The first Cardiac Risk in the Young London Bridges Walk since 2019 took place on Sunday, June 26.
Around 650 walkers had registered for the five and a half mile walk over London’s Bridges.
Ten of the participants made up Team Tom 15 and we are extremely grateful to all those who walked this year.
The Glastonbury extension to Team Tom featured Ellen and friends …
The Andrew Carter Memorial Mile took place on Saturday, September 4, for the first time since lock-down and raised more than £900 for Tom and Claire’s Fund and Cardiac Risk in the Young.
About sixty runners took part in the event, commemorating Andrew’s life, in Lammas Park, Ealing. Andrew collapsed from a cardiac arrest during the Ealing Half Marathon and died on October 1, 2014.
Sandra Courtney, one of the Ealing Half Marathon organisers, said: “It was a lovely day. Colin, Joyce and James, Andrew’s parents and brother, were with us again along with more family, his friends and colleagues from AIB Bank and lots more runners who just wanted to support a great cause.”
The money raised supports heart screenings in Ealing sponsored by Tom and Claire’s Fund.
Paul Clabburn said: “We are enormously grateful to all those who ran and donated and to Andrew’s parents and family. They have raised thousands of pounds over the years and played a huge part in ensuring that free heart screenings for young people can take place in Ealing.
“We have been told by CRY that screenings can start again this year, after being halted for the pandemic, and we are planning for an event to be held on November 7. Details will be published on this site nearer the time. Anyone aged 14-35 can apply.”
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Clive and Juliet.
Cycling four hundred kilometres in five days in temperatures higher than thirty degrees centigrade is the challenge Clive and Juliet Matthews have set themselves as they raise money for Tom and Claire’s Fund.
The pair, from Ealing, are aiming to cycle from Mumbai to Goa between November 30th and December 4th, 2019. You can support them here.
“We will be thinking about Claire and Tom every day that we’re training and cycling,” said Jules, who continues to recover from injuries after being hit by a car in 2015. “I am still very nervous when crossing a road so this is a nerve wracking challenge for me, apart from the fact that my fitness is seriously lacking!”
The couple, who are covering all the costs themselves, will be cycling about seven hours a day. The hot and hilly route will take them south through India.
Clive, who has gone through rigorous checks that his heart is strong enough for the testing conditions, having had a few issues of his own in the past, said: “I love challenges, and this couldn’t be for a better cause. I just hope I haven’t bitten off more than I can chew in the sub-continent.”
Paul Clabburn said: “It’s not the first time Jules and Clive have helped to raise money for the Fund and we’ve extremely grateful for their efforts. They have been great supporters of our family and I hope this latest challenge is a wonderful experience.”
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One for the road.
This summer, Nico Mendoza-Sharman will be tackling the Mongol Rally and among the beneficiaries will be CRY.
Nico’s team, ‘Baby Don’t Yurt Me’, will attempt to drive a one litre Volkswagen Polo 10,000 miles, from Prague in the Czech Republic to Ulan-Ude in Siberia via Mongolia.
The event’s organisers write: “Any old dullard can purchase a 4×4 that could easily make it across the surface of the moon and drive a quarter of the world’s circumference, and that, is exactly what the Mongol Rally is not about.
“It’s about small. It’s about stupid. It’s about unsuitability. It’s about humour. We have purposely set the bar for engine size to a mere 1 Litre – or 1000cc. We shall allow up to a 1.2 for those of you who can’t handle a whole litre of courage …”
We’re hugely grateful that Nico and the team have selected CRY as one of the four charities they’re raising money for. You can support them by donating here.
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Isa with daughter Flossie at the finish.
Mother and son Isabel and Matthew Turner have raised more than £5,700 for CRY core funding by running in memory of Tom and Claire in this year’s London Marathon on Sunday, April 28.
In a first marathon for both, Matthew finished in 04:01:26 while Isa, who’d suffered a foot injury in training, showed great resilience to finish in 06:45:26.
Isa said afterwards: “Matthew was very fast and I was very slow and am in great pain but I’m so proud to have done it in memory of two such special people.”
A tremendous effort by both and their fund-raising page is still open here.
Isa and Matthew before the race.
Isa and Matthew Turner (mother and son) are running the London Marathon on Sunday April 28 in memory of Claire and Tom.
They’ll be raising funds for CRY’s core programmes and also raising awareness of the charity’s screening programme.
It’s a first marathon for each of them and so will be tough but Matthew may hold a slight advantage, being 19 and a rower while Isa is 51 and recovering from a foot injury!
She said: “For the last few years I have been helping out at the CRY reception centre after the marathon so I really should know better. This is a bonkers idea! But it feels too important not to do it. I will run every step of the way with Tom and Claire in my heart.”
Matthew added: “CRY do such amazing work and I am delighted to be supporting them while running in memory of Tom and Claire. All the pain will be worth it for the huge impact the charity can achieve with the money raised.”
Ellen Clabburn said: “We’re very proud of what they are doing. It will be a brilliant achievement. We know Isa’s been struggling with her injury but we also know how determined they both are.”
You can support them here and if you are going to the event, please give them a big shout on the day.
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