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ShareTRANSPLANT GAMES
SAKA is proud to support the Sheffield Adult Team
2025 British Transplant Games
Oxford, Thursday 31 July - Sunday 3 August
Plans are underway for the next British Transplant Games which will be held in Oxford.
The Opening Ceremony and the Donor Run will take place at Blenheim Palace, and sporting and social events will be held at various venues around Oxford.
As you can see from the reports and photos the Team from Sheffield had a great time at the 2024 Nottingham Games. They are always ready to welcome new team members.
Adult transplant patients of any age are very welcome to become part of the Team and their families can join them at the event.
You don't have to be a sporty person. It is more the chance to have an enjoyable time, to say thank you for your gift of life and to show that you can be fit and well after a transplant.This is an ideal opportunity to join with other transplant recipients to have a great time.
The atmosphere makes the participants feel like part of an extended family, and everyone is made to feel very welcome.
Sports include golf, archery, squash, basketball,volleyball, snooker, table tennis, ten pin bowling, swimming, badminton, darts, football, track and field events, bowls, cycling etc. and there are also social events.
If you would like more details or if you are interested in joining the Sheffield Team please get in touch with Charlotte, the Team Manager:
07732685244
Email: Charlottemorton1977@gmail.com
Three people from Sheffield, Brett, David and Rachel, have been selected to compete in the World Transplant Games in Dresden on 17 - 24 August 2025.
Well done and best of luck to all of them !
2024 British Transplant Games
Nottingham 1st-4th August
Here is the Team Mascot
Congratulations to the medal winners
Emma won Bronze in the Donor Swim.
Gold medal for Alan and his donor, Gus in Badminton.
Silver medal for Lewis in the Track and Field.
2 Silvers for Rachel in Swimming.
Brett won a Gold medal in 10 pin bowling
Bill won Gold in table tennis
Alan won Gold and David won Silver in the ball throw
Another Silver for David, this time in the javelin.
Lewis won Bronze in the ball throw.
Donor Run medals.
Competitors (in red t shirts) and Donors (in lilac) arrived for the Opening Ceremony and then relaxed for the evening.
One of the first events was archery and Stephen thoroughly enjoyed this fun sport. Appropriate for Nottingham !
The Games enables transplant recipients from all over the country to come together to have fun.
10 pin bowling is a popular event
Here are the medal winners
David took part in the golf and enjoyed the course.......
......but was not sure if others nearby had been transplanted.
"Oh deer", remarked a fellow competitor
The Friday evening darts was enjoyed by everyone, the competitors and the spectators.
Two of the Sheffield Team members discussed tactics before the serious business of competing.
The weekend is not all about sport.
There is time to relax with friends, old and new.
There is a wide variety of events and activities. There really is something for everyone.
Stephen's team came 4th in penalties in the football.
Watching and waiting.
The Donor Run took place on the Saturday evening in glorious surroundings at Wollaton Hall. There was a record entry this year.
The run raises awareness of the NHS Organ Donor Register and the benefits of organ donation. It also pays tribute to living donors and the families of donors who have given the gift of life. It is always an emotional occasion.
Crossing the finishing line.
For more information about the British Transplant Games visit:
https://www.britishtransplantgames.co.uk/
The British Transpant Games is the flagship event of Transplant Sport. The event aims to demonstrate the benefits of transplantation whilst increasing public awareness of the need for more people to join the NHS Organ Donation Register. The Games bring together the transplant community to celebrate the gift of life and have been staged annually since 1978 in different cities across the UK.
Athletes from Sheffield regularly take part in both the British and World Transplant Games. There has been a Sheffield Transplant Team attending the British Transplant Games for at least the past twenty-five years!
SAKA is proud to provide financial and other assistance to the Sheffield Team.
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