karen £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 15.12.10 You have a heart of Gold and deserve a Medal! Well Done Kev :) |
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Mark Bailey £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 15.12.10 Well done Kev and Vardy lads! |
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Ricky Soos £60.00 05.12.10 great work guys, sorry its a bit late! |
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George Gandy £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 13.11.10 |
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Jubanese Dragon £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 01.11.10 Keven and Mark are my official heroes of 2010. xxx |
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Sam Aboudara £10.00 01.11.10 Such lads - so proud! |
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Bill Foster £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 28.10.10 Well done guys! |
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Nikki Ward £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 26.10.10 Great work Kev! |
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LYNN £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 08.10.10 |
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Sophie Crumly £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 01.10.10 astonishing achievement. congratulations. |
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??? £205.00 (+ £57.82 giftaid) 27.09.10 xxx |
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Liam Butler £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 27.09.10 Well done, Kev! |
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Dan Green £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 26.09.10 Well done lads, this was a top effort and for a great charity! |
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Anonymous £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 25.09.10 |
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Steve Mears £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 24.09.10 Good work guys! |
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Roger £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 23.09.10 Read your story in the Gainsborough Standard. Bravo! Such a great cause and what a fantastic thing to do in remembrance of your dear friend. Well done lads!! |
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Laura £5.00 23.09.10 Well done you craaaazy people! |
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Oli £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 23.09.10 |
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Ian & Yvette £156.00 (+ £44.00 giftaid) 22.09.10 Congratulations. Fantastic achievement. Well done! |
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Marcus £10.00 22.09.10 Top work lads!! |
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Anonymous £100.00 (+ £28.21 giftaid) 21.09.10 |
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Mark's Mum & Dad £150.00 (+ £42.31 giftaid) 21.09.10 Well done the two of you, we're very proud of your efforts! |
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Anonymous £3.00 (+ £0.85 giftaid) 20.09.10 |
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Niall £5.00 20.09.10 |
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Morag £10.00 18.09.10 Great work for a great cause guys. Keep it up :) |
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Trevor Male £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 18.09.10 I have passed you on road for last few days. Incredible - well done. |
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Hamilton £10.00 17.09.10 Well done lads. |
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Eoin £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 17.09.10 Madness |
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Julia £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 16.09.10 Well done boys! Passed you today and wondered what you were doing so googled you when I got home..hope you didn't get too wet! |
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Tommy Cassidy £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 16.09.10 Good luck guys. Amazing effort for a great cause! |
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Cat £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 15.09.10 Good luck Mark, this is crazy!!!!! |
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Anonymous £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 14.09.10 |
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Tom and Terri £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 14.09.10 Good luck from both of us Kev - it's an awesome challenge! x |
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Simon Darvill £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 13.09.10 Good luck lads. Throw in a couple of cheeky roley-poleys for good measure. |
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Tom Smith £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 13.09.10 wishing you all the very best, tom. |
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mariani £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 13.09.10 Go on Lads! |
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katy griggs £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 12.09.10 Good luck on your mammoth crawl, hope your training pays off!!! |
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Becky Lyne £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 12.09.10 You can do it! |
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Alex M £20.00 12.09.10 Have nothing but respect for this- good luck lads! |
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Andrew £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 11.09.10 no pain! good luck and keep it real! |
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Anonymous £30.00 11.09.10 Good luck boys - great effort! |
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Christopher £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 11.09.10 I heart you both, can't wait to wear the suit!!! |
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Helen Fairclough £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 11.09.10 |
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BB £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 10.09.10 Total loonies! |
