Brentwood News
Charity match in Reiss' memory
2:52pm Thursday 2nd September 2010
A CHARITY tennis event in memory of a teenager who died last year has taken place in Brentwood.
The Reiss Morgan Memorial Mixed Doubles Tournament was held at the Clearview Health and Raquet Club and raised £400 for St Luke’s Hospice, Basildon, where the 15-year-old stayed before his death.
Mark Morgan, Reiss’s father, won the inaugural event with his playing partner Tracy White, calling his victory “the icing on the cake”.
Mr Morgan added: “The support we have received from the hospice, since losing Reiss, has been fantastic.
“Both Reiss’s mother Leigh and I have received individual bereavement counselling from their trained counsellors.
“Without their constant support, I don’t think either of us could have got through the past 12 months.”
Anyone who wants to know more about St Luke’s, can contact Heather Penny on 01268 524973.