AN ELLESMERE dentist has played down her role in saving a young boy's life at a football match last month after she received an award for her actions.

Becca Winter sprung into action alongside Whitchurch Alport under-15 coaches Katy Madeley and Mark Williams to administer CPR and a defibrillator to Finn Price after he collapsed at Ellesmere Rangers, who have since given her an award.

Becca said she has been undertaking CPR training for two decades and said going to help was just a natural course of events, but she admitted her pride at being able to help.

"I’ve done all the training and I went over to ask if they wanted my help and they did," said Becca.

"I know how to put a defib on, but I have never done it in real life. My husband Lea went with others to get the defib and I then I put it on while Katy and Mark carried on with the CPR.

"I was very calm and it was only afterwards that reality kicked in on just how serious it was. It was only when I walked away I thought ‘that was quite serious there’.

I’m really chuffed and proud to have done it – it wouldn’t have ever entered my mind not to do it. Part of our role as CPR-trained is I can’t walk past a situation and I never would, so I am quite proud yes.

"To receive the award off Rangers was very sweet of them all – I said to them that I don’t expect thanks for it.

"It’s very kind of them to say thank you and the award, and the guard of honour. My son Owen gave me the trophy and he was captain, and it was lovely. But I didn’t expect any of this.

"I didn’t sleep well after the event at all as I just wanted to know if he was ok, so when I knew that, pure relief set in then.

"There were lots of people that helped – Lea and others moved the kids away, Helen Lloyd actually got the defib out and Dave Roberts helped with Lea getting the ambulance."

Whitchurch Alport Juniors manager Mark Madeley said he thought Finn was just out of breath but realised soon something was wrong.

He added: "I could see something was desperately wrong so I ran over and put him in the recovery position.

"My wife Katy is a district nurse so signalled her to get on the pitch. She started CPR immediately, along with Mark and Becca.

"Between the three of them they kept him alive until the first responders came.

"During that time we managed to get a defibrillator on him, which shows the importance of having them.

"The first responders arrived and put their own defibrillator on him, continued CPR and put some oxygen in him, then the air ambulance came and took him to hospital."

Finn's dad Rowan Price said: "It was very scary to be fair, very scary 30 mins.

"I was worried out of my mind for first 30 mins, before of course the ambulance came and revived him and flew him off to Alder Hey.

"It was the most shocking experience I have had in a very long time."

"We've always been told by a specialist that he could carry as normal on until he needed this operation. Obviously with this collapse it's come a year or so sooner.

"He's got to go for a health check up to Alder Hey and they'll give him another test to see how he's getting on.

"If that all goes well there's no reason why he can't go back to being captain of the U15s, around Christmas time."

"He knew how serious it could have been but thanks to all the people at Ellesmere who helped him everything's fine.

"It's more than what we hoped three weeks ago."