£6,000 fund-raising drive thanks to Pembroke Rugby Club
Pembroke Rugby Club has helped raise over £6,000 for a ten-year-old girl suffering from a rare and serious high blood pressure condition.
The Quinnfest charity was recently invited to take over the rugby club grounds to host a fun day in support of the local Catermole family who are raising money to help little Quinn, who was recently diagnosed with an extremely rare blood pressure and heart condition.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension is caused by high blood pressure in the vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs, and also causes damage to the right side of the heart. As a result, the heart has to work faster and, over time, it becomes weaker.
"This significantly affects the quality of life, and ultimately leads to heart failure," commented one of the Quinnfest fund raisers.
"As it stands, IPH has no cure so we decided to put on Quinnfest to have a fun-filled day for people and children of all ages so that we can raise awareness of the condition and also raise funds to assist in carrying out more vital research and provide equipment to make Quinn's life as accessible and as fun-filled as any ten year old's life should be."
The friends also organised a bike ride around each of the castles in Pembroekshire. Their ride began and ended at Pembroke castle, taking in Haverfordwest, Wiston, Llawhaden, Narberth, Tenby, Manorbier and Carew en route. The team are now planning on doing a Bikeathon at Bristol next month.
£6,000 fund-raising drive thanks to Pembroke Rugby Club
Pembroke Rugby Club has helped raise over £6,000 for a ten-year-old girl suffering from a rare and serious high blood pressure condition.
The Quinnfest charity was recently invited to take over the rugby club grounds to host a fun day in support of the local Catermole family who are raising money to help little Quinn, who was recently diagnosed with an extremely rare blood pressure and heart condition.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension is caused by high blood pressure in the vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs, and also causes damage to the right side of the heart. As a result, the heart has to work faster and, over time, it becomes weaker.
"This significantly affects the quality of life, and ultimately leads to heart failure," commented one of the Quinnfest fund raisers.
"As it stands, IPH has no cure so we decided to put on Quinnfest to have a fun-filled day for people and children of all ages so that we can raise awareness of the condition and also raise funds to assist in carrying out more vital research and provide equipment to make Quinn's life as accessible and as fun-filled as any ten year old's life should be."
The friends also organised a bike ride around each of the castles in Pembroekshire. Their ride began and ended at Pembroke castle, taking in Haverfordwest, Wiston, Llawhaden, Narberth, Tenby, Manorbier and Carew en route. The team are now planning on doing a Bikeathon at Bristol next month.